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Aidan Fisch Says Goodbye to Pitt Basketball

The former manager and walk-on turned scholarship player penned his goodbye to the Pitt Panthers.
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Aidan Fisch Says Goodbye to Pitt Basketball
Aidan Fisch Says Goodbye to Pitt Basketball

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PITTSBURGH -- Aidan Fisch spent five years with the Pitt Panthers, working his way up from team manager to walk-on player to eventually earn a scholarship in his final season with the team. Now, it's time to say goodbye. 

Fisch gave himself 20 hours after the team's second round NCAA Tournament loss to Xavier to process the emotions of this landmark season, one in which he and the Panthers won 24 games and earned the program's first bid to the Big Dance in seven years. 

Fisch's important contributions came from behind the scenes. He was an emotional leader for this squad that already had so many veterans to follow. His bucket scored in the waning seconds of a blowout to Syracuse, which elicited the loudest roar of Senior Night from the crowd at the Petersen Events Center, remains one of the best moments from this past season. 

Assistant coach Tim O'Toole expressed his gratitude for Fisch's contributions on Twitter. 

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Stephen Thompson
STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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