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Seton Hall and Manhattan. Rivals.com has yet to rate the Dominican Republic native. Martin Geben, Hagerstown (Md.) St. Maria Goretti: The fast-rising power forward/center picked up offers from Virginia, Notre Dame and Maryland following the April evaluation period. The 6-9, 220-pounder has also earned offers from Temple, Xavier, Villanova, St. Joseph's, Dayton and numerous regional colleges. Rivals.com hasn't rated Geben yet. Sean O'Mara, Lisle (Ill.) Benet Academy: The center from the western suburbs of Chicago has ACC offers from Virginia, Georgia Tech and Boston College. DePaul, Dayton, Illinois, Iowa State, La Salle, Marquette, Saint Louis and Xavier are other schools that have offered the 6-9, 220-pounder. O'Mara is rated by Rivals.com as the No. 119 overall player in the country in the class of 2014. Chinanu Onuaku, Upper Marlboro (Md.) Riverdale Baptist: The younger brother of former Syracuse big man Arinze Onuaku, he goes by "Nanu." Virginia, Maryland and Cincinnati recently offered the 6-9, 250-pound shot-blocking center. DePaul, Seton Hall, Rutgers, Xavier and Virginia Tech were his first wave of scholarship offers. Onuaku is unrated Martin Geben, a 6-9, 220-pound big man for Hagerstown (Md.) St. Maria Goretti, picked up offers by Rivals.com. • The Virginia football program has picked up four from Virginia, Notre Dame and Maryland followjunior verbal commitments since National Signing ing the April evaluation period. photo by jacey zembal Day in early February. Safety Quin Blanding of Virginia Beach (Va.) Bayside High committed Feb. 27 and has become a recruiter for the rest of the class. The Rivals.com five-star prospect, who is 6-2 and 206 pounds, is ranked as the No. 1 safety and No. 4 overall player in the country. Four-star offensive tackle Steven Moss of Fredericksburg (Va.) Chancellor High was the next to commit to Virginia. The 6-5, 273-pounder picked UVa from more than 20 offers, which included Florida State, Oklahoma, Penn State, South Carolina and Virginia Tech, among others. Rivals.com ranks Moss as the No. 89 overall player in the country and No. 13 offensive tackle in the class of 2014. Kicker Gary Wunderlich of Memphis (Tenn.) University School selected Virginia over Texas A&M and Ole Miss April 9. Both of his parents are Virginia alums. Unrated defensive end J.J. Jackson of Purcellville (Va.) Woodgrove High became the fourth commitment April 21. The 6-4, 220-pounder had offers Ohio, Yale, Old Dominion and Hampton, plus interest from North Carolina, Duke and Maryland. — Jacey Zembal