In the third and final part of this piece we celebrate two players flying stateside to Academic institutions in the United States. Joe Sheeran is a long time Eagles Academy player who has progressed right through the Academy levels and even featured in the BBL during the 2021-22 season. Joe stepped on court for two…
The second young Eagles to graduate our Under-19 programme is Joshua ‘Josh’ Osarenkhoe. Josh is the eldest of three brothers who are in our performance pathway with Jesse and Joseph hot on his heels! The Osarenkoe family moved to Newcastle from Milan, Italy in 2018 and Josh has steadily progressed through the ranks from u14s…
Tosan Evbuomwan is set to realise his NBA dream after the Detroit Pistons snapped up the Newcastle-born forward. The Eagles Academy graduate narrowly missed out on the 2023 NBA draft after failing to emerge as one of this summer’s top 60 picks. But hours after the dust settled on one of the biggest events on…
The night has come when Eagles Academy graduate Tosan Evbuomwan’s dreams could become reality as the British basketball community comes together to support him in the NBA Draft overnight. The annual Draft is when NBA teams can select from the best young prospects from American colleges and around the world. From 1am the 2023 NBA Draft…
BBC Sport have shone the spotlight on former Eagles Academy graduate and British Basketball’s brightest star Tosan Evbuomwan. Watch the video below to hear more from Tosan, about his journey from Tyneside to the brink of the NBA. The 2023 NBA Draft, featuring Tosan, will take place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Centre on Thursday 22nd June.
Our Newcastle Eagles Academy will be offering a new experience to players aged 16-19 years old from this September. An academic and sporting partnership between Eagles Community Foundation and NCG has lead to the creation of a new structure which will enable players to access to: Up to 14 hours of training per week Specialist Strength…
The Newcastle Eagles Academy, along with friends, family and supporters joined us at The Vertu Motors Arena recently to celebrate our academy class of ’23 and to acknowledge some standout performances from our athletes. This year’s event was made a little more special given recent news that Eagles Academy graduate Tosan Evbuomwan will enter the…
Eagles Academy graduate Tosan Evbuomwan, who recently declared for the 2023 NBA Draft, has been invited to the illustrious NBA Combine after he impressed at the Elite Camp in Chicago over the weekend. The 6’7″ former Royal Grammar School and Newcastle Eagles basketball prodigy flew to great heights this year under and found himself firming…
The trials dates and summer schedule for our 2023-24 Eagles Academy at the Vertu Motors Arena have now been confirmed. There will be two tiers of trials, invite only and open trials. The invite only trials take place on the 10th and 11th June and are for current Academy and Advanced Development Group players. All this…
