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Souvenirs for sale
Crosstown Classic T-shirts and Xavier Athletics pens are available at The Barn, Xavier's gymnasium, during business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday). Click here for more information.

D.J. Augustin of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats speaks to campers      72 attend XU basketball camp  more photos
   June 30, 2008:   D.J. Augustin — native New Orleanian, consensus All-American, first-team Academic All-American and first-round selection of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats — was the guest speaker on opening day. "I've been to camp here. I've been where they are," Augustin said. "I just want to tell them about my experiences and help them reach their goals."

Seven from Xavier are Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars   more
   June 26, 2008:   Broussard, Okoroha, Richardson honored for second straight year.

Xavier is third again in GCAC all-sports competition   more
   June 24, 2008:   First-place finishes bolster XU in Thomas Howell Cup competition.

Nuggets' Opata is Louisiana Newcomer of the Year   more
   June 17, 2008:   Bell is first-team All-Louisiana for the second consecutive season.

Xavier basketball camp begins June 30   more
   June 11, 2008:   Four days of activities at The Barn for boys and girls ages 6-16.
    Xavier women's tennis team

Xavier reached the second round of the 2008 NAIA Women's Tennis National Championship.

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The Barn opened in 1937

Standing the test of time
Xavier's gym, The Barn, has produced plenty of memories since its 1937 opening. Check out local journalist
Ro Brown's video comments
on the facility and its legacy.

   
Click here to read the 2006-07 Xavier athletics recap
Read stories on this amazing year
from the Clarion Herald and The Times-Picayune
Home of the Champions
Five of Xavier's six teams in 2006-07 won
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference championships


Women's Tennis: 2007 GCAC Tournament Champion
Men's Tennis: 2007 GCAC Tournament Champion
Men's Basketball: 2006-07 GCAC Regular-Season Co-Champion
Women's Cross Country: 2006 GCAC Champion
Men's Cross Country: 2006 GCAC Champion

The Gold Nuggets celebrate after winning 65-64 at Loyola in the GCAC Tournament championship game
   XU wins 2008 GCAC women's tournament
on Shayla Boyd's basket
with seven-tenths of a second remaining

Click here for WAFB-TV video of Boyd's winning shot
   click this image to access the video 
of Shayla Boyd's winning shot

 

 
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

The Xavier Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets compete in Division I of the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) as a member of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC). Xavier fields men's and women's teams in basketball, cross country and tennis.

Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
Xavier University of Louisiana
1 Drexel Drive
Campus Box 92
New Orleans, LA 70125
(504) 520-7329 phone
(504) 520-7934 fax

 
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