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Vindy.com - Teammates Beachum, Hill inch closer to college choices

Published: Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Teammates Beachum, Hill inch closer to college choices
By JOE SCALZO
VINDICATOR SPORTS STAFF

YOUNGSTOWN - Mooney senior Brandon Beachum has heard plenty of outside advice about where he should go to college.

And some of it comes from his teammate, Michael Zordich, who has already committed to Penn State.

"Yeah, obviously, I hear it daily from Michael," said Beachum, who has narrowed his college choice to three schools: Nebraska, Wisconsin and Penn State. "The funny thing is, it started off with me probably being the first to commit. Now I'll be one of the last."

Zordich committed to Penn State last month and teammate Dan McCarthy chose Notre Dame on Monday.

Beachum (6-0, 220), who plans to graduate in December and enroll early in the college of his choice, has already visited Wisconsin and Penn State and has done plenty of homework on Nebraska, although he hasn't visited the campus.

"I haven't decided yet," said Beachum, who hasn't set a timetable on when he will commit. "Obviously, everyone in Ohio wants me to go to O-State but that offer hasn't come through.

"At this point in time, I'm going to go where I feel right."