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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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Nuggets wrap up recruiting, announce three more signees
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Danielle Tucker
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Talor Hixon
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Emoni Harvey
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July 19, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana
concluded its 2012-13 women's basketball recruiting class
with the signing of Danielle Tucker of Rochester, N.Y.,
Talor Hixon of Carson, Calif., and Emoni Harvey of Memphis, Tenn.,
to scholarships. The Gold Nuggets will have eight newcomers next season.
Tucker, a 5-foot-10 forward, transferred to Xavier
from NCAA Division II member
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Mars Hill (N.C.) College and will be an XU junior next season. She led Mars Hill
with 12 points and 6.6 rebounds per game this past season, shot 52.6 percent
from the floor and was a two-time South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week.
At Rochester's East High School, she scored 1,226 career points, averaged 22 points
and 12 rebounds for a 15-4 team her senior year and made the Democrat and Chronicle
All-Greater Rochester second team.
Hixon, a 5-7 guard, will be an XU sophomore after
transferring from Cerritos College in Norwalk, Calif. Hixon averaged 6.1 points and
4.4 rebounds this past season and led the Falcons with 72 steals. She was
second-team All-South Coast Conference and helped Cerritos finish second
in the league and 23-8 overall. At St. Anthony High School in Long Beach, Calif.,
Hixon was a four-year varsity starter who averaged triple-doubles her
senior and freshman seasons. She averaged 18 points, 12 rebounds, 10 steals and
nine assists her senior year (2009-10) for a St. Anthony team which was the CIF Division V
state runner-up.
Harvey, a 5-6 guard, will be the eighth Memphian to play
for the Gold Nuggets and the sixth during Bo Browder's 14 seasons as head coach.
She averaged 11.2 points as a four-year starter for Briarcrest Christian High School,
helping the Lady Saints finish second in Tennessee's Division II-AA state playoffs
in 2010 and 2011 and reach the semifinals this year. She was all-region as a senior and first-team
all-conference as a senior and junior.
Tucker will major in political science with a sociology
minor and hopes to attend law school. Hixon will major in sociology, and
Harvey — who had a 3.98 grade-point average at Briarcrest —
will be a chemistry/pre-pharmacy major.
Previously signed were centers Whitney Gaston-Loyd of
Shreveport, La., and Kelsee Singleton of New Orleans
and guards Whitney Gathright and Schuyler Morton of New Orleans
and Andraquay Quinnine of Elk Grove, Calif.
Xavier was 26-9 in 2011-12, won Gulf Coast Athletic
Conference regular-season and tournament championships and, for the second
consecutive year, reached the second round of the NAIA Division I National
Championship. The GCAC Tournament title was the Gold Nuggets' third in a row.
Xavier reached 20 victories 19 of the past 20 seasons and qualified for
the national tournament 16 of the past 18 seasons.
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2012-13 Xavier University of Louisiana Women's Basketball Signees
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| Name |
Pos. |
Ht. |
Yr.* |
Hometown |
High School (College) |
| Whitney Gaston-Loyd |
C |
6-0 |
Jr. |
Shreveport, La. |
Southwood (Arkansas-Little Rock) |
| Whitney Gathright |
G |
5-4 |
Fr. |
New Orleans, La. |
John Curtis Christian |
| Emoni Harvey |
G |
5-6 |
Fr. |
Memphis, Tenn. |
Briarcrest Christian |
| Talor Hixon |
G |
5-7 |
So. |
Carson, Calif. |
St. Anthony (Cerritos JC) |
| Schyler Morton |
G |
5-7 |
So. |
New Orleans, La. |
Ursuline Academy (Fordham) |
| Andraquay Quinnine |
G |
5-9 |
Jr. |
Elk Grove, Calif. |
Franklin (Consumes River JC) |
| Kelsee Singleton |
C |
6-2 |
Fr. |
New Orleans, La. |
Karr |
| Danielle Tucker |
F |
5-10 |
Jr. |
Rochester, N.Y. |
East (Mars Hill) |
| * athletic classification at Xavier in fall of 2012 |
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The Xavier Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets compete in Division I of the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) as a member of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC).
Xavier fields men's teams in basketball, cross country and tennis and women's teams in basketball, cross country, tennis and volleyball.
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
Xavier University of Louisiana
1 Drexel Drive
Campus Box 92
New Orleans, LA 70125
(504) 520-7329 phone
(504) 520-7934 fax
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