Cheese played three years at Albany High School and led the team to the Class AAAA state tournament as a junior.
As a senior, Cheese averaged 17.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 5.2 assists per game while shooting 41 percent from behind the three-point arc, earning All-State recognition.
[2] In his freshman season at Florida SouthWestern State College, Cheese averaged 10.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and two assists per game, earning Second Team All-Suncoast Conference honors.
[6] In his senior season, he averaged 15.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game and earned Second Team All-Mid-American Conference honors.
[7] On July 8, 2020, Cheese signed his first professional contract with Universo Treviso of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.