Boston Scholar Athlete Top Stories

February 6, 2012
The BSA Delivers Shooting Machines
In an effort to reward the hard work and dedication that both the scholar-athletes and coaches put in on a daily basis the Boston Scholar Athletes program has donated “The Gun” shooting machines to select teams.

February 1, 2012
Veiga-Lee and Cox Score 1,000 Points
On January 31, the Fenway High School girl’s basketball team celebrated two amazing accomplishments. Junior guard Tajanay Veiga-Lee and senior guard Kayla Cox were both honored at halftime of their game against Boston Latin Academy for reaching the 1,000 point milestone earlier in the season.

December 9, 2011
West Roxbury Athletes Give Back
On December 9, 2011, four scholar-athletes from the West Roxbury Educational Complex’s football team spent the day giving back to their community. Aaron Higginbottom, Jeremy Cunningham, Muller Mirville and Michael Russell gave up their Saturday to go to the Pine Street Inn

December 6, 2011
Ready to Hoop it up in China - Hub students picked for cultural exchange basketball event
When Andy Pontes was called into his coach’s office at New Mission High School three weeks ago, he got nervous. Had he done something wrong? The coach sat him down and told him the news. He and seven other Boston public schools students were going to China. “I was like, ‘What? I’m going to China?’ ’’ Pontes, 18, recalled.

November 26, 2011
New initiatives helping shape BPS turnaround
“Get that homework out, we ain’t sittin’ on no luxury chairs today!” It’s 10 a.m. on a Saturday at the Vine Street Community Center in Roxbury, and hulking basketball coach Larry Merritt is taking no excuses.

November 3, 2011
Our Partnership with PULSE
This year, BSA is thrilled to launch a partnership with the renowned Boston College PULSE Program.

October 19, 2011
O'Brien Coaching Clinic
In continuing efforts to enhance BPS coaches, the BSA partnered with Emerson College's Head Men's Basketball Coach Jim O'Brien to provide each BPS basketball coach the opportunity to participate in a coaching clinic held on October 19th, 2011.

September 27, 2011
Coaches Primed on Concussions
Dozens of Boston Public Schools coaches received advanced concussion training at Northeastern University on September 27, 2011, designed to help reduce the risk of head trauma-related injuries in student athletes and prevent longer-term effects such as degenerative brain disease.

August 11, 2011
BSA Launches the College Readiness Initiative in Conjuction with The Princeton Review
Mayor Thomas Menino joined Suffolk Construction CEO John Fish and The Princeton Review Senior Vice President Rob Franek today to announce the College Readiness Initiative, a partnership between the Boston Scholar Athlete Program (BSA) and The Princeton Review.

August 1, 2011
Meet the 2011-2012 Zone Facilitators
For the 2011-2012 academic school year, the BSA was proud to launch a BSA Zone in each of the 19 Boston Public Schools! With each Zone being run by a BSA Facilitator, our staff has grown!