SportingNews: Amedeo Della Valle, an Italy native who played last year for famed Findlay Prep, committed to Ohio State on Saturday.

Della Valle, a 6-4 guard, visited the Ohio State campus on Tuesday and committed just a few days later.

“Next year, I will play at Ohio State,” Della Valle wrote on Twitter just after midnight on Saturday.

He could make an instant impact next season, perhaps sliding into departed senior William Buford's role as a 3-point shooter.

"He was able to look at what they had coming back and felt like that was a place he could go and compete at the highest level and yet not have the pressure to go in right away and have to be an impact player," Findlay Prep coach Michael Peck told 247sports.com. “Amedeo is kind of a multipurpose guard.

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