Prior to SVSU/Personal: Prepped at Fremont Ross under head coach Mark Gedeon...helped the team win the Greater Buckeye Conference Championship...won the Greater Buckeye Conference Player of the Year Award his senior year...was named first team all-district...averaged 17.7 ppg and 8.1 rpg his senior year...set a school record for field goal percentage by shooting 67 percent from the floor...passed Charles Woodson for third all-time on the Fremont-Ross career scoring charts...scored a season-high 26 points three times during the season and had four double-doubles...was first team Northwest Ohio, division 1...was the team's MVP and captain...son of Peggy and Charles Gries.