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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
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Xavier's Cassiere repeats as NAIA feature-writing winner
Ed Cassiere
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June 25, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — For the second straight year,
Xavier University of Louisiana's Ed Cassiere received first place for features
in the NAIA's Dr. W. Jack Bell Writing Contest.
Cassiere's winning story, published May 4, 2011,
profiled 1940s XU men's track and field standout
Herbert Douglas, who received
an honorary degree from the university three days later. It was one of five
stories by XU's sports information director to earn recognition
Saturday during the NAIA Sports Information Directors of America Convention
in St. Louis.
Another feature, about medical-school-bound
Jamaan Kenner
of the men's basketball team, placed third. And in the season preview/review
category, Cassiere placed second for his
men's cross
country preview, third for his
women's volleyball preview
and
tied for eighth for his
women's basketball preview.
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A year ago Cassiere placed first for his feature about Douglas and men's tennis standout Jimmie
McDaniel.
Cassiere — who next month will begin his seventh
year at Xavier — has received 13 NAIA writing awards the past four years,
including three firsts, three seconds and three thirds.
The College Sports Information Directors of America also
awarded Cassiere first place for event coverage in District 6, which comprises Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, New
Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas and includes NCAA and NAIA members. His entries in that category were accounts of
the women's basketball team's
second-round loss to Oklahoma City
in the 2011 NAIA
Division I National Championship and the volleyball team's
semifinal comeback
victory against Dillard
in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament.
It's the second straight year that Cassiere earned first place in the district for writing.
He's the only Louisiana sports publicist to win in the district for writing in 2012 or 2011.
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