[2] John Benington, the head coach for the Saint Louis Billikens, had recruited Aitch as a high school student and received notice from a Moberly instructor that Aitch had improved his grades and could enrol.

[2] He had not committed to a school when Benington was appointed as head coach of the Michigan State Spartans and was convinced to follow him there.

[2] Aitch averaged 16.3 points and 9.2 rebounds per game during his senior season with the Spartans in 1966–67 and was selected to the All-Big Ten Conference second team.

[4] He was also selected as the first ever pick by the Dallas Chaparrals, who now exist as the San Antonio Spurs, in the inaugural 1967 American Basketball Association draft (though it was later revealed by then-team manager Max Williams that Aitch wasn't intended to be their first ever draft pick due to the team's original co-owner, Roland Speth (who later became the manager of The Monkees band), mistaking Williams' draft listing that he did in alphabetical order (with last names going from A-Z) as a list for the best possible talents being taken at hand as early as they could have done so).

[1] Aitch's daughter, Lauren, played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans women's team.