Michigan State-bound power forward Thomas Kithier has been ruled ineligible for 180 days by the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s executive committee, meaning he will miss his entire senior basketball season.
Kithier transferred to Clarkston for his senior season after playing his first three years at Macomb Dakota.
The MHSAA ruling stems from complaints filed by Macomb Dakota High School and the school’s refusal to sign Kithier’s educational transfer form, which would have granted him immediate eligibility. The charge is that his transfer was athletically motivated.
Clarkston Community Schools has said it pursued all available appeals.