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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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High ITA rankings make Didavi, Taylor, Howell All-America
Loic Didavi
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Zach Taylor
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Kourtney Howell
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June 11, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's
Loic Didavi, Zach Taylor and Kourtney Howell have been named NAIA All-America
for the 2011-12 season by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
The three earned the honor by being top 20 in singles
or top 10 in doubles in the ITA's postseason individual rankings.
Didavi, a junior from Cotonou, Benin, and a graduate of Lycée
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Jean Dautet, La Rochelle, was ranked eighth in singles
and sixth in doubles with Taylor, a senior from Monroe, La., and a graduate
of St. Frederick High School and Ventura College. Those are the highest
final NAIA rankings of the Gold Rush.
Taylor ranked 19th in singles. This is the second
straight year he's an ITA All-American; he qualified last year when he and
Hassan Abbas ranked 10th in doubles. Taylor is Xavier's first two-time
ITA All-American, male or female.
Howell, a sophomore from Cypress, Texas, and a
graduate of Cypress Woods High School, set a Gold Nuggets record with her No. 15 final ranking.
Also ranked nationally in the postseason were XU's Viktor Svoboda, 33rd
in men's singles, and the men's doubles team of Steffen Giles-Osborn and Sean
Richardson at No. 16. Amanda Materre was 36th in singles and was
one of eight NAIA freshmen in the women's final top 50.
Svoboda is a sophomore from Kamenice, Czech Republic,
and a graduate of Vitezna Plan. Giles-Osborn is a senior from Atlanta and a graduate
of Westlake High School. Richardson is a senior from Ellenwood, Ga., and a graduate
of Stockbridge High. Amanda Materre is from Richmond, Texas, and a
graduate of Westside High.
This is the first time that the XU men have three
in the final singles top 50, and it's their first time with two teams in final
doubles top 20. Xavier is one of seven men's programs — the others
are Embry-Riddle (Fla.), Fresno Pacific, Point Loma Nazarene, Vanguard, Westmont
and national champion Oklahoma Christian — with at least three singles
players and two doubles teams in this year's final rankings.
Materre is the first XU female in
the final singles top 50 since Dominique Bell was 30th in 2003-04.
Giles-Osborn is in the final doubles top 20 for the third time.
Both Xavier teams won unaffiliated group
championships to qualify automatically for the NAIA National Championships.
The Gold Rush reached the quarterfinals at nationals and became the first XU
team in any sport to advance that far since 1973.
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