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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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XU's Pieri, Mead selected CoSIDA Academic All-America
Matt Pieri
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Javon Mead
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June 18, 2012
More on this Academic All-America team
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's
Matt Pieri and Javon Mead have
been chosen to the Capital One Academic All-America® college division
men's track and field/cross country team. Pieri was a second-team selection,
and Mead made the third team.
Pieri and Mead are the second and third from Xavier
to be chosen to an Academic All-America squad. Distance runner
Joe Drexler-Dreis
made the second team in men's track and field/cross country in 2009.
The College Sports Information Directors of America
has sponsored the Academic All-America program since 1952. CoSIDA announced
the team Monday.
"Matt and Javon are outstanding representatives of Xavier,
the athletics department and our cross country program," XU coach Joseph
Moses said. "They take care of their business in the classroom, in workouts and
in competition. They're always focused on improvement and doing the right thing."
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Pieri, a junior from New Orleans and a graduate of
Brother Martin High School, is a pharmacy major at Xavier with a 3.79 grade-point average. Pieri is a
three-time All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference runner and was the league's 2010 individual champion. He was
a 2011 Daktronics Scholar-Athlete and was inducted into the
Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society. Pieri has won a GCAC career-record 10 Runner of the Week
awards, four this past season. He has 13 top-10 finishes and nine top-5s in three seasons.
At the Gulf Coast Stampede in Pensacola, Fla., on
Oct. 1, Pieri ran 8,000 meters (4.97 miles) in 26 minutes, 51.1 seconds.
That was Xavier's best time at that distance since Farris Gransberry set the
school record of 25:54 in 1998.
Mead, a sophomore from Baton Rouge, La., and a graduate
of Baton Rouge Magnet High School, is an accounting major with a 3.66
GPA. Mead is a two-time All-GCAC cross country runner who finished third in the conference meet in 2010 and
fifth in 2011. He has four top-10 finishes and two top-5s in two years.
Academic All-Americans are starters or important reserves
with at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale. They also must have
completed at least one full calendar year at their current institution and
reached sophomore athletic eligibility. Pieri and Mead were announced May 31
as Academic All-District 4,
which automatically advanced them for national consideration.
Xavier is a six-time defending GCAC team champion in men's and women's
cross country. Both squads qualified for the NAIA National Championships three
of the past four seasons, including 2011. The Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets will
begin
the 2012 season
Aug. 31 in the Mississippi College Opener at Clinton, Miss.
2011-12 Capital One Academic All-America
Men's Track and Field/Cross Country
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| College Division First Team |
| Name | School | Yr. | Hometown | GPA and Major |
| Brayden Barrientez | Oklahoma Christian | Jr. | Haysville, Kan. | 3.96 Religious Education/Children's Ministry |
| Hildon Boen | Wayland Baptist | Jr. | Eldoret, Kenya | 3.40 Business Administration, Accounting |
| Isaac Bryan | Taylor | Gr. | Perkasie, Pa. | 3.82 Higher Education and Student Development |
| Andy Coy | Dakota State | Jr. | Hill City, S.D. | 3.96 Biology |
