18th Annual Montverde Academy Invitational Tournament PROGRAM GUIDE JANUARY 28-30 • FEBRUARY 4-6 Presenting Sponsor: MONTVERDE ACADEMY INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT Presenting Sponsor Head of School Dr. Kasey C. Kesselring 2020-21 Board of Trustees Mr. Tim J. Bach Mr. Jon Frere Mrs. Renee S. Lundy ’79 Mr. Michael Mason ’84 Dr. Sidney McPhee National Championship Sponsor Mr. Gregory L. Nelson Leon and Heather Gantt Mr. Sean Parks Mr. T. Scott Ohmstede Mrs. Lori Specht ’84 3 Pointer Sponsors Mrs. Sandra O. Stephens Dr. Walter L. Stephens Trustee Emeritus, 1999-2020 Ex-officio/MAIT Founder Dr. Kasey C. Kesselring MAIT Director Khrystal Phiri YOUR home town Real Estate company! Director of Athletic Operations Khrystal Phiri Head Coach Kevin Boyle Free Throw Sponsor Assistant Coaches The Muramatsu Family Kevin Boyle, Jr. Rae Miller Joseph Katuka ’07 Creative Director Michele Kanikovsky Photography Kimberly Braden Sponsors as of January 15. Printer Cromer International Press Montverde Academy 17235 Seventh Street Montverde, Florida 34756 2 PROGRAM GUIDE 2021 Table of Contents 4 Welcome from Head of School, Dr. Kasey C. Kesselring 6 Meet Kevin Boyle, Head Coach, Montverde Academy Eagles 11 Montverde Academy Eagles, Montverde, FL 14 Montverde Academy Lady Eagles, Montverde, FL 16 Calvary Christian Academy, Fort Lauderdale, FL 18 La Lumiere School, La Porte, IN 20 AZ Compass Prep School, Chandler, AZ 22 Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, VA 24 Sunrise Christian Academy, Bel Aire, KS 26 Wasatch Academy, Mt. Pleasant, UT Proud supporters of MVA Basketball! The Killian Proud supporters of the MVA Eagles! Law Office of Nathan L. Townsend, P.A. Family 2021 18th Annual MAIT 3 MONTVERDE ACADEMY INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT Welcome to MAIT 2021 Dr. Kasey C. Kesselring Head of School, MAIT Founder, Montverde Academy Welcome to Montverde Academy. Our mission is to inspire students to become leaders with a passion for knowledge, global vision and innovation while developing character in a nurturing and diverse community. Athletics is an extension of that mission, teaching skills and technique, as well as motivation, self-discipline and an abundance of character. We do not measure our success by the wins and losses alone, but in how our student-athletes represent themselves and the Academy through sportsmanship and a commitment to perform at their very best. Our athletes are students first, and athletes second. As a college preparatory school, we expect our athletes to first master the challenge of being a good student and a good citizen within the school community. The measure of that accomplishment is again not found in wins and losses, but when a student has earned an invitation to attend one of the nation’s most competitive colleges or universities. While blessed with a successful basketball program that has achieved much local and national attention, it would be irresponsible of me as an educator and Head of School to allow this to define our existence. Founded in 1912, Montverde Academy has a long history of preparing young people to achieve great success in a variety of careers; today is no exception. I am equally proud of our students who are accomplished artists, musicians, debaters, actors, and academicians. The diversity of our student-athletes is representative of our school community. Montverde Academy students, representing more than 60 different countries, have traveled here to prepare for and pursue a dream of attending the most selective and prestigious colleges and universities. Having them here provides a global perspective unlike any other. On behalf of the entire school community, I welcome you to Montverde Academy! Dr. Kasey C. Kesselring Head of School Montverde Academy 4 PROGRAM GUIDE 2021 Good Luck Eagles! Dr. and Mrs. David Rath Brad Long David and Marcia Bernatavitz 2021 18th Annual MAIT 5 MONTVERDE ACADEMY INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT Meet Eagles Coach 30+ years of coaching experience 5 National Championship wins MaxPreps Coach of the Decade Kevin Boyle 7x Coach of the Year Kevin Boyle, Head Basketball Coach and Director of the Center for Basketball Development at Montverde Academy, is nationally recognized as a premier High School Basketball Coach in the United States. For more than two decades, Coach Boyle has coached elite high school student-athletes at Montverde Academy and formerly at Saint Patrick High School in New Jersey. His teams have ranked in National Top 25 polls including MaxPreps.com, ESPN Rise and USA Today in every season for the last 20 years. In his first MVA season, Coach Boyle led the Eagles varsity basketball team to a #12 national rank by ESPN and reached the finals in the televised ESPN National Boys High School Championship. Since then, he has led the MVA Eagles team to earn five