Eastern Washington University Athletics

Playing on four of the most successful basketball teams in school history, Waters was a record-breaking point guard for Eastern from 1974-77. He helped Eastern compile a 77-30 record in four seasons, and in each of his final two seasons, Eastern came a victory away from qualifying for the NAIA Tournament. He was selected as a first team selection on the NAIA All-District I and All-Evergreen Conference teams as a senior in the 1976-77 season when EWU won a school-record 86 percent of their games (25-4). As a senior he averaged a school-record 11.0 assists per game (total of 231) and also averaged 6.4 points. As a junior he had a school-record 292 assists (10.8 per game) and averaged 8.8 points per game, after finishing with 170 assists (8.1 per game) and a 7.1 scoring average as a sophomore. In his freshman season he had a 3.2 average with 70 total assists. He set three Evergreen Conference assists records including single game (17 vs. Oregon Tech in 1976), single season (292 in 1976) and career (763). Through the 2015-16 season, he still has the top three single season assists averages in school history (11.0, 10.8, 8.1) and three of the top five based on total (292, 231, 170), plus is 332 assists ahead of the No. 2 player on the career list. His 17 in a single game was a school record for 14 years. In his career he finished with 763 assists in 91 career games (8.4 per game). He also finished with 747 points (8.2 per game) while making 332-of-833 field goals (39.9 percent) and 83-of-140 free throws (59 percent). He also had 191 rebounds (2.1 per game). He was team co-captain in the 1976-1977 season along with Ron Cox, who became a four-time All-American. Cox was inducted into the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998 and has had his No. 30 jersey retired by Eastern in 2013. Waters went on to become a high school basketball coach, and took over the renowned basketball program at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles in the 2007-08 school year. In eight seasons (through 2014-15), his teams have compiled a 149-77 record overall (66 percent), including an 82-14 Coliseum League record (85 percent). In five consecutive seasons from 2008-2013, his teams won five Coliseum League championships and had a 58-2 record (97 percent) with three perfect 12-0 campaigns. Waters was the 2016 Los Angeles City Second Division I Coach of the Year, and in four years from 2009-12 was the Coliseum League Coach of the Year. He was also honored in 2010 and 2012 by the Los Angeles Wave newspaper. His mother, Maxine Waters, is a congresswoman representing California’s 43rd District.