| Luke Fischer | Northwest (Wash.) | Sr. | Kalispell, Mont. | 3.75 Business |
| Jacob GunderKline | Goshen | Jr. | Yellow Springs, Ohio | 3.71 Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Bryson Harper | Bryan | Sr. | Pikeville, Tenn. | 3.90 Exercise and Health Science |
| John Harris | Morningside | Jr. | Holstein, Iowa | 4.00 Engineering Physics, Mathematics |
| Bo Johnson | Concordia (Ore.) | Jr. | Toledo, Ore. | 3.79 Exercise and Sport Sciences |
| Monte Larsen | Morningside | Sr. | Neola, Iowa | 3.98 Elementary Education |
| Tracy Marshall | Oklahoma Christian | Jr. | Hutchinson, Kan. | 3.96 Electrical Engineering |
| Micah Marvin | Doane | Sr. | Crete, Neb. | 3.96 Mathematics and Physics |
| David McWilliams | Oklahoma Christian | Jr. | Naperville, Ill. | 4.00 Youth Ministry |
| Tim Wyland | Concordia (Ore.) | Sr. | Umatilla, Ore. | 3.47 Exercise and Sport Sciences |
| Eric Whalen | Concordia (Ore.) | Sr. | Tualatin, Ore. | 3.37 Exercise and Sport Sciences |
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| College Division Second Team |
| Name | School | Yr. | Hometown | GPA and Major |
| Brian Aukshunas | Biola | Sr. | Orange, Calif. | 4.00 Business Administration |
| Cordell Baker | Oklahoma Baptist | Jr. | Sapulpa, Okla. | 3.89 Biology |
| Brad Higgins | Doane | Jr. | Norfolk, Neb. | 3.61 Mathematics, Physics |
| Matt Huseman | Northwestern (Iowa) | Jr. | Sac City, Iowa | 3.34 Elementary Education |
| Matthew Hussey | Roberts Wesleyan | Gr. | Marion, N.Y. | 3.93 Teacher Education |
| Zachary Kraus | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | So. | New Milford, Conn. | 3.85 Aerospace Engineering |
| Vincent Krejci | Doane | Jr. | Crete, Neb. | 3.74 Biochemistry |
| Randy Magnuson | Taylor | Sr. | Aurora, Ill. | 3.79 English Education |
| Lucas Manring | Central Methodist | Sr. | Stockton, Mo. | 3.56 Accounting |
| Greg Montgomery | College of Idaho | Jr. | Boise, Idaho | 3.48 Biology |
| Matt Pieri | Xavier | Jr. | New Orleans, La. | 3.79 Pharmacy |
| Austin Simikns | Oklahoma Christian | So. | Fayetteville, Ark. | 3.87 Accounting |
| Randy Sterk | Grace | Sr. | McBain, Mich. | 3.68 Biology |
| Nate Teten | Doane | Sr. | Auburn, Neb. | 3.59 Business Administration |
| Nate Winters | Mount Vernon Nazarene | Sr. | Hilliard, Ohio | 3.58 Chemistry (Pre-Medicine) |
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| College Division Third Team |
| Name | School | Yr. | Hometown | GPA and Major |
| Gabe Aeschliman | Biola | Sr. | Colfax, Wash. | 3.79 Business Administration |
| Austin Basterrechea | College of Idaho | So. | Gooding, Idaho | 3.74 Undecided |
| Neal Ellis | Oklahoma Baptist | Jr. | Midlothian, Texas | 3.93 Applied Communication |
| Mike Huseman | Morningside | Jr. | Alta, Iowa | 3.52 Management Information Systems |
| Samuel Jones | Goshen | Jr. | Timber Lake, S.D. | 3.61 Theater |
| Anthony Lee | Mount Vernon Nazarene | Jr. | Lisbon, Ohio | 3.84 Sports Management |
| Jason McLeod | Bryan | Jr. | Ocoee, Fla. | 3.81 Exercise and Health Science, Business Administration |
| Javon Mead | Xavier | So. | Baton Rouge, La. | 3.66 Accounting |
| David Parry | McPherson | Sr. | Morganville, Kan. | 3.90 Automotive Restoration |
| Jon Schoening | Clarke | Jr. | Glenwood, Iowa | 3.89 Biochemistry |
| Ryan Sherman | Central Methodist | Jr. | Fayette, Mo. | 3.60 Business |
| Peter Stacy | Biola | So. | Issaquah, Wash. | 3.69 Biology, Chemistry |
| Anthony Stasiak | Park | So. | Liberty, Mo. | 3.46 Chemistry |
| Alex Stephens | Bryan | Jr. | Cleveland, Tenn. | 3.79 Communication |
| Collin Whitsett | Southern Nazarene | Sr. | Tulsa, Okla. | 3.94 Biology |
| Monte Willett | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Sr. | Grapevine, Texas | 3.78 Aerospace Engineering |
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