Welcome to our Factory Basketball History Page
Factory Basketball's Origins
Factory Basketball girls travel basketball club began with one 8th grade girls basketball team back in 2013. We played the winter/spring season as the Western Wayne Wolfpack Black team, which won almost all of our tournaments before finishing 3rd in the MI AAU State Championship. After that tournament, we decided to start Factory Basketball with just 8 basketball players.
Early Success
Factory Basketball won their very first 8th grade girls basketball tournament going 3-0. This is from our first tournament way back in fall of 2013. We followed that up by going 4-0 the next weekend to win another championship. In fact we began our season going 11-0 collecting a lot of trophies. Here is another early photo.
The Factory Basketball 2018 Elite team's first trip to Run 4 the Roses in Lexington KY in 2016.
Factory Basketball 2018 Elite followed Run 4 the Roses with Battle in the Boro
Factory Basketball 2018 Elite at Run 4 the Roses & Battle in the Boro 2017 in Louisville KY
Factory Basketball 2018 Elite girls travel basketball team: Front row: Janessa Belleville, Kendall Northville, Ella Northville, Brook White Lake, Sasha Ann Arbor, Kate Canton/Belleville. Back Row: Roan Northville, Jordan Wixom, Morgan Birmingham, Katie Woodhaven, Sophia New Boston, Ava New Boston.
Our 2018 Class is was our 1st graduating class. Of that group, every girl that wanted to play college basketball went on to play.
Katelyn Sherwood - Wayne State University
Sophia DiMilia - U of D Mercy - Northwood University
Jordan Walczyk - GVSU
Julia Lalain - Hope College
Janessa Franklin - Adrian College - Oakland CC
Brooke Madak - Sienna Heights University
Sarah Tanderys - Schoolcraft College
Bella Dugas - St Mary's College - South Bend, IN
Abbey Reppen - John's Hopkins University
Total Scholarship money for the 2018 Class totaled approximately $750,000
2018:
We have now graduated our 2nd class. Our 2019 Class won the Silver Championship at Run 4 the Roses in Louisville. They had a great tournament, playing in front of dozens and dozens of coaches. It is no surprise that EIGHT have committed to play at the next level. Our 2019 class will surpass $600,000 in scholarships.
Ava DiMilia - Northwood University
Casey Smith - Lourdes University
Maya Narayan - Aquinas College
Samantha Dorrn - Concordia University
Rana Elhuseini - Endinboro University
Maddie Rzepka - St Mary's-Notre Dame
Bianca Kaiser - Oakland Community College
Shawn`Ta Standifer - Glen Oaks CC
In August of 2018, we signed the lease on the building that would become The Factory. We now had our own training center where we could control our own gym time, have a classroom, and our own strength training center.
2019
We tried something new in 2019 and for the first time ever, created a team comprised of our top players regardless of age, and took them down to the National Championship in Atlanta. Our girls Competed as Factory Orange Elite in the 2020 Division.
The Girls went 2-2 in this event, scoring the most points in a single game of any team in their division netting 84 points.
Front Row:
Alyssa Chritz - 2020 - Midland High School
Olivia Warren - 2020 - Walled Lake Western HS
Ashley Hill - 2022 - Divine Child HS
Back Row:
Coach Trent Kelly
Sara Serbantez - 2020 - Flat Rock HS
Coach Jade Antolec
Amy Jackson - 2020 - Flat Rock HS
Maya Kelly - 2020 - North Farmington HS
Alexis Thomas - 2021 - New Boston Huron HS
Isabelle Alston - 2021 - Monroe St Mary CC HS
Coach Rich Sherwood
After seeing what this team was capable of doing on the biggest stage, we decided to have at least one of these all-star teams each year going forward.
2020:
10 girls from our 2020 class went on to play at the collegiate level in addition to 1 Rowing at the D1 level.
Maya Barakat - U of M Dearborm
Alyssa Chritz - College of Wooster
Angelina Haisha - Rochester College
Amy Jackson - Macomb Community College
Sara Serbantez - Adrian College
Justina Szalkowski - Schoolcraft College
Morgan Thompson - Lourdes University
Olivia Warren - Alma College
Lauren Marshall - Elmhurst (Basketball & Track)
Kallie McElroy - Bethel University
Jessica LaRoy - EMU (Rowing)
Our Program grew to 10 teams including 3 for the class of 2023.
Team Room finished at the Factory where our players change shoes,
keep their bags, hang out, watch film and have classroom sessions.
2021:
Covid-19 made this season extremely difficult, but we managed to have a very productive year with 8 teams. We had to travel to Indiana for most of our events, but our girls stayed safe and we played some very good basketball.
Our class of 2022 team played the top competition in the region if not country all season long and were competitive in almost every game. 8 of the 9 girls will be playing college basketball, and the 9th will be rowing at the D1 level.
Dara Capaldi - EMU
Anna Fernandez - TBD (multiple offers)
Markayla Holland - TBD (multiple offers)
Ashley Hill - Madonna University
Rayah Kolbusz - Goshen College
Maddi Black - Alma College
Kiara Williams - TBD (multiple offers)
Marissa Kintz - Oakland CC
Sammy Maday - MSU (Rowing)
Our 2022 Orange and 2023 Orange teams both won Bronze Championships in the upper division of Run 4 Roses playing some extremely high talent. The 2023 Orange also played in 2 other championship games in the top division of two other top events showing that they can compete with anyone.
2022:
Our 2023 Orange team will be building on the success they had the last two years and will be making decisions themselves of where they will be playing at the next level.
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