Cleveland State head coach Gary Waters is no stranger to Michigan. The Highland Park native attended Detroit Mackenzie High School, before playing at Ferris State University. After coaching stints at Ferris State, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, and Rutgers, Waters inherited the Viking program in 2006 and formed Cleveland State into a perennial contender in the Horizon League. Amassing 20 victories in five of nine season, and reaching the postseason in some form as many times as well.
Coach Waters has utilized the Detroit connection to Michigan when looking for future Vikings. Currently, Cleveland State has three players from the Detroit Public Schools League on their 2014-2015 roster. Detroit Frederick Douglass’ Terrell Hales (freshman), and Cass Tech Technician alums Kenny Carpenter (freshman) and Marlin Mason (senior). For his 2015 class, Waters has inked two Metro-Detroit players in the Fall recruiting period, Detroit Cass Tech’s Rob Edwards, and North Farmington Jeron Rogers.
Both Rogers and Edwards were members of the Reach Legends AAU basketball program for the past couple of seasons. At 6’2,” Rob can play both guard positions, rebound, and finish above the rim with his athleticism and strong frame. The 6’7″ Rogers is a stretch-four forward that can shoot the perimeter jump shot, finish around the basket, handle the ball to create his own offense, and rebound at a high level.
For the mean time, the two can shift their full attention the the upcoming high school campaign. Rob headlines a Technecian team coming off a 18-7 season which included a district championship. While Rogers leads a hungry Raider team into the new season after bowing out to eventual Class A runner up Bloomfield Hills in the district semi-final.
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Its good that alumni from the PSL reach back and build their program with student-athlete from Detroit.