HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Dayton (Ohio) Christian High School, graduating in 2009 ... Played four seasons of varsity, serving three years as team captain ... Named to all-conference first team three times and second team ... Named all-area first-team and was named District Player of the Year as a senior ... Led team to Ohio State Final Four ... Holds school records for three-pointers and free-throws made, and scored 1,315 points, second-most in school history.

PERSONAL: Born July 13, 1990 in Topeka, Kans., to Chris and Jan Deister ... Has four brothers (Andy, 34, Jake, 32, Jesse, 30, and Joe, 26) ... Brothers, Jesse (Wright State) and Joe (The Master's), each played collegiate basketball and went on to play professionally in Germany ... Majoring in accounting ... Plans to start his own accounting firm ... Enjoys baseball, football and watching movies.