PICTURED: ALL-GymRat selection JOSON SANON was named Most Outstanding Offensive Performer at GymRat 2024. SANON put his complete NBA-ready offensive skill set on display at GymRat becoming the first player in event history to post four 30+ point games going for 32, 34, 36, and 38 against against top-level, elite EYBL, UAA and 3SSB defenders. Originally committed to Arizona, shortly after his electrifying GymRat performance and the resulting increase in his NIL value, SANON re-classified into the 2024 graduating class, de-committed from the Wildcats and announced that he would be joining Coach Bobby Hurley at Arizona State, (Photo, Eddie Quinn, GymRat Event Staff)

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) AND 2019 NAISMITH NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER OF THE YEAR & DETROIT PISTON FIRST ROUND SELECTION (#16) ISAIAH STEWART.  THE GymRat TALENT PARADE IS MARCHING STRONGER THAN EVER WITH NINE MORE FORMER ALL-GYMRAT PERFORMERS HEARING THEIR NAMES CALLED DURING THE LAST THREE NBA DRAFT CYCLES LED BY FORMER GYMRAT MVP, JALEN DUREN (TEAM FINAL/MEMPHIS) WHO WAS A LOTTERY PICK IN 2022 AS THE #13 OVERALL PICK TO THE DETROIT PISTONS. IN THE 2023 NBA DRAFT, A RECORD FOUR FORMER ALL-GYMRAT SELECTIONS WERE CHOSEN AMONG THE TOP 60 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD WITH DERECK LIVELY II (TEAM FINAL/DUKE) CHOSEN #12 OVERALL BY THE DALLAS MAVERICKS, THEN JALEN PICKETT (CITY ROCKS/SIENA/PENN STATE) SELECTED #32 OVERALL BY THE DENVER NUGGETS, FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY ANDRE JACKSON, JR. (CITY ROCKS/U. CONN) PICKED #36 OVERALL BY THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS, AND EMONI BATES (BATES FUNDAMENTAL/TEAM FINAL/MEMPHIS/EASTERN MICHIGAN) GOING AT #49 TO THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS. THE 2024 GYMRAT NBA DRAFT CLASS INCLUDED FOUR MORE EVENT ALUMS WITH DONOVAN CLINGAN (BOSTON SPARTANS/U CONN) LEADING THREE NBA LOTTERY PICKS AT #7 OVERALL TO THE PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS FOLLOWED BY MATAS BUZELIS (EXPRESSIONS ELITE/G LEAGUE IGNITE) AT #11 TO THE CHICAGO BULLS, AND BUB CARRINGTON (TEAM MELO/PITTSBURGH) AT #14 TO THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS, WHILE KYLE FILIPOWSKI (NY RENS/DUKE) WAS SELECTED #32 OVERALL BY THE UTAH JAZZ.

ADDITIONALLY, THE #1 RANKED HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER ON THE PLANET AND 2022 GYMRAT CHALLENGE MVP, COOPER FLAGG, WAS SELECTED AS THE NAISMITH NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER OF THE YEAR AT FLORIDA’S MONTVERDE ACADEMY, IS BOUND FOR DUKE, AND IS THE PRESUMPTIVE #1 OVERALL PICK IN THE 2025 NBA DRAFT. BOTH FLAGG AND FILIPOWSKI STARTED THEIR GYMRAT APPEARANCES IN THE 7^TH GRADE AND RETURNED ANNUALLY TO SHOWCASE THEIR DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE END OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY.

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. 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