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ALMA MATER
In the Mississippi Valley,
In the Crescent Bend
Stands our loved and noble Xavier,
Far her praises send.
Refrain:
Wave her colors bear them onward
Gold and white so true
Hail to thee, all hail, dear Xavier
Hail, all hail, X.U.!
Xavier, ever be our guide
And lead us on the way,
Through life's journey, onward, upward
To the eternal day. (Refrain)
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Christabell Hamilton
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Moira Kirk
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Chinedu Echebelem
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Patrice Hightower
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Taylor Reuther
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Kirk is freshman of year; Hamilton shares coaching honor
November 9, 2011
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Moira
Kirk is the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year in women's
volleyball, and XU's Christabell Hamilton is GCAC Co-Coach of the Year.
Kirk and teammates Taylor Reuther, Patrice Hightower
and Chinedu Echebelem were chosen All-GCAC by the league's head coaches. It's
the first time the Gold Nuggets have had four all-conference players in a season.
The awards were announced Wednesday at a Nashville, Tenn.,
banquet honoring the eight teams competing in the conference tournament, which will
begin Thursday. Xavier, the regular-season champion and No. 1 seed, will play
eighth-seeded Edward Waters in the opening match at 10 a.m. in Fisk University's
Henderson A. Johnson Gymnasium. If the Gold Nuggets win, they'll play fourth-seeded
Talladega or fifth-seeded Tougaloo at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Kirk, a freshman from Dallas, is second in the GCAC and
16th in the NAIA with a .363 hitting percentage. Eight times this season she hit
.500 or higher, and she has 12 matches of 10 or more kills. She is Xavier's first
GCAC Freshman of the Year since Korey Fondel in 2003, XU's first season.
Hamilton, hired in June, shared the GCAC coaching award
with Tougaloo's Shandrea Taylor. Hamilton has led Xavier to a 19-6 overall record
and 10-0 in the GCAC. The conference championship and winning season are Xavier's
first in four seasons of volleyball. The Gold Nuggets set school records for
victories, consecutive victories (8), home victories (8), conference victories and
victories on opponents' courts (6).
Reuther, a freshman from Metairie, La., is second in
the GCAC and 11th in the NAIA with 0.59 service aces per set. She leads the GCAC with 3.31 kills per set and leads Xavier
with nine kill-dig double-doubles, six more than the Gold Nuggets produced in 2010.
Hightower, a senior from New Orleans, leads the GCAC with 7.63 assists per set.
Echebelem, a freshman from Dallas, ranks third on the Nuggets with 161 kills and 161 digs.
Talladega senior Shalitha Swain was chosen Player of the Year.
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