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Pitt Contacts 2025 SG Akbar Waheed

The Pitt Panthers were one of many getting in early on his recruitment.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Contacts 2025 SG Akbar Waheed
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers were one of many to jump in on the recruitment of 2025 guard Akbar Waheed III, a fast-rising, 6'6 prospect out of Bethesda, Maryland and Georgetown Preparatory School.  

The Panthers, alongside Syracuse, Penn State, Miami (FL), Miami (OH), Boston College, Villanova, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, Virginia, Auburn, SMU, Providence, Illinois, Bryant, Yale, Princeton, Penn, Albany, UMBC, Siena, San Diego, Air Force, Columbia and James Madison, all have reached out to Waheed recently according to a report from Jake Leiberman of The Portal Report. 

Boston College, Penn State, Hofstra, Albany, Howard, Mt. St. Mary's, Maryland and Bryant have all extended offers.

On3 rates Waheed as a three-star prospect, the No. 6 player in Maryland, No. 35 shooting guard and No. 139 overall player in the class of 2025.  

Waheed has basketball in his blood. His father has built a successful career as a college coach, most recently working as an assistant on Patrick Ewing's staff at Georgetown. Before that, he spent one season at Hofstra as an assistant coach, another season with the Oklahoma City Thunder as a scout, five years at Boston College as an assistant and 11 years at Niagra, his alma mater, as an assistant coach as well. 

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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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