Email:   kevin@1percentclub.org
    Cell #:  (707) 478-0240

Kevin came to Sonoma County in 2001 when he joined the men’s basketball team at Sonoma State University. At SSU he was a four year performer for the Seawolves, including his senior year in which he was an all-conference selection and led the men’s basketball program to their only CCAA conference title in school history. Kevin was voted the most inspirational player every year he was a member of the men’s basketball team at SSU and he was honored at the completion of his playing career with the renaming of the award as the “Kevin Christensen Most Inspirational Player Award.” He is also the only Sonoma State University athlete to win the Athletic Department’s Most Inspirational Athlete award twice. In 2005-06 Kevin was the CCAA sportsmanship award winner and an NCAA sportsmanship award finalist. In 2003 and 2006 Kevin was a member of Sonoma State squads that advanced to the NCAA tournament. Following his career at Sonoma State he took his game to Vienna, Austria where he spent a season playing professionally in the OEBL (Austrian Basketball League).

Upon returning to Sonoma County from overseas Kevin accepted a position as an assistant coach at Sonoma State University under Head Men’s Basketball Coach Pat Fuscaldo. While an assistant he helped with on the court coaching, player skill development, recruiting, and academic progress. While at Sonoma State Kevin played with and coached SSU’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder J.T. Tipton, SSU’s all-time career three-point leader Andrew Kochevar, and SSU Men’s Basketball’s only All-American Vince Inglima. During his two years on staff Kevin was also extensively involved with advancing youth basketball in Sonoma County. He was Co-Director of youth and high school basketball camps and ran various clinics helping to increase skills and knowledge of the game to players from all over the county. Kevin also has international experience as well as he has helped run basketball camps in Europe and Australia.

Currently Kevin is the Assistant Athletic Director and Head Varsity Girls and Boys Basketball Coach at Sonoma Academy in Santa Rosa, CA. Since arriving at Sonoma Academy in 2008 Kevin has helped take the girls basketball program to new heights. In 2008 the girls won their first ever league championship as well as their first ever North Coast Section Championship. Last season Kevin guided the team to their fourth consecutive winning season and their first ever berth in the Northern California Championships.
In November of 2011 Kevin published a book called "Bench Rules: A Guide to Succes On and Off the Bench." Bench Rules uses the story of Kevin's collegiate playing career to teach players how to be an effective player, teammate and person, whether they play every minute of the game or rarely step on the court in game situations. The book has been praised by different high school and college coaches throughout the country because of its ability to cover a subject that is crucial to the success of a team and often overlooked by players, coaches and fans. More information on the book can be found at Facebook.com/benchrules or going to Amazon.com: Click Here
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Jeremy Russotti is the Owner of 1% CLUB Basketball Services. 1% CLUB Basketball covers a wide variety of resources for basketball players and coaches.  Below are some of his accomplishments and programs.

• Founder and lead trainer for "Green Room Training", which is a all inclusive program for NBA, overseas professional, and college athletes.

• Inventor of the "J-Glove Shooting Aid", which was released June 2009, and considered by a few writers to be the greatest invention for basketball for the new Millennium. The J-Glove is worn by 4 NBA teams and 30+ NCAA teams. Also, the J-Glove is distributed all over the world and one of the top selling aids in the USA.

• Inventor of Velocity Bands (V-Bands) and O-Bands (Overload Bands)

• Official Trainer for Team USA.

• Developer and producer for the "Millennium Series Basketball instructional DVDs", covering all aspects of basketball development. Currently, there are 4 Millennium Series DVDs on the market.

• Founder of 1% CLUB Chapter Cell Training Classes. Currently we have 9 chapters in California and just partnered with 24-Hour Fitness, in brining our programs nationwide.

• Founder and Director of "The Finest" Instructional Basketball Showcase Events run throughout California and Alaska.

• Partnered with Nike Body conditioning Guru Alan Stein for HoopGainsTraining.com. Includes video stream online training resource for both court training and body conditioning. Will include 135+ workouts for players at all levels of play.

•  Headline speaker at major coaching associations in Iowa, Texas and Missouri, as well as travels throughout the nation and abroad putting on skill clinics.  Jeremy was just selected to be a headline speaker on the prestigious NIKE Championship tour.

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