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Four-Star Pitt Target Commits to Florida State

The Pitt Panthers missed on a blue-chip recruit from right in their own backyard.

Stephen Thompson

Four-Star Pitt Target Commits to Florida State
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers missed out on / landed one of the best local prospects in Western Pennsylvania's class of 2025 this week. 

Four-star Pittsburgh native Alier Maluk made his college commitment decision this week, announcing that he had picked Florida State over Ohio State, Pitt, LSU and Oregon, which made up the remainder of a top five he released two weeks ago.  

Maluk is one of the best prospects in the state of Pennsylvania and the country for the class of 2025. He is unanimously considered a four-star prospect and top-100 player in the class by the four major recruiting services. He is ranked as high as the No. 2 player in the state and No. 7 center (247Sports, ESPN) in his class.

He held other offers from West Virginia, NC State, Seton Hall, Texas A&M, Aurbun, Penn State, Vanderbilt, Maryland and Washington.

Maluk took just one official visit during his recruitment to Florida State but has spent time on campus at Pitt as well.

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Stephen Thompson
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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