The GWBA provides an opportunity for athletes to pursue a professional career beyond their collegiate and amateur successes. In addition, the league creates and prepares players, coaches, officials, and front-office staff for future professional development and career opportunities. Under new leadership and team expansion, the GWBA will offer professional women’s basketball in strategic markets to build and grow sports fans in select cities. The GWBA currently consists of four teams, including the Surge and is set to strategically expand in 2023. The GWBA will serve as the development league, vastly increasing the level of competition and expanding professional women’s basketball talent in the United States.
In May 2011, the Surge finalized a new coaching structure under the new ownership of Khalia Collier, Owner and General Manager at the tender age of 23. It was at this time that Collier implemented the new model of the program, focusing on the character of the player first without sacrificing talent. Under Collier’s ownership and now new leadership of Petra Jackson as General Manager and Head Coach the Surge continues to build championship programs each year, attracting post-graduate players from diverse basketball backgrounds all across the country.