Fall 2026 Lambda Basketball League Recap & Updates

Hey LAMBDA Fam,

Happy Holidays! Thank you for another successful basketball season. Your participation and involvement and dedication have all made this year great.

On Sunday, November 16th, we held our end of season awards ceremony and celebrated 35 years of the Lambda Basketball League. Congratulations again to all award recipients! 

A summary of winners and highlights are as follows:

FALL 2025 LAMBDA BASKETBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS:

• Women's Competitive League Winner:  The Angry Sue Birds

• All-Gender Rec Division Winner:  Come Dunk!

• Women's Rec Division Winner:  Swish Bish

Congratulations to all of our End of Season Award Winners (voted on by fellow league members):

ALL GENDER AWARDS:

MVP (tie)

James Sp.

Shawn B.

Defensive Player of the Year

Terrence M.

Rookie of the Year

Brandon G.

Best Intangibles 

Xesc R.

Best Playmaker

AJ B.

Heart & Hustle

Maks H.

Most Improved

Ethan C.

Sportsperson of the Year

Leroy S.

WOMEN'S + COMP AWARDS:

MVP

Sandra G.

Defensive Player of the Year

Briahna R.

Heart & Hustle

Rachel C.

Most Improved

Christianna

Rookie of the Year

Sydney F.

Sportsperson of the Year

Quinn M.

WAG Award

Pooja

W+ REC AWARDS

MVP

Maegan C.

Defensive Player of the Year

Saanvi B.

Heart & Hustle

Lucchessi.

Playmaker of the Season

Saanvi B.

Sportsperson of the Year

TJ Gist

Most Improved

Kennedy C

WAG Award

Tyler B.

For the rest of the year, Please save the following important dates:

Open Gym (gym is closed for holidays and the other remaining Sundays):

• Dec 7 - 12pm to 3pm

• Dec 14 - 12pm to 3pm

• Jan 2026 Sunday dates:  to be announced soon

NGBA 3-day Las Vegas Tournament:  Jan 16-18, 2026 MLK Weekend.

Gay Games, Valencia, Spain, July 2026

Our Spring 2026 Lambda Basketball League will be starting in early February, with tentative dates as follows:

• Early Bird Registration:  opens Jan 1st.

• Registration Deadline:  ends Jan 31st.

• Draft/Combine:  Feb 1, 2026

• Week 1 (estimated start date):  Feb 15 (President's Day weekend, we're off for Superbowl weekend)

• Season Ends:  April 26th, Championship weekend, Awards Ceremony.

**For All-Gender Division, we will, once again, try to put together a Competitive Team division, and hope we can field enough teams to separate Rec and Comp Divisions again.  For all advanced players, please reach out to all of your friends who are interested and reach out to one of the Board members, so we can work together to form enough teams to make it worthwhile.  We'll need your help to make this happen.

We also encourage you to attend our upcoming social events:

• Women's + End of Year Celebration:  December 6th.

Finally, we have compiled holiday resources, including information and websites that can help with your physical well being and mental health, if needed.  Details are available on our main league page.  Resources | Lambda Basketball | Los Angeles LGBTQ Basketball

Or if you just need to reach out to talk to someone, please contact one of our Board members or email us back here or reach out to us via IG or Facebook.  We're here for you!

We wish you and your families a wonderful and restful holiday season and see you soon!

Best regards,

Lambda Basketball Board of Directors