Kenwood sophomore Devin Cleveland transfers to La Lumiere, a prep school in Indiana

Another star sophomore is leaving the state. Devin Cleveland will transfer from Kenwood to La Lumiere, a prep school in Indiana, for his junior year.

Cleveland, a 6-3 guard, is the No. 25 ranked player in the national class of 2027 according to 247sports.com and No. 15 per ESPN.

He led Kenwood to its first city title in February.

“We had talked about leaving last year and we decided to come back,” Fred Cleveland Sr., Devin’s dad, said. “He wanted to do one more year at Kenwood. It worked out good.”

Cleveland, a Sun-Times Area and All-City selection, averaged 21 points and led the Broncos to the Class 4A supersectionals this past season.

He announced the move to La Lumiere Thursday morning on X. Cleveland has college scholarship offers from Arizona State, DePaul, Hampton, Illinois, Illinois State, Michigan, NIU and WIU.

Two of the state’s three highly-regarded sophomores have transferred in the past month. Bolingbrook’s Davion Thompson, the Sun-Times Player of the Year, recently announced he will play at Compass Prep school in Missouri next season.

Jaxson Davis is the one star sophomore remaining. He led Warren to a second place finish in the Class 4A state tournament in March.

Fred Cleveland Sr. was born and raised on the South Side. He says that 25 years ago his son would have stayed in Chicago for his entire high school career. Cleveland is worried the transfers will continue unless there are some changes to the high school basketball scene.

“I wanted to [Devin] to be tested more and he wanted to be tested more,” Cleveland said. “Times are changing. No. 1, the [Illinois High School Association] needs to mind their business. Kids are going to transfer. You see what is going on in college. Kids are going to go where they want to go. It shouldn’t be a problem. Certain schools get penalized for transfers and others don’t. What is that about?”