16U Elite

Good afternoon folks how are you? Just a few nuggets of information before we leave this weekend for Colorado..

1. We will leave from the same place this Friday at the same time. 7:15 am from the airport rental facility.

2. Here is the flight information for Session 4 in Wichita, Kansas for the Live Period May 16-18

Leaving: Albuquerque on Flight 1551 at 7:10 am and arriving in Kansas at 2:25pm

Returning: (Departing out of OKC instead of Wichita because departing flights to NM from Wichita didn't exist AFTER 2:30 pm on the 18th) Flight 3511 at 6:05 pm and arriving in Albuquerque at 11:25 pm

3. Schedules for this upcoming weekend are out. I will attach the link for the Puma events so you can get the schedules as soon as they are released. https://apps.apple.com/app/id6742687691

Practice this Saturday at Kingmaker Gym. We will have both 16’s practice from 1-3pm

Bring water and a basketball and let's get ready to hoop!!!

Okay, here we go folks:

Now that the high school season is ending, I'm sure you're all bursting at the seams ready to go, and get more information as to how this season is going to play out!!

1. You will be hearing information by Tuesday about practice this upcoming week, both times and locations. At these practices I will be handing out gear for those all caught up in their payment schedule.

2. Here are the flight schedules that have been planned thus far:

Wichita, Kansas Flight # WN-1551

City pair

ABQ-LAS

Departs

16-May-2025 07:10 Arrives

16-May-2025 07:45

Flight # WN-2054

City pair

LAS-ICT

Departs

16-May-2025 10:00 Arrives

16-May-2025 14:25

( I have yet to book a return flight because Southwest currently does not have anything flying out on Sunday past 1pm)

Orlando, FloridaABQ-MCO Flight details:

Flight # WN-127

City pair

ABQ-DAL

Departs

24-Jul-2025 05:00 Arrives

24-Jul-2025 07:45

Flight # WN-2279

City pair

DAL-MCO

Departs

24-Jul-2025 10:35 Arrives

24-Jul-2025 14:15

MCO-ABQ Flight details:

Flight # WN-793

City pair

MCO-DEN

Departs

27-Jul-2025 18:00 Arrives

27-Jul-2025 20:25

Flight # WN-3065

City pair

DEN-ABQ

Departs

27-Jul-2025 22:45 Arrives

28-Jul-2025 00:05

3. For all other tournaments in the spring, we will be driving rented vans and we will leave Friday mornings (between 7-730am) from the front parking lot of the rental car locations at Albuquerque International Sunport, (3400 University Blvd SE) and we will return to the same location on Sundays.

4. Here are the hotels that we have booked thus far for the entire season. For those of you wanting to stay at the same locations, you must contact the hotel and book a room and tell them you are with D1 New Mexico and you will get our hotel rate. If you have any problems doing so, please feel free to reach out to me and I will help you.

1. March 28-30 Dallas, Texas/ Candlewood Suites Market Center

2. April 11-13 Las Vegas, Nevada/ Gold Coast Hotel

3. April 25-27 Fort Collins, Colorado/ Hilton Garden Inn Fort Collins

4. May 16-18 (Live) Wichita, Kansas/ Wyndham Garden Wichita Downtown

5. May 23-25 Norman, Oklahoma/ Courtyard by Marriott Norman

Summer

1. July 10-13 (Live) Duncanville, Texas (Will book soon)

2.July 18-20 (Live) Bryan, Texas/ Wingate by Wyndham College Station TX/Looking to change this one to a different hotel..

3.July 24-27 Orlando, Florida/ Surestay Plus By Best Western Orlando Lake Buena Vista

Attached is the link:

D1 Family,

We’re excited to announce that your FRYP fundraising campaign virtual store has been created and is ready to launch on Saturday, February 15, 2025! Please ask the parents to start downloading the app, and uploading contacts.

Player Goals:

30 contacts uploaded minimum (the more contacts uploaded, the more donations are collected)

$400 in donations

Team Goals: $3200 per team

To help you and your head coaches onboard parents to the FRYP app, we’ve attached a campaign flyer with step-by-step instructions. Please note that each team store has a unique campaign code located in the upper right-hand corner of the flyer—this code will be essential for parents to access and support your team’s campaign.

Additionally, we’ve included an instructional video to guide you through the onboarding process: Watch the Video Here.

If you have any questions or need further assistance, feel free to reach out. We’re here to support you every step of the way!

Best regards,

Melissa