Wisconsin AAU Basketball Done Right

About Rising Stars Basketball

We Don't Recruit Players - We Make Them

Skip the try-outs, and join us for team practices, camps, and skill development workouts you can implement in our summer circuit of competitive tournament play.

Rising Stars Basketball in Hayward Wisconsin provides top-tier basketball programming for athletes in Northern Wisconsin.
We welcome athletes from the following conferences:

Heart O' North
Indianhead
Lakeland East

All of the schools in these conferences are within 90 minutes of Hayward and make it an easy drive to attend practices, camps, and weekend workouts.

About Us

Gard'ing Against Cancer Champions 2023

The Rising Stars Yellow (14U Boys) group took home the championship from the Garding Against Cancer Classic, an annual fundraiser hosted by Wisconsin Badger's Coach, Greg Gard.

This 2023 event brought out some great competition from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois making for some extremely close games, and displaying some great athletes. Rising Stars Yellow went 3-0 during this one-day event. Rising Stars Yellow is led by Coach Chandler Walowinski.

Pizza Pub Shootout Champions 2023

Rising Stars Silver (16U Boys) took home the championship from the Pizza Pub Shootout. Just the week before, they placed 2nd in the Garding Against Cancer Shootout with a 3-0 finish, but were edged out via point differential. The Pizza Pub Shootout brought out more local club teams from the area, versus the powerhouse teams from Wisconsin, Minnesota, or Illinois, and proved to be some great competition. We took the down the likes of Wisconsin Playmakers, Just-a-Game Select, and Wisconsin Blizzard, to name a few.

Kalahari Resorts Shootout Champions 2023

Rising Stars Black (14U Girls) finished out the season on a good note with a 3-0 finish at the Kalahari Resorts Shootout. Led by Coach Hootie Hautamaki this 14U girls group played 'fast and furious' all summer long, focusing on developing their skills and ability to play at a fast pace. They pressured the ball and gave teams fits on defense.

They ran into some powerhouse teams, but also beat out some strong girls programs. The 14U Girls will be

2023 Registration

Registration for 2023 is now closed

Please check back for the 2024 membership year, as we role out new opportunities for our athletes to take advantage of. We'll be looking at add new camps, a 3-on-3 tournament fundraiser, and as usual our 10-week development program.
See you next year!

registration is closed