 LeVert grew up in Northeast Columbus but moved to nearby Pickerington in second grade . As a high school senior , he led Pickerington High School Central to a 26 – 2 record and the 2012 OHSAA Division I state championship . LeVert was a 2012 Associated Press All @-@ Ohio Second Team high school basketball player and the 2012 Columbus Dispatch Metro Player of the Year for Pickerington High School Central . He was not heavily recruited in high school and his only official visit was to Alabama State . He committed to play basketball for John Groce and the Ohio Bobcats men 's basketball program in November 2011 . Meanwhile , when future teammates Mitch McGary and Stauskas joined Glenn Robinson III by committing to Michigan in November 2011 , Michigan became the fifth best recruiting class in the country . 
