WITH UNPARALELLED COVERAGE FROM COLLEGE COACHES, SCOUTING SERVICES, AND BASKETBALL PUBLICATIONS, AS WELL AS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE & CREDIBLE EVALUATION SERVICES IN GRASSROOTS BASKETBALL, MORE PLAYERS ARE RECRUITED OUT OF THE GymRat CHALLENGE THAN ANY OTHER EVENT IN THE NATION. The GymRat CHALLENGE IS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF GRASSROOTS BASKETBALL AND A TRUE TEST OF BOTH BASKETBALL SKILL AND WILL WHERE TODAY’S NCAA AND NBA, STARS HAVE COME TO EARN THEIR REPUTATIONS OVER THE PAST TWO AND A HALF DECADES….AND WHERE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVE COME TO COMPETE AGAINST THEM TO SEE HOW THEY MEASURE UP AGAINST THE BEST IN THE NATION. SINCE 1998, SOME OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS ON THE PLANET HAVE ARRIVED AT THE GymRat CHALLENGE TO COMPETE AND BE SEEN, AND EXITED THE GymRat CHALLENGE HAVING CATAPULTED THEMSELVES TO THE TOP OF RECRUITING BOARDS EVERYWHERE.

THE LIST OF GymRat CHALLENGE ALUMS IS LONG, DISTINGUISHED….AND GROWING EVERY YEAR. THAT LIST INCLUDES NBA MVP STEPH CURRY, NCAA PLAYERS OF THE YEAR & NATIONAL CHAMPIONS JIMMER FREDETTE, KEMBA WALKER & EMEKA OKAFOR PERENNIAL NBA ALL-STARS DONOVAN MITCHELL & TOBIAS HARRIS, 2018 NBA FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS MO BAMBA (#6) & KEVIN HUERTER (#19), 2019 NAISMITH NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER OF THE YEAR & DETROIT PISTON FIRST ROUND SELECTION (#16) ISAIAH STEWART, 2022 DETROIT PISTON LOTTERY PICK (#13) JALEN DUREN, 2023 NBA DRAFT CHOICES DERECK LIVELY (#12), JALEN PICKETT (#32), ANDRE JACKSON, JR (#36) & EMONI BATES (#49), DUKE LEADING SCORER & REBOUNDER KYLE FILIPOWSKI, #1 RANKED HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER NATIONALLY IN THE CLASS OF 2023 & KENTUCKY COMMIT JUSTIN EDWARDS, #1 RANKED HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER NATIONALLY IN THE CLASS OF 2024 & DUKE COMMIT COOPER FLAGG AS WELL AS MANY, MANY MORE. THE #1 RANKED HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS IN THE NATION IN THE CLASSES OF 2021 (EMONI BATES), 2022 (DERECK LIVELY), 2023 (JUSTIN EDWARDS), AND 2024 (COOPER FLAGG) HAVE ALL COMPETED AT GymRat AND EARNED ALL-GymRat STATUS. IN ADDITION, ESPN HAS FIVE MORE GymRat ALUMS PROJECTED TO BE SLECTED IN THE 2024 NBA DRAFT IN MATAS BUZELIS (EXPRESSIONS/G LEAGUE IGNITE), JUSTIN EWARDS (TEAM FINAL/KENTUCKY), KYLE FILIPOWSKI (NY RENS/DUKE). KWAME EVANS (TEAM DURANT/OREGON), AND JJ STARLING (CITY ROCKS/SYRACUSE), WHILE COOPER FLAGG (MAINE UNITED/DUKE), WHO’S GymRat APPEARANCES BEGAN IN THE 7TH GRADE AND CONTINUED THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF HIS ELIGIBILITY, IS PROJECTED AS THE CONSENSUS #1 OVERALL PICK IN THE 2025 NBA DRAFT.

WITH TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL NOTORIETY ON THE LINE, THOSE THAT PERFORM WELL IN THIS HIGH VISIBILITY EVENT RECEIVE AN UNPARALLELED BOOST IN RECRUITING EXPOSURE. EACH YEAR SEVERAL ALL-GymRat CHALLENGE SELECTIONS ARE TABBED BY THE GymRat CHALLENGE EVALUATION TEAM AS RISING MEMBERS OF THEIR CLASSES BOTH NATIONALLY AS WELL AS REGIONALLY IN THEIR HOME AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. ALL OF THIS, COMBINED WITH A REPUTATION AS THE BEST ORGANIZED EVENT IN THE NATION, MAKES THE GymRat CHALLENGE ONE OF THE MOST COMPLETE AND COMPETITIVE STOPS ON THE SUMMER BASKETBALL SCHEDULE.