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Warriors Basketball Academy to Celebrate 25th Anniversary

2024 Summer Schedule Includes 36 Camp Sessions At 20 Bay Area Locations

Warriors Basketball Academy, powered by Rakuten, will celebrate its 25th Anniversary this summer through a variety of activations, including 36 camp sessions at 20 Bay Area locations for youth ages seven to 17. Registration for all summer camp sessions is available now at gswacademy.com.  

In celebration of the 25th Anniversary, Warriors Basketball Academy will host two overnight camps at the Warriors Basketball Facility in Oakland. The first session will run from June 29–July 2 featuring Warriors forward Trayce Jackson-Davis and guard Brandin Podziemski, and the second session will run from August 2–5 featuring guard Gary Payton II. This marks the third consecutive year the team has hosted an overnight camp.

Additionally, in an effort to support youth basketball participation throughout the Bay Area, the Warriors Community Foundation will launch a Youth Basketball Scholarship program. Through this program, the Foundation will offer scholarships to provide underserved youth with the opportunity to participate in longstanding youth basketball camps and clinics in the Bay Area. For more information and to apply, please visit warriors.com/scholarship. To make a donation to support the scholarship fund, please visit warriors.com/donate.

The year-round 25th Anniversary celebration will honor the history of Warriors Basketball Camp and highlight key moments, camp alumni, past and present staff members, and the overall impact Warriors Basketball Camp has had on the Bay Area youth basketball landscape through digital content. 

Warriors Basketball Academy’s 2024 summer camp schedule will run from June 3–August 9, highlighted by two all-girls sessions, a high potential girls session (ages 11-17) and a coed high potential session (ages 11-17). General sessions will focus on individual skill development, the importance of fundamentals, and the development of a healthy team attitude for boys and girls ages seven to 15 of all skill levels and abilities. Early Registration and sibling discounts are available.

The 2024 Warriors Basketball Camp summer camp schedule includes:

SESSIONDATESLOCATION
Session IJune 3-7South San Francisco High School, South San Francisco
Session IIJune 3-7American High School, Fremont
Session IIIJune 3-7Warriors Basketball Facility, Oakland
Session IVJune 10-14Pine Valley Middle School, San Ramon
Session VJune 10-14Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose
Session VIJune 10-14Monta Vista High School, Cupertino
Session VIIJune 10-14Warriors Basketball Facility, Oakland
Session VIIIJune 17-21Silliman Activity Center, Newark
Session IXJune 17-21Kaiser Permanente Arena, Santa Cruz
Session XJune 17-21Diablo Vista Middle School, Danville
Session XIJune 17-21Warriors Basketball Facility, Oakland
Session XIIJune 24-28Egan Gym, Los Altos
Session XIIIJune 24-28Bunker Hoop House, Santa Rosa
Session XIVJune 24-28Livermore High School, Livermore
Session XVJune 24-27Warriors Basketball Facility, Oakland
Overnight Camp I ft. Jackson-Davis and PodziemskiJune 29-July 2Warriors Basketball Facility, Oakland
Session XVIJuly 8-12Justin Siena High School, Napa
Session XVIIJuly 8-12Monta Vista High School, Cupertino
Session XVIIIJuly 8-12Monta Vista High School, Cupertino
Session XIXJuly 8-12Warriors Basketball Facility, Oakland
Session XXJuly 15-19San Francisco State, San Francisco
Session XXIJuly 15-19Hillsdale High School, San Mateo
Session XXIIJuly 15-19Warriors Basketball Facility, Oakland
Session XXIXJuly 15-19Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose
Thrive City Session IJuly 22-25Thrive City, San Francisco
All Girls Session I July 22-26Warriors Basketball Facility, Oakland
All Girls Session High Potential (Ages 11-17)July 22-26Warriors Basketball Facility, Oakland
Session XXIIIJuly 22-26Arrillaga Family Gymnasium, Menlo Park
Session XXIVJuly 22-26Bunker Hoop House, Santa Rosa
All Girls Session IIJuly 29-August 1Foothill High School, Pleasanton
High Potential Camp IJuly 29-August 1Warriors Basketball Facility, Oakland
Session XXVJuly 29-August 2Redwood High School, Larkspur
Session XXVIJuly 29-August 2San Mateo High School, San Mateo
Overnight Camp II, ft. Payton II*August 2-5Warriors Basketball Facility, Oakland
Session XXVIIAugust 5-9Iron Horse Middle School, San Ramon
Session XXVIIIAugust 5-9Tice Valley Gymnasium, Walnut Creek

The high-energy staff at Warriors Basketball Academy consists of high school and college coaches as well as current and former college players. The player to coach ratio is 8-to-1, making for an immersive experience for every attendee. 

Since its inception in the summer of 2000, Warriors Basketball Academy has grown into the largest basketball camp program in the NBA and has attracted over 80,000 youth from six different continents to participate in thousands of sessions in 40+ cities around the Bay Area. Last summer, the Academy featured 36 in-person camp sessions, registering over 4,000 youth. Over the last 25 years, over 250 guest appearances have been made by Warriors players and coaches at various camp sessions. Former Warriors forward Juan Toscano-Anderson is the third former camper to play in the NBA and was the first to play for Golden State and win an NBA Championship.

The Warriors Basketball Facility in Oakland integrates Shoot 360 technology to help players of all skill levels improve their abilities on the court. Warriors Basketball Academy, powered by Rakuten, offers a membership program that includes annual, six-month, three-month, and month-to-month options. All annual members will receive free parking, free skill development classes, open gym options, and two tickets to a Golden State Warriors home game.  Workout bundle options will still be available for purchase. For more details visit gswacademy.com.

About Warriors Basketball Academy 
Warriors Basketball Academy, powered by Rakuten, which encompasses the organization’s youth basketball efforts across the Bay Area, has hosted over 80,000 participants since its inception in 2000. A member of the Jr. NBA’s Flagship Network, Warriors Basketball Academy has been deemed one of 18 best-in-class youth basketball organizations that share the Jr. NBA’s vision for how the game should be taught. Operating out of the Warriors’ Oakland Facility (1011 Broadway), Warriors Basketball Academy made significant upgrades to the team’s former practice facility to provide improved skill development options for camp participants. The East Bay facility is the first NBA team-owned facility dedicated to youth basketball development. For more information, follow Warriors Basketball Academy on Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok, and X at @gswacademy.