HoopEd | Basketball Camps, Training | Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia

Basketball Camps, Training | Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia | HoopEd

Hoop Education is the premier facilitator of year-round youth basketball and sports programs in the Washington, DC area. HoopEd runs programs for school downtime -- spring break, holidays, and summer - and also offers fundamental clinics, after school programs, and special events on a year-round basis.

We adhere to the philosophy that sports are played to have FUN, and that many of life's greatest lessons have been learned on playing fields and courts. The founder's passion and genuine love for sports, particularly basketball, is something kids have been responding to for more than a decade. While fun is always at the top of the agenda, learning and getting better are always the priority at HoopEd events.

Shane Stem

Shane Stem, Area Director

Coach Shane has had a basketball in his hands for over fifteen years. Shane, a recent Lancaster Bible College graduate where he studied Business and Coaching, concluded his fifteenth and final year of competitive play in 2008. He was a Maryland Christian School All-State player his senior year of high school. He also was his school's athlete of the year his senior year. At the college level, Shane was a member of the first ever Lancaster Bible College men's basketball team to win a Regional Banner and go on to compete at the National Christian College Athletic Association National Tournament.

An American Sport Education Program certified basketball coach, Shane has been working with youth for years. In high school, he volunteered as a 2nd-3rd grade boys coach, and also volunteered with the Westminster City Recreation Youth 3 on 3 League. In May of 2008, Coach Shane was offered the Director position with the WCR 3 on 3 Youth League, as well as franchise with HoopED immediately putting his college degree to use. The goal Coach Shane wants to achieve with HoopED is to teach the game of basketball to athletes of any age while being a role model to the youth. Basketball is a game and games are fun, but much can be learned through this great game.

Dave Saur

Coach Dave Saur, Area Director

Coach Dave Saur has been involved with basketball for over 15 years. He finished his final year as a player in the 2008 season at the college level. Dave is a native of Sykesville, MD and is a 2007 graduate of Laurinburg Prep (Laurinburg, NC). As a post graduate at Laurinburg, Dave helped lead the team to a top 15 finish in the national prep polls by USA Today. Dave spent his junior and senior year at the nationally know high school in Frederick Maryland, Saint John's Prospect Hall. While at Saint John's Dave was an All-Baltimore Catholic League All Star both years and was named a captain his senior season. Dave spent his high school summers honing his game at the Cecil Kirk Recreation Center located in East Baltimore. Dave's Cecil Kirk AAU team in the summer of 2005 finished the summer as the #2 ranked team nationally after finishing as the runner up in the Nike Las Vegas Main Event Tournament.

Coach Dave is currently an assistant coach for the Thiel College Women's Basketball team (Greenville, PA). Saur is involved in every aspect of the program from player development to game planning. Over the past two summers Coach Dave has worked several basketball camps/summer workouts which include working at the Cecil Kirk Recreation Center in Baltimore helping with College and Pro player's individual workout sessions. A couple players who Saur has worked with include: Rudy Gay (Memphis Grizzles), and Donte Greene (Sacramento Kings). Saur has also done individual workouts for college players from the Southern Carroll County area including former McDonald's All-American and current Maryland Terrapin Marah Strickland.

Sindi Eyler

Coach Sindi Eyler, Area Director

Sindi Eyler, formerly Stem, has seen success in basketball at every level she played. Growing up, she was often placed on teams an age bracket up from where she should be playing. A 1999 graduate of Francis Scott Key High School in Union Bridge, MD, saw huge success in at the high school level. As a sophomore, she led FSK to the 1A MD state title '97. She was an all-Carroll County star two of her varsity seasons. An all star three sport athlete in high school, lettering in soccer, basketball, and softball earned the prestigious recognition as Carroll County Athlete of the Year in 1998.

Sindi followed up an amazing high school playing career with playing for the McDaniel College Green Terror. While at McDaniel, she right away saw significant minutes by earning the starting point guard spot as a true freshman. Sindi still is listed in the record books at McDaniel for single season 3-pointers made, 3-point percentage, and assists per game. Sindi has been around the game and saw success at every level she played. Sindi is also the older sister and basketball mentor to Carroll County Director Shane Stem.

Matt Saur

Coach Matt Saur, Area Director

Coach Saur has been a certified personal trainer for over 3 years. Matt has trained athletes at various levels of sports from high school to college. His training focuses on sport-specific strength development, core strength, and explosion and speed development. Saur has trained numerous All-County and All-Conference athletes; most notably Luke Wright (Duquesne) and Ryan Pentz (Wagner).

Coach Saur has been involved with basketball for 12 years. Matt is a Sykesville native, and a 2007 graduate of Century High School. While at Century, Matt was involved in Basketball; as well as football and track. On the football field Matt was named to the Maryland Offensive All-State Team, Offensive and Defensive All-Conference Teams, and Offensive and Defensive All-County Teams as a senior. Matt decided to continue his football career at Thiel College; where he earned a starting spot as a sophomore. His career was cut short during his sophomore campaign due to a fractured neck in week 6. In addition, Matt has competed in several power lifting events, which lead to a gold medal at the Maryland State Weight-lifting competition and Slippery Rock Weight lifting competition respectively.

Jonathan Scribner

Coach Jonathan Scribner, Founder

Jonathan has been involved in basketball extensively for almost 25 years as both a player and a coach. Since graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Jonathan has coached boys and girls teams of all ages throughout the DC area from rec ball to AAU to freshman and junior varsity teams. Jonathan spent the past six years as the girl's Varsity Head Coach at the National Cathedral School in Washington, DC, where he completed a perfect 19-0 season in the ISL A Division in 2006-2007.

In June of 2007 He was hired as the new Girl's Varsity Head Coach for St. John's College High School in Washington, DC. Before founding HoopEd, Jonathan spent the last 12 years as Director of Operations for One on One Basketball running basketball clinics, camps, and programs for kids and adults throughout the metropolitan area. Now Jonathan has taken his life worth of experience and dedication to kids and sports to found and direct HoopEd.