Pennington Greene is the Vice-President and Co-Founder of the Cambodian Basketball Alliance. Pennington Greene a native son of Washington D.C. is the co-founder and Vice President of the Cambodian Basketball Alliance, Inc. Pennington or Penn/Penny as he is called by friends is a lifelong basketball player and fan himself. Having graduated from the University of South Florida with a degree in Business Management in 1979, he now lives in Atlanta Georgia with his daughter Milan. His accomplishments are varied in all different types of both entrepreneurial and corporate endeavors. His latest Land Development deal (www.tuscanyhillsatl.com) to Mortgage Finance, Greene’s passion is his gift as is the case with the establishment of the Cambodian Basketball Alliance.

Penny was an All-Met and All-County basketball player at Parkdale High School in the Washington D.C. area, where he graduated in 1974. There he was voted Player of the Week in the Metro area (for his 34-pt. game vs. Northwestern H.S.), which earned him a spot on the Sam Jones Show (i.e. Ex-NBA player). As a senior, he was second in the Metro area in scoring with an averaged 25.7 points per game, going over 30 pts five times, and hitting 18 of 20 free throws vs. Largo H.S. His team won the Prince George’s County championship. Greene also played on the legendary Executive III AAU team with teammates Skip Wise and Moses Malone, two of the best schoolboy players in history.

Being raised in the streets of Washington DC, Greene’s early memories were playing aggressive ball with unusually talented competitors, mostly in the playgrounds and gyms around the Metro area. This is where his knowledge of the game started but also his respect and passion for the game. Penny played at the University of South Florida, for former Virginia ACC Coach of the Year Bill Gibson. At USF he started as a freshman, was named Most Improved Player as a sophomore, that year he broke the school’s single-game assist mark with 15 vs. South Carolina, That team featured future NBA players Mike Dunleavy and Alex English, they were coached by Hall of Fame selection Frank McGuire. His 142 assists as a junior broke a school record. Greene was the first USF player to score 1,000 career points, facing squads such as North Carolina (with Phil Ford & Walter Davis), Dayton (with Johnny Davis and John Paxson), Auburn (with Eddie Johnson and Mike Mitchell).

His senior year efforts earned him a spot on the SEC All-Star team vs. the ACC All-Stars (though USF was not an SEC school), a game coached by Kentucky’s Joe B. Hall. Greene was also named All-Florida, and All-Sun Belt Conference is the only conference player in 1979 with over 500 points, 100 assists, and 100 rebounds. The highlight of his college basketball career was a standing ovation in the world’s most famous sports area, Madison Square Garden where he scored 17 consecutive points on the way to a 29-point performance.

After graduation, Pennington went on to have corporate success with companies such as the Xerox Corporation’s Cheshire Division in Washington, D.C. from 1980-83. Greene’s honors in his first position included Salesman of the Year; Washington Branch 1981, 1982. This is where his leadership skills learned through basketball kicked in Discipline, Dedication, and Performance. Penny also went on to work with United Airlines, Bristol Myers, Met Path Laboratories, Discount Funding and Credit link Technologies over his 40-year career. Excelling in sales, sales management, marketing, and promotions.

So now as we come full circle, a lifetime of entrepreneurship and networking with people. The Cambodian Basketball Alliance is co-founded with the passion that Pennington had brought to his early basketball game and now his legacy will be to create a mark internationally on the game of basketball. And in the process, shine a light on the incredible fortitude and character of the people of Cambodia. Character is the foundation of Cambodian people!