Category Career Spotlight

Ebanks off to Baton Rouge!

18 year old Arleny Ebanks is off to Baton Rouge Community College in Louisiana this summer.

The 6’3 center played just her first year in the National Women’s Basketball league when she joined the league’s runners up “Islanders” this season.

Ebanks began learning the game of Basketball recently in 2019. It was National Youth and Assistant Women’s Coach Cory McGee who saw huge potential and took the stellar rebounder under his wing and prepared her for battle in a little over a year.

Ebanks joined the Breakfast Club morning program where she improved her skill and knowledge of the game preparing her for the next 4 years of tertiary education. She’s also looking forward to giving back to the Cayman Islands National programs.

All the best Arleny!!!!🏀🤗

Career Spotlight – Lloyd Samuels

Former Cayman Islands National Basketball player Lloyd Stevenson Samuels is now the Head Coach of the Dulwich Panthers AKA Drip Squad in Shanghai China.

Coaching in Shanghai:

In the 2018-2019 season, Samuels’ Varsity girls team placed 2nd in the ACAMIS tournament in Beijing.

In the 2019-2020 season, his Boys varsity team went undefeated throughout the season and were champions of the East Division. The team had a 3rd place finish in the SISAC tournament. Samuels and his Drip squad were going into the ACAMIS tournament as a favorite to win this year but the tournament was cancelled due to the Coronavirus.

Professional Basketball Overseas:

Samuels also played semi-professionally with the Teesvalley Mohawks English Basketball Club for 3 years. Mohawks head coach Steve Butler was quoted as saying, “Samuels struggled in his first season at the club as he came to terms with the new experience of playing basketball overseas but last term he earned the Most Improved Player award and played a big part in the squad’s push for a play-off place.”

Representing Cayman Internationally:

Samuels’ has represented the Cayman Islands at the Aland, Sweden NatWest Islands Games in 2009 and Rhodes, Greece in 2007 where Cayman won Silver; and the 2017 Bahamas CBC Games.

Local Basketball:

Samuels has played for three teams overall: most successfully the George Town Sports Club dynasty winning six titles consecutively; Wendy’s Tarheels and one title with the Shoalin Warriors in Cayman’s local men’s National league.