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In the Crescent Bend
Stands our loved and noble Xavier,
Far her praises send.
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Wave her colors bear them onward
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Smith and Haywood sign scholarships with Gold Rush
Renard Smith
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Nick Haywood
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July 22, 2011
NEW ORLEANS — Two in-state guards —
Renard Smith of New Orleans and Nick Haywood of Monroe — have signed
men's basketball scholarships with Xavier University of Louisiana.
Both will be juniors at XU during the 2011-12 season.
Smith, 6-feet-3 and 180 pounds, averaged 15.4 points for
Delgado Community College in New Orleans this past season and was All-Miss-Lou Conference.
Although not a starter during the first half of the season, Smith finished the
year as the Dolphins' No. 2 scorer.
Smith was All-District 10-4A in basketball and
baseball (right-handed pitcher) his senior year at McDonogh 35 High School.
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He helped the Roneagles reach the Class 4A state playoffs
each of three varsity basketball seasons, and as a baseball senior
he ranked among the metro New Orleans leaders with a 1.17 ERA.
As a freshman at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa.,
Smith started 22 of 24 games and averaged 11.2 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists
and 1.5 steals and made 29 3-pointers.
Haywood, 6 feet and 175 pounds, is transferring to Xavier from NCAA Division I
member Houston, where he averaged 1.6 points and 9.1 minutes in 50 games with
two starts during the past two seasons. He was chosen Class 5A Player of the Year
by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association and the Louisiana Association of Basketball
Coaches as a senior at Ouachita High School. That season Haywood averaged
19.3 points, 5.1 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 2.7 steals and led the Lions to a 39-4
record and the 5A state championship. He also earned Academic All-State honorable mention
from the Louisiana High School Athletic Association.
Haywood was a four-year member of Ouachita's varsity and
started the final three years. The Lions reached the state quarterfinals in each of Haywood's
four seasons and were the 4A runner-up his freshman year. In the 2009 5A championship
game, a 70-53 victory over Hahnville, Haywood scored a game-high 21 points and made five
3-pointers.
At Xavier Smith will major in business administration, and
Haywood will major in computer information systems.
"Renard and Nick will give our program an immediate boost," ninth-year
Xavier coach Dannton Jackson said. "They're great basketball players, great students and
great people. They both will bring a deep shooting presence, a defensive presence and leadership
to our team. They come from two of the best high-school programs in Louisiana."
Smith and Haywood are the first two signees
of the year for Xavier, which was 27-6 in 2010-11, ranked 17th in the final NAIA Division I poll
and qualified for the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship for the fifth time in seven seasons.
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