Twelve year old, Chase McKay Williams loves basketball. He plays it in and out of the water. He works hard, and plays even harder. He also enjoys water and snow skiing, and snow boarding with his family. He has a knack for diving and has mastered a full inward, a gainer, a double summy and is working on a two and half.  He loves any sport or activity that is remotely dangerous. As an Academic Golden Scholar for the past four years, he has just been invited to join the National Junior Honor Society. He is taking drum, piano and guitar lessons.With his new braces on his teeth, he is now looking forward to joining the ranks of those wearing contacts.  Chase is a Life Scout and will begin his Eagle project at the end of this summer. He gets a kick out of cooking shows like "Chopped" and often makes unique concoctions with whatever food happens to be in the kitchen or pantry. Duck Dynasty cracks him up.  He has a double award winning children's picture book written about him called "Chase McKay Didn't Get Up Today." Chase appreciates the Gonzales' for running this fine basketball program along with his other coaches. He is glad he gets to play with this great group of 7th grade basketball players.  

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Preston Coates, #25, loves playing basketball!  He has played since before kindergarten, and he shoots for at least an extra hour each day.  Likewise, Preston is a very driven student.  He earns straight A's at Power Ranch Elementary in Gilbert.  He enjoys being the tallest 4th grader at his school, and is actually taller than many of the 5th and 6th graders!  He is one tall drink of water!  Preston has always loved math and science.  He enjoys putting things together, and figuring out how things work.  He is interested in being some kind of engineer when he is older.  Also, Preston is a Webelos Cub Scout.  Recently, he participated in the Pinewood Derby, and won the entire event with a car he named, "Team Arizona #25"!  During the fall, Preston enjoys playing tight end and defensive end for his football club, The Special Forces.  One special personality characteristic of Preston is that he is a good friend.  He is easy going and kind to all, and has many friends.  Preston is an outstanding athlete and student.  He works so hard, and is not afraid to compete with/against kids much older than he is.  We know that this fierceness will help him later on in life.  Most of all, he is loving the competition of playing for Team Arizona this year!