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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Midland, PA) Lincoln Park High School senior point guard Josh Pratt finished his recruitment for college basketball on Saturday, which is when he committed to Columbia University of New York City, New York. Pratt becomes the first player from Lincoln Park High School to commit to an Ivy League University basketball program. Pratt is the seventh-best prospect in the state of Pennsylvania and the top ranked point guard prospect in the state of Pennsylvania. On August 31st, 2025, Columbia University, along with Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Northeastern University in Boston, Masachusetts and Robert Morris University in Moon Township, Pennsylvania became the final four colleges in Pratt’s decision of where he wanted to commit to play college basketball. Pratt played as a freshman at Lincoln Park High School and then transferred to Aliquippa High School to play there for two seasons as a sophomore and as a junior, before both he and his younger brother, Jeremiah Pratt, transferred to Lincoln Park High School on June 12th, 2025 for Josh Pratt’s senior season. Pratt has a PIAA and a WPIAL title as a sophomore playing for Aliquippa High School and went to the playoffs for both the PIAA and the WPIAL playing for Aliquippa High School as a junior. Pratt had 22 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game as a junior and during that time, he became the WPIAL Class 3A player of the year. During Pratt’s sophomore and junior seasons playing for Aliquippa High School, Pratt was named in the Pennsylvania all-state teams for the PA Sports Writers. Both Josh and Jeremiah Pratt also have an older brother that also played for Lincoln Park High School. L.A. Pratt is Josh Pratt’s older brother and L.A. assisted Lincoln Park High School as a former basketball player for them to a pair of WPIAL Championships and semifinal appearances for the PIAA.