The Gold Standard

The Gold Standard continues to mean no player fees or dues. It means no player equipment or travels costs. While we are fully independent, we are the only girls travel team backed by the Jordan Brand. We are fully self-funded, only asking for passive donations via established programs such as Kroger Community and Amazon Smiles participation, as well as a small per-family fee to help the coaching staff stipends. 

Furthermore, being in existence since 1984, we offer all of the perks one can come to expect with an established organization. Every year I am humbled to have my opinion matter when discussing the Gatorade State Player of The Year for Georgia. We have contacts and strong relationships with USA Basketball, McDonald's All-American Committee Members, as well as The Jordan Brand All-Star Committee Members. We also have a seat at the table as it relates to Blue Star Camps, John Lucas Camps, LBI Camps, Gems in the Gem Camps, and BallnPrep Camps. We have personal relationships with every college staff in America, and a who's who of sports agencies all have Metros on their roster.

The support extends further. We provide money on a yearly basis to graduating HS seniors via our $1,000 Winston Bethel/Charles T. Huddleston scholarship. Our 2019 (inaugural) recipient was Miss Mykenzie Weaver of Pickens County HS. Our 2020 recipients are Miss Taylor Christmas of Southwest DeKalb HS. and Miss Sussy Ngulefac of Parkview HS. We also provide assistance to players continuing their post-graduate education via the newly announced Dr. D'Andra Moss Continuing Education Scholarship. Our investment and support in your daughter continues long after she's laced up her final pair of Metros issued Jordans.

A re-cap of our 2020 season: We finished the year 22-7 with stops in Alabama, Indiana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and our home-state of Georgia. Safely. Before common knowledge of how serious the pandemic would become, we successfully navigated travel while experiencing zero COVID cases in our travel party. We project 100% of our 2021 class will sign, marking sixteen straight years of that happening. College scholarships, while celebrated, have long since become an expectation and signal of excellence in our players. 

We exist in a space carved out all of our own. We play the best of the best, free of rules and regulations preventing us from entering certain tournaments. We are truly a boutique section of the Georgia Metros. Though we are invite only, those invitees still go through a tryout process. Your talent and reputation will get you in the door. Your desire to be the best and give your best each time on the floor will keep you there. 

As the Director of The Georgia Metros Gold, there are many ways I could measure success. Player talent. Win-Loss record. Continued 100% scholarship signing rate; however, those aren't the only measures of success to me. Those are steps on the way to success. 

True success is having your family know the Metros will be there to help provide the tools and resources needed to have your daughter succeed on and off the court.

Here's how I prefer to show my works:

Kristen Emerson - Troy '17 - Elementary Education - Teacher - Prattville Elementary - Four Year All Conference Academic Team

Marqu'es Webb - Vanderbilt '17 - Sociology - Asst. Coach - Vanderbilt - Chairwoman of Inaugural SEC Leadership Committee

Christen Johnson - Northwestern '16 - Journalism - Features Writer - Chicago Tribune

Allisha Gray - South Carolina '17 - Broadcast Journalism - WNBA Player - 2017 WNBA Rookie Of The Year (SIG Sports)

Morgan Toles - Florida State ' 13 - Communications - Assistant Coach - Florida State

KeKe Calloway - Mercer '19 - Biology - Professional Player - (OnPoint Management)

Dekeiya Cohen - Baylor '17 - Business - Professional Player - (LBM) - Business Owner w/Metros helping product launch 2021

Morgan Jennings - Auburn '12 - Business - 2019 AA State Champion Coach - Douglass High School

Courtney Hurt - VCU '12 - Finance - Professional Player - France (SIG Sports)

Kayla Brewer - Texas '13 - Kinesiology, '14 Strategic Leadership (Masters), '22 Mental Health Nursing (Doctorate) - RN DCHS

Morgan Taylor - Navy '19 - Commissioned Officer

Queen Alford - Chattanooga '17 - Criminal Justice, '19 Strategic Communications (Masters) - TKO Communications

Jordan Dillard - Villanova ' 17 English - UGA Law JD '22 - Spent 11 months in Rwanda with Shooting Touch Organization

D'Andra Moss - VCU '10 Psychology, '16 Sports Psychology (Masters), '20 Doctor of Psychology - Retired Professional Player

To a handful of our current Metros in College:

Jenna Staiti - UGA

Olivia Nelson-Ododa - UConn

Tory Ozment - Michigan State

IKenya King - Grambling State

Madisen Smith - West Virginia

Mykenzie Weaver - Emmanuel

Morgan Jones - Florida State

Some were the first in their family to attend college, some were the first to finish, some were the first to achieve advanced degrees. All had the continued support of their Metros Family. 

It's not about where you allow us to take your daughter while she has on a Metros jersey, it's about where you allow us to help your daughter go by allowing her to put on a Metros jersey. 

We have Metros at all levels. High School coaches. High School referees. College Head coaches and assistants. Doctors. Lawyers. Pharmacists. Warehouse workers. Accountants. 

All are on the ready to hold the door open for your daughter because someone held the door open for them. That's the Metros way. 

If your daughter is a future WNBA Rookie of The Year, Regular Season or Playoff MVP. If she's talented enough to be named a HS All-American or Gatorade State Player of the Year. Or plans to use a long professional career to help fund her continued education, and all points in between that can happen in the journey we call life, we have the experience to help your family navigate those waters. 

Maya Moore raised the bar and set our standard of excellence.

That's why we're our own competition.

And why we continue to be 1 of 1.

Be different. Be 1 of 1. 

Contact Email/Information Request Link: Thomas Nash

Director - Georgia Metros Gold