Cavel Witter is in his second season on the Georgia Southern men's basketball staff.
Witter spent the last three seasons at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. In his first year with the program, Witter helped lead Lincoln to 18 victories and a fourth-straight postseason appearance, as the Blue Tigers advanced to the semifinals of the MIAA Men's Basketball Championship. Witter worked with four players who earned all-conference recognition.
Witter played three seasons at Creighton from 2007-10 and holds the program record for consecutive free throws made with 32. He was named to the MVC All-Bench team in 2008 and in the 2008 regular-season finale, scored 42 points in a double-overtime win over Bradley, setting a Quest Center Omaha arena record and ranking eighth in Creighton's all-time record book. Witter averaged eight points, 2.1 assists and 1.5 rebounds a game in 101 career contests and helped the Blue Jays win 67 games and make three-straight postseason appearances, including two trips to the NIT.
Following his collegiate career, Witter played internationally in Portugal and Germany before earning a spot on the Iowa Energy, a National Basketball Association D-League team, in 2015-16. Witter was selected to the All-German Bundesliga first team in 2013, was an All-Import first team honoree in Portugal in 2014 and was named to the 2015-16 Eurobasket.com All-German team. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Creighton in 2010.
