Basketball

Staff Coaches:  Rudy Charles
                            Bertram McDowell

Rudy Charles  
 

Rudy attended Goshen High School his Freshman/Sophomore year where Rudy was the only underclassmen named to the Times Herald Record All-Star Team.  Rudy Attended Durango High School in Las Vegas his Junior/Senior year where he was named to the USA Today All State Team.  Rudy was a 4 year starter on Varsity Basketball.  Rudy then attended Milford Academy Prep School in Milford CT which was ranked in the top 10 on the east coast.  After Prep school, Rudy received a scholarship to Eastern New Mexico University where he was named to the Lone Star Conference – Freshman of the year.  Rudy moved back to New York in 2007 and for the last 3 years has been the director of “The Basketball for Life Program”, which is a program for at risk youth in Orange & Ulster Counties.   

Rudy believes that basketball has made him the man he is today and prides himself on teaching today’s youth hard work, dedication, and mental toughness through the game of basketball.

 
Bertram McDowell
 

Bertram McDowell Jr graduated from Cornwall Central High School in 2005; while there he played varsity basketball for three years, earning many honors: Times Herald Record first team, All-Region honors, named to the “Upstate vs. NYC” all-star game. He then played collegiately at Sullivan Community College, where he became the school’s second all-time leading scorer with over 1000 points in just two years. In 2007, his men’s team won the NJCAA Championship holding an astonishing record of 32-0. In 2008 he was name NJCAA Player of the Year and he played in the Annual New Balance JUCO All-Star game in Scottsdale, Arizona. He then went on to play for the legendary coach Rollie Massimino at Northwood University. Bertram express great passion for the game of basketball; he coached a teenage basketball camp at the Cross-Island YMCA. Due to his coaching experience, as well as his knowledge of the game, he is PrimoSport’s basketball instructor and the coach of TeamPrimo AAU 12&under.