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In the Crescent Bend
Stands our loved and noble Xavier,
Far her praises send.
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Former South Carolina standout joins Gold Nuggets' staff
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Hannah Lawing
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August 16, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana
has hired former University of South Carolina standout Hannah Lawing as
an assistant women's volleyball coach. She worked her first practice Tuesday
as the Gold Nuggets prepare for their season opener next week.
This is the first collegiate coaching job for Lawing, 23,
who was a varsity assistant at Heathwood Hall Episcopal High School in Columbia, S.C.,
in 2011 and co-head coach of the South Carolina Midlands 18s Elite
club team this year.
Lawing graduated from South Carolina in 2011 with a
bachelor's degree in psychology. She played four seasons of volleyball for
the Gamecocks and as a senior set a school record for digs per set with 4.89.
"We're excited to have Hannah join the Xavier volleyball
family," XU head coach Christabell Hamilton said. "She has collegiate experience
and brings energy to our program. She fits right in with our team."
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Lawing was an outside hitter and defensive specialist
with the Gamecocks. She was SEC Defensive Player of the Week twice as a senior
and once as a freshman. She excelled in the classroom as a two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member
and made the dean's list.
"We are very fortunate to hire Hannah to
be part of our staff," XU athletics director Dennis Cousin said.
Lawing is third all-time at South Carolina with 1,334 digs
and fifth with 3.35 digs per set. As a senior she posted the second-most digs in
program history and the most in the rally-scoring era with
523. That year she also recorded a USC match-record 38 digs against Mississippi State.
Lawing had 23 career double-doubles, including a career-high 28 kills and 14
digs in a four-set victory against Harvard in 2009.
Lawing is a Winston-Salem, N.C., native and lived there
10 years before moving to the Atlanta area. She is a 2007 graduate of Lassiter
High School in Marietta, Ga.
Lawing replaces Darrilyn Broussard, who split time
with volleyball and women's basketball coaching a year ago. Broussard, the associate
head coach of XU women's basketball, returns for her 12th season with that program.
Xavier was 23-7 in 2011 — the Gold Nuggets' first winning
season — and didn't lose a match en route to the program's first Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular-season
and tournament championships and first appearance in the NAIA National Championship.
The Nuggets will open their season Aug. 24 with matches against 20th-ranked
Lindsey Wilson and third-ranked Lee in the Lee Invitational at Cleveland, Tenn.
The home opener will start at 7 p.m. Sept. 4 against city rival Loyola.
Xavier is one of 38
U.S. colleges listed as a "Best Buy School" in the 2013 edition of the Fiske Guide
to Colleges.
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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, tennis and track and field and women's teams in basketball, cross country, tennis, track and field 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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