The NY Liberty Belles AAU Basketball Club is entering our 19th year of competition. The NY Liberty Belles was founded by Vincent Cannizzaro in 1990 as a non-profit organization that operates within the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States.

Our goal is to offer young female athletes the opportunity to play basketball at a highly competitive level while also gaining new experiences through travel, commitment and teamwork. We are extremely proud of the program we have built. We have sent over 50 teams to the AAU National Championship Tournaments and more than 150 of our players have received college scholarships. Some of our former players include: Chamique Holdsclaw- Univ. of Tennessee & Washington Mystics,

 HARTFORD, Conn. (March 9, 2009) - Junior Tina Charles (Jamaica, N.Y.) scored 12 first half points to lead the No. 1/1 University of Connecticut women's basketball team on a game changing 11-0 run to end the first half and to help the Huskies take a commanding 72-42 victory over Villanova in Monday night's first BIG EAST semifinal game at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. 

 Tina Charles