National High School Championship titles in (2020, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2013). While at Saint Patrick High, he led the Celtics to five TOC Championships in 2009, 2007, 2006, 2003, and 1998; eight Parochial North Championships; and 15 Union County Championships. Saint Patrick High was ranked No. 1 six times by The Newark Star Ledger during his tenure. He is considered by many college coaches as one of the best teachers and strategists of the game, on and off the court. He was selected the national Naismith Coach of the Year in 2020 and 2018 at MVA and in 2011 while at St. Patrick High; and was named MaxPrep’s Coach of the Decade (2010-20). Coach Boyle’s accomplishments are rooted in his unwavering desire and capability to develop the highest performing teams and student-athletes possible. In addition to the Naismith honors, Coach Boyle was awarded the 2009 ESPN/Rise Coach of the Year and the 2007 USA Today Coach of the Year. He earned the honor of being named Head Coach for the USA Junior National team at the 2012 USA Nike Hoop Summit. He served as Head Coach for the Jordan Brand Classic on three different occasions, coaching players such as Lebron James, Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose. Coach Boyle has helped develop more than 50 NCAA Division I scholarship athletes and more than 15 professional players including Kyrie Irving (No. 1 NBA pick 2011), Michael Kidd Gilchrist (No. 2 NBA pick 2012), Ben Simmons (No.1 NBA pick 2016), D’Angelo Russell (No. 2 NBA pick 2015), RJ Barrett (No. 3 NBA pick 2019), Samuel Dalembert, and Al Harrington. Coach Boyle is the only high school coach to produce the No. 1 and No. 2 NBA draft picks in consecutive years (2016, 2015, 2012, and 2011). Below is a list of college and professional players who were coached by Coach Boyle. Precious Achiuwa ’19 Miami Heat, No. 20 2020 NBA Draft Rowan “RJ” Barrett ’18 New York Knicks, No. 3 2019 NBA draft Ben Simmons ’15 Philadelphia 76ers, No. 1 2016 NBA draft D’Angelo Russell ’14 Brooklyn Nets, No. 2 2015 NBA draft Andrew Nembhard ’18 Gonzaga University Michael Devoe ’18 Georgia Tech Filip Petrusev ’18 Mega Bemax, Serbia Josh Roberts ’18 (CBD) St. John’s University Darnell Brodie ’18 (CBD) Drake University Morris Udeze ’18 (CBD) Wichita State University Kevin Zhang ’18 (CBD) Liaoning Flying Leopards, China Balsa Koprivica ’19 Florida State University Omar Payne ’19 University of Florida Harlond Beverly ’19 University of Miami Cade Cunningham ’20 Oklahoma State University Scott Barnes ’20 Florida State University Day’Ron Sharpe ’20 UNC at Chapel Hill Zeb Jackson ’20 University of Michigan Moses Moody ’20 University of Arkansas Jalil Beauburn ’20 (CBD) Southwest Baptist University Anwar Gil ’20 (CBD) LaSalle University Lachlan Bofinger ’20 (CBD) University of Texas at San Antonio David Bohm ’20 (CBD) Northern Kentucky University Sam Davidson ’20 (CBD) Spring Hill College 6 PROGRAM GUIDE 2021 The Mills Family Proud supporters of MVA Basketball 2021 18th Annual MAIT 7 MONTVERDE ACADEMY INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT Good luck EAGLES! 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Kesselring Director of Athletic Operations: Khrystal Phiri Assistant Coaches: Kevin Boyle, Jr., Rae Miller, Joseph Katuka ’07 International Camps and Travel: Kelly Boyle Office Manager: Michele Story Founded in 1912, Montverde Academy is a college acceptance rate to colleges and universities coeducational, independent, international college worldwide, including prestigious schools such as preparatory school for boarding students in grades Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, and UC Berkeley. 7-12 and post-graduate studies, and day students in grades Pre-K3-12 and post graduate studies The MVA athletic program is sanctioned through the representing more than 60 nationalities. Montverde Florida High School Athletic Association. A variety of Academy offers challenging academics in an individual and team sports at the varsity and junior environment that is abundant in diversity and culture. varsity levels facilitate student development. More than 200 athletic scholarships have been earned by MVA Five generations of Montverde Academy graduates student-athletes in the last five years from collegiate have been guided by three fundamental principles institutions. Required involvement with fine arts, of Knowledge, Character and Community. These athletics, clubs and service organizations encourage principles are illustrated in the classroom through students to become positive contributors to the school Advanced Placement® (AP) and Honors courses. and community. The educational experience provided Students have achieved better than a 82 percent by Montverde Academy creates opportunities for passing rate, with 57 percent scoring four or higher lifelong learning and global leadership.