Horne, who was a 6'8" forward by the time he finished growing, was an athletic wingman who presented some matchup problems for opponents.......and they already had some of those with 6'11" WCI teammate Jaan Montgomery patrolling the paint.
Horne was a high riser who had the ability to throw it down. In the 2004 WCSSAA championship game against KCI, the Vikings won the opening tip and promptly threw an alley-oop to Horne which he rammed down for the game's opening points. KCI was able to come back and win that contest, but Horne had the last laugh in 2005 when WCI won both the WCSSAA and CWOSSA championships and finished in the top-8 at the OFSAA championships.
In that 2005 WCSSAA playoffs, Horne converted one of the most memorable plays in WCSSAA semifinal history when his Vikings trailed Cameron Heights by 3 with only a handful of seconds on the clock. The Gaels elected to foul, but Anthony Barrios-Lopez accidentally fouled Horne as he began his shot attempt. The result? Three pressure free throws that he calmly converted to send the game to overtime (where WCI would prevail).
Gavin was invited to the 2005 all-Canada all-star game with some of Canada's top high schoolers, where he played well and also won the dunk contest.
After high school, he attended Santa Fe Community College in Florida for two years before landing a scholarship to Division I Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. There, injuries limited his playing time to just 11 games in his junior year, while in his senior season he missed a few games due to injury as well.
That said, he did have some solid highlights. He had a vicious dunk against Arkansas Little-Rock that sealed a win, and knocked down a couple of three-pointers during a 66-53 loss to Wake Forest. His season high of 9 points last year was established against nationally ranked Butler. He averaged 2.8 PPG and 1.7 rebounds during his final campaign.
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