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Pitt Transfer Nate Santos Commits to Dayton

A former Pitt Panthers forward is headed to a mid major.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Transfer Nate Santos Commits to Dayton
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PITTSBURGH -- A former Pitt Panther is now officially out of the transfer portal after finding a new home in the Atlantic 10. 

Sophomore forward Nate Santos was one of just two Pitt players from the 2022-23 squad to have exited the team via the transfer portal and is the second to commit elsewhere. Per a report from Joe Tipton of On3, Santos committed to Dayton this week. 

Santos' recent basketball career had been disjointed. He did not play during his junior season of high school after suffering an injury, then lost all of his senior year to the Covid-19 pandemic before arriving in Oakland and playing his first season amid still-strict health and safety restrictions. 

The 6-foot-7 rising junior played 29 games this past season, averaging 1.6 points and 1.2 rebounds, playing about seven minutes a game. He leaves Pitt with 116 career points, 83 rebounds, and 17 steals after arriving as a three-star recruit in 2021. 

The Panthers have one more scholarship left to use this offseason. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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