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In the Mississippi Valley,
In the Crescent Bend
Stands our loved and noble Xavier,
Far her praises send.
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Wave her colors bear them onward
Gold and white so true
Hail to thee, all hail, dear Xavier
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Jackson earns 1st GCAC honor; Simmons a repeat choice
Denzell Erves
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Chris Iles
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Anthony Simmons
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Dannton Jackson
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February 29, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — The excellent resumé of Xavier
University of Louisiana's Dannton Jackson got a boost late Tuesday when he
was announced as 2011-12 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
— chosen by his men's basketball peers.
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It's the first conference coaching honor for Jackson,
who is 201-88 in nine seasons with the Gold Rush. He's the third Xavier men's
coach to win the award and the first since Dale Valdery in 2000-01.
Xavier, ranked 18th in NAIA Division I and the
regular-season co-champion with Tougaloo, had three of the 10 All-GCAC players.
Junior Anthony Simmons made the team for the second straight year, and senior
Chris Iles and junior Denzell Erves also were chosen.
Jackson's award is the latest in a stellar career
which includes seven 20-victory seasons, five appearances at the Buffalo
Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship, two GCAC regular-season
titles, two GCAC Tournament runner-up finishes and the conference's only
victory since 2004 against a top-five seed at nationals.
"I am grateful and humbled to receive this award," Jackson said,
"but also thankful for and appreciative of my assistant coach, Alfred Williams, and
the young men on our team who have worked hard every day this season to continue the excellence that Gold Rush
basketball is known for. We still have a lot we can accomplish this season, and our
guys are mindful of that mission."
By winning the award, Jackson denied Tougaloo's
Lafayette Stribling a chance to become the second men's basketball coach
to win the GCAC award four times. Stribling, whose team is ranked 24th in
the NAIA and seeded first in the GCAC Tournament — which begins
Thursday at Jacksonville, Fla. — won the award three of the previous
five seasons, including 2010-11. William Carey's Steve Knight won the award five times.
Jackson's award also means that all five current
XU head coaches — including Bo Browder (women's basketball), Joseph
Moses (men's and women's cross country), Alan Green (men's and women's tennis)
and Christabell Hamilton (women's volleyball) — have been GCAC Coach
of the Year at least once.
"We have an outstanding coaching staff," XU athletics
director Dennis Cousin said. "That includes our assistants. All our coaches
are capable of excelling at a higher level, but we're blessed to have them
at Xavier."
Simmons, a 6-foot-8 forward from Rochester, N.Y.,
and a graduate of Allendale Columbia School, averaged 9.5 points and six rebounds
and shot a team-best 63.2 percent from the floor in 29 regular-season games.
He was GCAC Player of the Week twice this season.
Iles, a 5-11 guard from Houston and a
graduate of Alief Hastings High School, averaged 9.8 points, four assists
and made 50 3-pointers, all team bests, in 29 games. He made 44.6 percent of
his 3-pointers to rank second in the GCAC and eighth in NAIA Division I.
Erves, a 6-7 forward from Vicksburg, Miss. and a
graduate of Vicksburg High School, averaged 9.4 points in 29 games
and leads the team with 6.6 rebounds per game and 29 blocked shots. Erves is a three-time
GCAC Player of the Week this season, and his six double-doubles are the most
by a Gold Rush player since the start of 2003-04.
Xavier (22-7) will play Fisk (4-24) at 4 p.m. EST
Thursday in the GCAC quarterfinals.
| 2011-12 All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Team |
| Name |
School |
Position |
Height |
Class |
Hometown |
PPG |
| Ken Brown |
Philander Smith |
Guard |
6-1 |
Senior |
St. Louis, Mo. |
31.9 |
| Carlton Darling |
Edward Waters |
Forward |
6-1 |
Junior |
Miami, Fla. |
13.5 |
| Kadon Day |
Tougaloo |
Forward/Center |
6-5 |
Sophomore |
Fayette, Miss. |
11.6 |
| Denzell Erves |
Xavier |
Forward |
6-7 |
Junior |
Vicksburg, Miss. |
9.4 |
| Kerry Harvis |
Talladega |
Guard |
6-0 |
Senior |
Montgomery, Ala. |
19.2 |
| Chris Iles |
Xavier |
Guard |
5-11 |
Senior |
Houston, Texas |
9.8 |
| Marquise Mems |
Tougaloo |
Guard/Forward |
6-5 |
Senior |
Shelby, Miss. |
21.1 |
| Anthony Simmons |
Xavier |
Forward |
6-8 |
Junior |
Rochester, N.Y. |
9.5 |
| Devin White |
SUNO |
Forward/Center |
6-8 |
Junior |
New Orleans, La. |
18.6 |
| Horace Whitehead |
Tougaloo |
Forward |
6-6 |
Senior |
Clarksdale, Miss. |
10.6 |
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| Player of the Year: Ken Brown, Philander Smith |
| Newcomer of the Year: Ken Brown, Philander Smith |
| Freshman of the Year: Kevin Dukes, SUNO |
| Coach of the Year: Dannton Jackson, Xavier |
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