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Pitt Zeroes in on 2025 G Derek Dixon

The Pitt Panthers are an early leader for four-star guard Derek Dixon.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Zeroes in on 2025 G Derek Dixon
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers have identified one of their top recruiting targets in the class of 2025 and it's four-star guard Derek Dixon. 

Dixon, who hails from Washington, D.C. and attends Gonaza High School, told Jake Leiberman of JAL Hoops and The Portal Report that Pitt - alongside Virginia, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame and Providence - is recruiting him the hardest. 

Jeff Capel and the Panthers were among the first to extend an offer to Dixon when he visited campus last October. Pitt contacted Dixon again in June after the recruiting dead period had ended. The Cavaliers, Hokies and Friars have also reached out with offers. So have Villanova, Syracuse, Maryland, Penn State, Xavier, St. Joseph's, Fordham, Kansas State, George Mason, Norfolk State and Bryant. 

Dixon is unanimously considered a four-star prospect and On3, 247Sports and Rivals all consider him the No. 2 player in Washington, D.C. He's ranked as high as the No. 4 combo guard and No. 82 overall prospect in the class of 2025 (On3). Both Rivals and 247Sports also consider him a top-100 player in the class. 

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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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