Local Pitt Basketball Target Commits to Kentucky

The Pittsburgh Panthers were in the running for Quaker Valley High School's Aduo Thiero.

Stephen Thompson | May 8, 2022

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PITTSBURGH -- A local product and Pitt men's basketball target will not stay in Western Pennsylvania to play his college ball. Adou Thiero of Sewickly, Pennsylvania and Quaker Valley High School, a three-star combo guard in the class of 2022, announced on Twitter that he had committed to Kentucky on Sunday morning.

Pitt had offered Thiero, who's father played for John Calipari at Memphis, and he visited unofficially with the Panthers on April 18. He also took visits to Kentucky and Maryland last month and ultimately chose the Wildcats over Cincinnatti, West Virginia, Indiana, Xavier, Ohio State, Marquette and others.

Thiero won Player of the Year Honors from the Pennsylvania Basketball Coaches Association and led the Quakers to a WIPAL Class 4A title and a runner-up finish in the PIAA state tournament.

After suffering another offseason full of roster attrition, Capel has slowly begun to build the team back. So far this offseason, he's landed a few transfers -- Blake Hinson, Federiko Federiko and Nelly Cummings -- plus a pair of under-the-radar high school recruits in Jorge and Guillermo Diaz-Graham. Pitt still has three scholarships left to work with for this coming season.

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Published May 8, 2022

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: