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With only one scholarship available, University of Dayton men's basketball coach Brian Gregory and his staff landed their third top local product in as many years when Centerville High School star Matt Kavanaugh signed his letter of intent to attend UD and play basketball for the Flyers. As the newest official member of the Flyers family, the 6-foot-9, 225 pound power forward, follows in the footsteps two other local standouts who will be his teammates in 2009-10. Chris Wright of Trotwood-Madison High School was the first as he signed with the Flyers in November of 2006. Dayton Dunbar graduate Josh Benson followed in Wright's footsteps and redshirted with UD last year. If anyone was "born" to be a Flyer, it is Kavanaugh. His parents attended UD games while his mother Susan was pregnant with him. His father John is a UD graduate. His uncle Tom played football at Dayton in the mid-1960's. And Matt's great-uncle, Bob Kavanaugh, was one of the Flyers' first basketball-only scholarship players and is a member of the UD Athletic Hall of Fame. He played for the Flyers from 1939-42 and when he graduated, he held the single game, season and career scoring records. High School As a junior, Kavanaugh blossomed from being one of the best players in the Dayton area to one of the best in the state. He was the only underclassman on the 2008 First and Second Team Division I All-Ohio teams after averaging 20.8 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.4 blocks per game. In his senior season, Kavanaugh averaged 17.7 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game for Centerville. Kavanaugh was named to the All-Ohio Team as well. Personal |
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