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Why Butler wrestling standout Santino Sloboda, a junior lightweight, committed to Pitt

Butler's Santino Sloboda celebrates his victory over Norwin's Landon Sidun during the WPIAL wrestling championships at Canon-McMillan High School on March 2. Sloboda committed on Oct. 31 to wrestle in college at the University of Pittsburgh. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

There’s no place like home.

After exploring other avenues, Santino Sloboda realizes that.

The Butler wrestling standout, a junior, had six major collegiate offers, including from Bucknell, Lehigh and West Virginia. Proximity wasn’t a huge factor for him at first.

“We flew into Philly, and it had to be 11 p.m. we’re taking off,” Sloboda said of his visit to Brown, another suitor, in Providence, R.I. “I’m like, ‘If I had to do this all the time just to get to college and back, I’d hate it.’”

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