Player Profile: Deion Deas, Clarion-Limestone

D9Sports.com/EYT Media is doing a series of player profiles on returning high-school athletes this summer. The year in school listed by the athlete is the year the athlete is entering this fall.

(Photo by Jared Bakaysa of JB Graphics. See more of Bakaysa’s work here)

DEION ALEXANDER DEAS – JUNIOR – CLARION-LIMESTONE

Son of: Joseph M. Deas IV and Tracy R. Deas
Sports Played: Basketball
Family Members Playing/Played Sports: Brothers: Joseph M. Deas V, Anthony M. Deas, Timothy J. Ferringer
2017-18 Highlights: He was third on C-L in scoring at 13.3 points per game while adding 3.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.8 assists per contest. He scored 20 or more points eight times including a high of 32 in a win over West Forest. He led C-L to the KSAC Title and was named the KSAC Title Game MVP as well as a third-team All-KSAC performer. Deion enters his junior season with 582 career points.
Post-High School Plans: Deion plans to attend college, and he would like to play basketball in college.

Q&A With Deion Deas

D9Sports: What is your favorite sport to participate in and why?
DD: I love playing basketball because it keeps me off of the streets and out of trouble.

D9Sports: What is your favorite memory, moment, game from playing high school sports?
DD: Earning the MVP award in the KSAC Championship game.

D9Sports: Why do you play high school sports?
DD: I love to play high school sports because it teaches me a lot about life.

D9Sports: Who has had the most influence on your athletic career and why?
DD: My father has had the most influence on me in high school sports. He has always been there for me and has taught me basketball and a lot about life through the game.

D9Sports: Do you remember the first sport you played and did you like it right away or did it grow on you?
DD: I tried to play baseball but unfortunately I didn’t understand it as a little guy and when I tried basketball I really like it and kept playing.

D9Sports: Do you have a favorite number for a uniform? If so, what is the story behind that number?
DD: I like the number 2 and like that number because of such players like Lonzo Ball, Kyrie Irving, and Eric Bledsoe. Those players have influenced me to become the best player I can be.

D9Sports: What would someone who doesn’t know you be surprised to find out about you?
DD: They would find out that I’m a very confident person especially when Im playing basketball.

D9Sports: If you could eat dinner with anyone famous (living or dead) who would it be and why?
DD: He may not be famous to everyone else but he is famous to me but I would like to have dinner with John Ferringer. My grandfather on my mothers side. He passed away in 1988. He could teach me more about myself and my family.

D9Sports: Iphone or Android or Neither and why?
DD: iPhone because they are great and awesome.

D9Sports: What is your go-to Social Media and why?
DD: Snapchat cause I can get ahold of a lot of friends and share things with them.

D9Sports: What do you like most about high school and why?
DD: I love to socialize with friends and make bonds with the teachers.

D9Sports: What do you like least about high school and why?
DD: I wish the school day was shorter and the basketball season was longer.

D9Sports: What question do you wish I would have asked you? And what is the answer to it?
DD: I wish you would have asked me how hard I work in the summer on my game. I work very hard in the off season. I go to camps, I play games with the Rising Stars AAU team, and I have individual workouts with my dad and Coach Rogers (Laugand) preparing me for the upcoming season.