Amir Sultan
Founder/CEO
Amir Sultan was born in Brooklyn, and resides in Queens, NY. Mr. Sultan attended high school in New York City where he was a city finalist in track, played JV Basketball at Long Island City HS and Varsity Basketball at Springfield HS. Mr. Sultan has been around the “New York City Game” for more than 35 years as a player, and then a coach and instructor.
Some of the students Mr. Sultan has mentored and coached are presently considered top players at well-known colleges and universities around the country. Equally important, many of his former players have earned their degree and are positive role models themselves; returning to their neighborhoods and communities to help the youth understand the importance of academics and life skills, and how it relates to success in athletes. READ MORE
Lloyd Webber-Bey
(Chief Operating Officer)
Lavern Mason-Howard
(Chief Compliance Officer)
Abou Sow
(Director of International Students Affairs)
Omarr Maxime
(Social Media/Marketing)
Cynthia Bernadine
(Social Media/Marketing)
Samuel Jean Charles
(Skill/Player Development)
Otwane Randolph
(Skill/Player Development)
Carl Isidor
(Skill/Player Development)
Allan Gadsden
(Coach/Personal Trainer)
John Caragiorgis
(Coach)
William (Jihard) Fisher
(Coach, Team Hardwill N.J.)
Leadership
Sonja Webber-Bey
(President)
Dr. Kofi Lomotey
(Vice President)
Nurriddin Muhammad
(Treasurer)
Floyd Bank
Howard (Bruddy) Robertson
Johann (John) Clendenin
(Secretary)
Board Of Directors
Wall of Fame
- Shaheen Holloway: Seton Hall
- Karim Shabazz: FSU/Providence College
- Sharif Fordham: St Johns U
- Cindy Johnson: U Delaware
- Virginia Gonzalez: St John's
- Ian McGinnis: Dartmouth U
- Gregory Springfield: Western Kentucky/Hofstra
- Rashaun Banjo: Quinnipiac College
- Andre Aldridge: U Pittsburgh
- Keith Spenser: Louisiana Tech U
- Tyrone Nash: Notre Dame
- Tyreik Vier-McClymont: Bucknell
- Chad Davis: Virginia Union
- Daniel Hawkins: Kentucky St.
- Alex Muir: Cornell
- Carl Benn: U Mass-Lowell
- Donald Williamson: U Texas/Salem Teikyo
- Otwane Randolph: Salem Teikyo U
- Warren Ross: High Point College
- Nashon Mcpherson: Western Kentucky
- Clifford Clinkscale: DePaul U
- Ruben Amedees: Northeastern U
- Corey Warren: Ft Valley St./Southern U
- Carlton Aaron: Temple U
- Ira Miller: Louisiana Tech/McNeese St.
- Carl Isidor: Global
- Shirelle Dennis: LIU/Queens College
- Sheldon Minnus: Queens College
- Serena Webber-Bey: Maritime
- Dwayne Alexis: Dartmouth
- Marissa Webber-Bey: Maritime
- Tamir Goodman: Towson St
- Qayyim Shabazz: CW Post
- Jason Bromley: Syracuse
- Sahil Kapoor: Queens College
- Tavorris Bell: Rhode Island
- Shiron Brown: Sullivan CC
- Timothy Butler: Sullivan CC
- Laurel Bobb: Jefferson CC
- Randy Aiken: Broome CC
- Stephon Barnes: Temple U
- Dwayne Thomas: UNC
- John Middleton: Long Island U (LIU)
- Stephon Castle: U Conn
- Kenny Satterfield: U. Cincinnati
- Stacy Castle: Wake Forest U
- Stanley King: Wake Forest U
- Jorge Mercado Jr: Seton Hall U
- Doug Taff: Fashion Institute of Technology
- Tanya L. Brown: Murray State U
- Cindy Johnson: U. Delaware
- Nosha Johnson: St. Johns U.
- Lakia Echols: St. Johns U.
HISTORY
The New York Skyriders Inc, have been in operation since 1980 primarily as an AAU team, offering counseling and college placement services to youth in Queens, N.Y. focused in Jamaica and Far Rockaway communities. The program was funded largely by private supporters from the Skyriders' Prinicipals. It became clear, however, that additional support services were needed, and the number of student athletes in need of those services increased as well. The facility being used was no longer sufficient to address those needs. Therefore, in 1997, the decision was made to incorporate Skyriders as a 501(c)(3) non-for-profit organization, and seek additional support to continue and expand program offerings to youth in underserved communities.