Leitao Lands Another Fall Surprise

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Virginia men’s basketball has signed a fourth player to a letter of intent this fall signing period, and it’s not from already verbally committed shooting guard Solomon Tat . Andy Ogide (pronounced oh-gid-ay), a 6-8, 215-pound forward out of Paulding County High School in Dallas, Georgia, is the latest player to sign with the ‘Hoos.

“I’ve signed with Virginia and I’m going to turn it in on Wednesday,” Ogide said. “I went up there to take a visit a few days ago. The campus was beautiful. I liked the academic situation. I liked the new arena and how they’ll have and academic center, a cafeteria, everything we’ll need to take care of business right there.”

Ogide, whose primary recruiter was Gene Cross, estimates that the UVa staff began recruiting him about a month ago. He likes both the coaches and the players.

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