Before Penn State, Baptiste served as an assistant coach for the Brimmer and May School varsity boys’ basketball program from 2016 to 2018. There, he spearheaded development at the school through various channels, working through recruiting and networking to build a consistently better team. He worked with players on skill development, maintaining accurate statistics to improve weight training and fitness program effectiveness, and developed numerous future college athletes.
Baptiste is also the CEO and founder of KJ’s Summer Runs, which he created in May of 2019. KJ’s Summer Runs coordinates summer basketball pick-up games for top-level collegiate and professional athletes, located in the greater Boston area. NBA players who have played in the Summer Runs include Marcus Smart, Lamar Stevens, the late Terrence Clark, Bruno Fernando, Duncan Robinson, Bruce Brown, and Carson Edwards. Additionally, he worked for three years with the Nike EYBL (BABC Program) as the assistant director of operations
I discovered this morning that I somehow didn’t know my wife didn’t like jelly beans. Fortunately everyone else does so there was some brisk candy trading and everything worked out.
Current state of transfer recruiting. I’ve included anyone who has been listed with UVA interest that I have seen, even if they are unlikely to pick UVA. If they put out a list that doesn’t include UVA, that will be noted. Let me know if there are players missing or other info that should be fixed!
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Ryan Conwell, South Florida
Ta’Lon Cooper, Minnesota - South Carolina
Greg Dolan, Cornell
Jayden Epps, Illinois - Georgetown
Chance McMillian, Grand Canyon
Jackson Paveletzke, Wofford
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Marcus Domask, Southern Illinois
AJ Storr, St. John’s
John Tonje, Colorado St. - Missouri
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Mustapha Amzil, Dayton
Robert Jennings, Texas Tech
Chris Ledlum, Harvard
Jordan Minor, Merrimack
Johnny O’Neil, American - Santa Clara
Josh Oduro, George Mason - Providence
Jaelyn Withers, Louisville
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Jonathan Beagle, Albany
Micah Handlogten, Marshall
Elijah Hutchins-Everett, Austin Peay
Abou Ousmane, North Texas
Tyrese Samuel, Seton Hall
Will Shaver, North Carolina
Payton Sparks, Ball St. - Indiana
