The transfer bug has hit the Oakland County prep ranks once again.

Star basketball player Damon Bozeman, one of the area's leading returning scorers for the 2012 season, will be transferring from Madison Heights Madison, where he's been a three-year starter on the Eagles hoop squad, and enrolling at Walled Lake Western.

As a freshman and sophomore, Bozeman helped take Madison to league titles. Last season as a junior, he pumped in 24.5 points per game to go along with eight rebounds and 3.5 assists a night as well. He posted a 42-point affair in a game back in February and has eclipsed the 40-point plateau twice already this summer playing for Team Detroit on the AAU circuit.

Standing 6-2, Bozeman played in the post during his first two varsity campaigns, averaging a double-double when he was a sophomore in 2010 (16 points 10 rebounds). Knowing he would have to eventually ply his trade on the perimeter as a college player, last winter he moved into the Eagles backcourt and proved his merit as a genuine guard prospect at the next level. The sturdily built Bozeman scores in bunches and at all the most opportune times, too, and that's why when I watch him I draw immediate comparisons to former Bad Boy Pistons guard Vinnie Johnson.

Currently, Bozeman is getting serious looks from several MAC schools and a number of top-tier D2 programs. Next week, he's taking an on-campus visit to Eastern Michigan.

His presence in the Walled Lake Western lineup for the upcoming season will hopefully spell a resurgence for the Warriors cage crew. In 2011, Western finished the year a disappointing 5-15, 1-9 in the KLAA.

Joining Bozeman at Western in 2012 in his first year with the program will be first-year head coach Ra'Redding Murray, formerly the sideline general at Detroit Crockett. 

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