The MHSAA provided clarity on Friday after ruling Clarkston senior and Michigan State basketball commit Thomas Kithier ineligible for the 2017-18 season.
After spending his first three years at Macomb Dakota, Kithier enrolled in the Clarkston district in August but was ruled ineligible to play basketball at Clarkston for what the MHSAA ruled was an athletically motivated transfer.
The basis of the MHSAA’s ruling was that Kithier transferred to play with Clarkston senior point guard Foster Loyer, an AAU teammate over the summer. The MHSAA noted on Friday that Kithier, 18, moved into the Clarkston school district without his parents, which would have made him ineligible until Jan.