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Local Four-Star PF Royce Parham Put Pitt in Top Four

The Pitt Panthers have the inside track on a top local product.

Stephen Thompson

Local Four-Star PF Royce Parham Put Pitt in Top Four
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers are among the finalists for an elite prospect that hails from right in their own backyard. Royce Parham, a four-star power forward from North Hills High School in Pittsburgh, has top four that includes Pitt, according to a report from On3 recruiting insider Joe Tipton. 

Parham will choose between Pitt, Marquette, Penn State and Xavier. He trimmed an offer sheet that was 13 schools long to those four. The 6'9, 200-pound prospect said staying local is important to him. 

“Being a local schools, its always been important to me," Parham told On.3 about Pitt. "I’ve been up to some of their games and have a good bond with the coaches.”

The Panthers already have a verbal commitment from one player in the class of 2024, three-star combo guard Brandin Cummings. Cummings, one of the stars of Lincoln High School's state championship squad alongside five-star prospect Meleek Thomas, is the younger brother of Nelly Cummings, who started all season at point guard for this year's Pitt team. 

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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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