About Club – Texas 7ers

ABOUT US

Rockwall 7ERS Mission:

To provide a structured, competitive, positive, and safe life changing environment that emphasizes leadership, hard work, team work, self worth, determination, commitment, and the responsibilities essential to becoming an intentional leader, responsible citizen, a life long learner, and a continuous contributor to the community.

Core Values:

Seven is the number of completeness and perfection (both physical and spiritual). It derives much of its meaning from being tied directly to Gods creation of all things.

Our core values are

1. Hard Work

2. Commitment/Loyalty

3. Humility

4. Coachable

5. Respect

6. Serve

7. Pursuit of Perfection

Sammie Howard: Team Market Owner

Sammie Howard is the Rockwall 7ers TMO (Team MARKET Owner) and comes into this new role for her with huge expectations, excitement and passion for each and every member of the 7ers organization. Sammie’s drive, work ethic and perseverance is unmatched after becoming a mother of her 2 now adult children she has turned a high school diploma into a career as an Engineer Technician for Pioneer Natural Resources for the past 6 years, before choosing to pursue the career in sports and own her own team. She now is a grandmother of 2 beautiful little girls as she continues to lead her family forward.

Sammie’s “Why(s)” is something beautiful as she is pure in her intentions for the Rockwall 7ers players, staff, fans and anyone involved with the 7ers organization. She has the desire and mission to provide a bridge to all the young men out there that didn’t get a chance or a platform to display their talents and abilities at the highest level by being a pro.

For all the ones out there, that have the potential, for everyone that didn’t want to give players a chance, for everyone that’s hungry and thirsty and willing to work and learn the Rockwall 7ers are here for those athletes.

“I’m going to give you a platform and the best skills trainer and coach in the world in Coach Bryson to learn life skills to apply off the court an in return will makes it easier on the court. Now all they have to do is go get it!” -Sammie Howard

Katie Bryson: General Manager

Katie Bryson joins the Rockwall 7ers Staff in the role of General Manger. She comes to us via the wife of our head coach, but don’t think for a second, she hasn’t been here or done this basketball thing at all! Katie is from Allison Texas where she attended Ft. Elliot High School and set her name in stone and forever in the basketball history books. Katie was a four-year letterman under then Head Girls Coach Curtis Smith. Within her high school career alone she received the honors of 1^st Team All District all four years, 6-Man Player of the year, District MVP 2 of her 4 years, All Region 1^st Team and All State 1^st team when they competed for the state championship in 2004. Katie made a name for herself and started receiving offers from Boston College, University of Texas, Wayland Baptist University, Howard Payne University and many more to which she decided that Wayland Baptist would be the best fit for her and her future under then head coach Will Flemmons. Upon on her arrival on campus and graduation she racked up the accolades on the court and in the classroom such as Team MVP, SAC (Sooner Athletic Conference) All Conferences Honorable Mention, CSU-Pueblo All Tournament, Hutcherson Family Award all while maintaining her place on the Dean’s List and a Bachelors in Mathematics minoring in Coaching.

From Wayland Katie was in position to continue her career at the professional levels, but decided to apply her degree and head up her career in teaching and coaching. Tascosa High School was her first home as she accepted the assistant varsity girls coaching role while teaching Algebra. After her stint at Tascosa she did elementary teaching before accepting the coaching and teaching roles at Brownfield ISD. With much success, relationships built there and more she ended her time in Brownfield and accepted the call to the “Big City” as she took on the coaching and teaching roles at Princeton ISD. Katie is currently a thriving math teacher as she has stepped away from the coaching responsibility when her and coach Bryson had their first of their 3 kids, but stays very active in and around the game of basketball. She is excited to take on this new role and task of General Manager for the Rockwall 7ers!

Kendrick Bryson: Head Coach

Kendrick Bryson is a native of West Texas where he was born in Lubbock, but raised in Amarillo Texas. He now lives in the DFW Metroplex area with his beautiful wife Katie and their 3 amazing Kids. “Basketball is what I DO in which I’m blessed to do at a high level based off of my pure passion and care for every individual I’m blessed to work with, but it’s not WHO I AM as a whole. I love being husband, father, friend etc. with my family and just being the funny, goofy guy I am.”

He played all 4 years of High School Basketball at Tascosa High School where he graduated from before heading to Howard College (‘07- ‘09) under new Texas Tech Head Men’s Coach Mark Adams. He completed his time at Howard and then transferred to finished out due to major injury at West Texas A&M University under Coach Rick Cooper (‘09-‘11) After leaving West Texas A&M he was offered a professional playing option until he was struck by the same injury again which led him into his coaching career started with Next Level Basketball. He later started his own program, the” Amarillo Elite Basketball Program/ Elite Individuals Skills” and was soon hired by Arbor Christian Academy in Amarillo Texas where he would head up the JV Boys and assist the Varsity Boys while assisting with girls and helping lead them to the Final 4 of the state tournament. Upon Arbor shutting down at the end of the school year Coach Bryson was immediately hired by the rival school San Jacinto Christian Academy, but prior to the season starting departed to take the coaching job at First Baptist Dallas under the program lead by Noah Mitchell at the time. That would extend his Amarillo Elite Program to Dallas and renamed the “Texas Elite Basketball Program/ Eli7e Individuals Skills”. Much success was had at First Baptist Academy Dallas which then led to Coach Bryson being offered the assistant coaching position at Irving The Highlands School. After the first season Coach Bryson was offered and promoted to the Head Coach role where records were set, streaks broken, state playoff appearances made, Coach of the year honors awarded and much more success in the 7 years there.

Within all of Coach Bryson success in the coaching roles he is also highly respected, known and sought out in the professional skills training realm too. His Eli7e Individuals Skills basketball program is going on 12 years strong. Bryson has trained Professional athletes such as Atlanta Hawks, All Star Guard Trae Young, Justin Johnson (International Pro. Italy) Jordan Brangers (International Pro. Germany), Michael Cobbins (Oklahoma Thunder/Blue and International Pro. Greece), Loryn Goodwin (Dallas Wings/ International Pro. Egypt), Josh Nzeakor (Argentina, NBA Africa) and many more.

Coach Bryson is still a student of the game and is excited for this new chapter in his career and the success that will be developed and produced with the 7ers!