Welcome to the Athens Wildcats Youth Basketball Association (“AWYBA”), our community’s newest nonprofit organization supporting our students-athletes in 1st through 6th grade within the Athens Area School District. The AWYBA’s mission is to foster and encourage our student-athletes to engage in youth basketball sporting activities – providing assistance for the development of citizenship, sportsmanship, and adulthood of our players.

Our goal as a Board of Directors is to continue to provide the same great basketball for our Wildcats as in prior seasons, while introducing additional opportunities at affordable costs. AWYBA was formed after recognition of a few key factors in our ever-changing community – rising costs and its detrimental impact on participation in sporting activities; lack of off-season opportunities without significant monetary investment; and the benefits of a unified organization for both boys and girls. 

While sports have a different and personal meaning to each of us, we look forward to our players learning important life lessons that translate beyond the game – that success  is a result of hard work and preparation; that  overcoming adversity requires commitment; and most importantly, that learning to love a game is an unforgettable feeling.

We look forward to working with you and your family to create opportunities to ensure our children are given the tools to succeed in both basketball and in their future… and learn to have fun while doing so.