St. Gabe's Adam Ottaviano Named MVP of All-Star Tourney

's varsity boys basketball team might have bowed out of the 2011 Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh's championships earlier than it would have liked, but the Gators' best player still had a chance to lead a team to a title this year.

Adam Ottaviano, St. Gabriel's dominating center-forward, was one of a select group of players chosen from around the area this year to compete in the 33rd Annual Pittsburgh Diocesan Junior Roundball All-Star Classic, held at Seton-La Salle Catholic High School from March 25-27.

Adam, an impressive, 6-foot, 177-pound eighth-grader, was assigned to the tournament's South team, which eventually won the Roundball championship. Adam was one of just five players chosen to be on the all-tournament team. He also walked with deserved MVP honors after averaging approximately 18 points and 15 rebounds per game during the tourney.

Adam and his family live just outside of on Lucy Drive in Bethel Park, but his family still chose to send him to grade school at St. Gabe's in Whitehall.

Unfortunately for , Adam plans to enroll at rival Bethel Park High School this coming fall, meaning that his time representing Baldwin-Whitehall in basketball will soon be just a memory.

But a good memory it certainly has been.