Virginia has made another list of candidates for a promising prospect on the recruiting trail. Four-star guard and top 75 recruit Derek Dixon (Washington, DC) announced Tuesday a top six of Arizona, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Syracuse and Vanderbilt.

Dixon, a 6-foot-3 combo guard out of Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C., is a consensus four-star prospect and top 75 overall recruit by each of the major recruiting services. 247Sports has Dixon ranked as the No. 58 overall recruit in the class of 2025, the No. 11 combo guard in the country and the No. 3 player from Washington, D.C.

Dixon had offers from Maryland, Iowa, Kansas State, Miami, Penn State, Providence, Virginia Tech and Xavier before narrowing his list down to these six finalists on Tuesday. He has already taken official visits to Virginia, Pittsburgh and Syracuse and has upcoming official visits scheduled to Vanderbilt, North Carolina and Arizona in the first few weeks of September. A decision from the university is expected after those visits are complete.

Virginia has made the cut for four four-star recruits from the class of 2025:
– PG Chance Mallory (Charlottesville, VA)
-SF Cam Ward (Washington, DC)
– PF London Jemison (West Hartford, CT)
– CG Derek Dixon (Washington, DC)

Virginia currently has two open scholarships for the 2025-2026 season.