Virginia Tech men’s basketball coach Mike Young will try to get a win on the court Saturday.
He got a win on the recruiting trail Friday.
A.J. Swinton, a high school junior at Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, California, announced on Twitter on Friday that he has verbally committed to Virginia Tech.
The 6-foot-6 Swinton is rated the No. 25 small forward in the nation in the graduating class of 2024 by ESPN.
Swinton is from Hyattsville, Maryland. He played for DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville last season, when he was a DeMatha teammate of current Hokies freshman guard Rodney Rice.
Swinton also was at DeMatha in the 2020-21 season, when current Hokies assistant Mike Jones was in his final season as the DeMatha coach before joining the Tech staff.
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