Dion Waiters is a young high school basketball player. He plays the position of shooting guard for his team at Life Center Academy. He will graduate in 2010, and will then start at Syracuse University. He verbally committed himself to Syracuse in 2007 when he was still a sophomore.http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=43364&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncb%2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fplayer%3frecruitId%3d43364

Dion Waiters was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions in 2009.http://www.bobgibbons.net/index.php?/weblog/article/2009_bob_gibbons_toc_all_tournament/ ESPN is ranking him as number 14 on the list of basketball players in class 2010.http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/espnu100?&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncb%2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fespnu100