Colorado State's Anthony Bonner, left, dribbles against Nevada's Hallice Cooke, right, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Reno, Nev., Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Tom R. Smedes)

Former Lawrence High standout Anthony Bonner, who spent the past four seasons playing basketball at Colorado State University is hopping on the graduate transfer train and expects to pick a program to finish out his college career by the end of May.

“As soon as I redshirted my first year out here, I knew it was a possibility,” Bonner told the Journal-World on Thursday afternoon during a phone interview from Fort Collins, Colo. “It wasn’t anything I really planned on doing, but I knew I could and, after this season, my family and I sat down and talked about it and felt like it would be best for me to move on and find another challenge.”

After redshirting the 2015-16 season, the 6-foot-3, 180-pound guard who now goes by the name Anthony Masinton-Bonner appeared in 36 games as a redshirt freshman and then made 37 starts in 57 games during his sophomore and junior seasons.

He leaves CSU with a career average of 7.5 points per game on 40 percent 3-point shooting and finished the 2018-19 season averaging 11.2 points per game while shooting 41 percent from 3-point range.

Bonner, who will graduate from CSU in late May and expects to move to his new school in June for summer workouts, said he planned to keep his options open in the coming weeks.

“I’ve heard from quite a few schools,” Bonner said Thursday. “I’m not limiting myself to anyone right now. There’s still a lot of coaching changes to happen and some teams are still playing, so I’ll be patient and see what happens. There are some places that I’ve talked to that I’ll visit. But the biggest thing for me is just to have fun with the process. I’m just looking for a place we can win and a place I can showcase my abilities.”

Bonner said it would like to finish his career playing somewhere close to Lawrence, “so my family and friends can get out and see me play more,” but said he did not expect Kansas to be an option.

“I haven’t heard anything from them and I’m not expecting it,” he said.

It also won’t be Niagara, in upstate New York, where his LHS running mate, Justin Roberts, is finishing his playing career.

“Nah. That’s too far for me,” Bonner said. “But we have joked around about it.”

Bonner said the Colorado State coaching staff has been supportive of his decision to move on and that vibe has been prevalent throughout his time with the program.

“I’ll always love CSU,” Bonner said. “And the program and Fort Collins will always have a special place in my heart. The relationships I made here and the people I met will be something I’ll remember forever.”