Deep Run Star Chooses ‘Hoos

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The University of Virginia picked up its third in-state commitment for the 2006 recruiting class today, when Deep Run (Glen Allen, VA) blue-chip prospect Sean Gottschalk pledged to the ‘Hoos. Gottschalk, who is TheSabre.com’s #14 overall prospect in the state, chose Virginia over Boston College, Georgia, Miami and Ohio State. Each of the final five schools had officially offered.

“It’s UVa,” said Gottschalk, who had close to 20 Division 1A offers. “As soon as I got the UVa offer, I was going to sit down and [commit] then. But I got quite a string of offers around the same time, so I did more analyzing and there was a lot more going on. But, I pretty much knew where I wanted to go.”

Head coach Al Groh learned of Gottschalk’s decision this morning.

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