Ferguson attended Northern Collegiate Institute & Vocational School in Sarnia, Ontario after moving from Toronto just to attend the Southwestern Ontario school to play basketball.
After a successful junior year averaging 12.2 points, 10.1 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game Ferguson was forced to miss out on his senior year due to confusing Sarnia rules concerning transfer students.
[1] Ferguson played NCAA Division I college basketball at the University of Missouri.
He then joined the Edmonton Energy of the IBL having his best year in the 2010/11 season averaging 10.5 points and 4.89 rebounds per game.
He was selected to the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship in Argentina making it his first senior tournament team.