about us
Our mission
Our vision
"Empowering the youth to reach their full potential by providing a pathway to success in both sports and business"
“To provide young people with the skills, knowledge, and resources they need to succeed in business and sports"
The concept of rise league was established back in 2009 when our founders discovered the discrepancy in resources in their community compared to others. They got a taste of those resources and made up their mind to bridge the gap for their community and others in Central Florida.
Although Dmitri was playing professional basketball overseas, the brothers were able to bring Rise League to life with its first season right here in the Meadow Woods where they grew up.
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Our Founders
Meet the Thompson brothers! Our founders believe that
the best investment, is one made in the youth.
Dwight
Thompson jr
Co- Founder & Executive Director
Dmitri
thompson
Co-Founder & Marketing Director
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Bachelors Degree in Marketing with a minor Sports Business Management from the University of Central Florida
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Bachelors Degree in Sports Business Management from Elon University
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Won a Basketball State Championship for Orlando Christian Prep as a player and 3 more as a coach.
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Won 2 basketball state championships for Orlando Christian Prep as a player
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Won 3 Basketball State Championship for Orlando Christian Prep as a coach.
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Played 4 years of Division I basketball at Elon University
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10 years of experience as skill development basketball trainer
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Played professional basketball overseas in FIBA Euro Cup
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Owner/ CEO of Rise Media Inc
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Owner/ CEO of Thompson Management Group
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Mentor in the Heart of Florida United Way and Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College Future Business Leaders Program
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10 years of experience as skill development basketball trainer
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Mentor in the Heart of Florida United Way and Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College Future Business Leaders Program
