Duane Gibson named PD Player of the Year
Duane Gibson Jr. ’13, VASJ’s point guard who helped lead the team to its fifth basketball state championship in March, was named the Plain Dealer’s Boys Basketball Player of the year for 2013.
Gibson, who also represented the school in the North-South All Star game played in Columbus in April, will go on to play Division I basketball at the University of Evansville.
Gibson, as well as his senior teammates Patrick Mastalski and Demonte Flannigan, proved to be a great leader for the team, both on and off the court. He attributes this success to his coach.
"Coach thought I had potential to be a leader," Gibson said of Vikings basketball coach Babe Kwasniak ’94. "He just wanted me to bring it out in myself."
Other team members from VASJ to receive special mention were sophomores Carlton Bragg and Brian Parker, and senior Demonte Flannigan, who will go on to play Division I basketball at Cleveland State.
Emily Robinson
Director of Communications at Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School