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Virginia Tech head men’s basketball coach Seth Greenberg added another prospect to Tech’s 2007 recruiting class today, when the program received a verbal commitment from 6-6, 215-pound Massanutten Military Academy guard Darrion Pellum .

Pellum chose Virginia Tech over offers from Miami, LaSalle, Providence and UNC-Wilmington.

“Virginia Tech came in with an offer about a month ago, but they have been recruiting Darrion since last year,” Massanutten Military postgraduate basketball coach Richard Moore said. “At that time, he didn’t have what he needed on the SAT. He has since passed the SAT and his grades are getting much better, so everything is getting on target for him to be eligible to play Division 1 basketball. Once Virginia Tech found that out, they said they wanted to sign him.

“Out of all the other schools recruiting him, Virginia Tech was the best choice.”

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