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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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XU's Reuther, Jackson siblings earn GCAC weekly honors
Taylor Reuther
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Kwame Jackson
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Zahri Jackson
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September 13, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana sophomores
Taylor Reuther, Zahri Jackson and Kwame Jackson won Gulf Coast
Athletic Conference Player of the Week awards for Sept. 3-9.
Reuther did it in volleyball, and the Jacksons earned theirs in cross country.
It's the sixth GCAC award in a career for Zahri Jackson and the fourth
award for
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Reuther. Both are XU records in those sports. Kwame Jackson, Zahri's brother, has four awards.
Reuther, an outside hitter from Metairie, La., and
a graduate of St. Mary's Dominican High School in New Orleans,
produced three kill-dig double-doubles in four matches to lead Xavier to a 4-0
record and the championship of the Belhaven Tournament at Jackson, Miss. It's the Gold Nuggets'
first regular-season tournament title. Reuther served
all nine of her aces in the third set against Rust, with eight of them coming consecutively.
Those nine aces are the most in a match by an XU player since the school resumed
intercollegiate volleyball in 2010. Against Belhaven in the championship match,
Reuther had a career-high 21 kills and became the first XU player since the program
resumed with a 20-20 kill-dig match.
Both Jacksons are from Kingwood, Texas, and graduates of Kingwood Park High School.
This is the fourth time they've won GCAC awards in the same week.
Zahri Jackson ran 5,000 meters in 20 minutes, 8.05 seconds to finish second out of 66 runners in the
season-opening Loyola Wolf Pack Invitational.
She set an XU women's record for the fastest 5K by a sophomore, and she
posted the highest finish of the past 12 seasons by an XU female in a season opener. Zahri
led Xavier to its first team championship in an opener since 2006. The Gold Nuggets placed first out of nine schools.
It was Jackson's sixth top-10 finish in nine collegiate meets and her fifth time in the top five.
Kwame Jackson ran his 5K in 16:36.72 to finish second
out of 72 runners at the Loyola meet. His finish was the highest
of the past 12 seasons by an XU male in an opener. It was his sixth top-10 finish
in nine collegiate meets and his fourth time in the top five. The Gold Rush placed third out of nine schools.
Both XU cross country teams will compete Saturday morning in
the Azalea City Classic at Mobile, Ala. Starting times will be 7:30 for the men's
race and 8:05 for the women's. The next XU volleyball match will start at 7 p.m.
Tuesday against Mobile at The Barn.
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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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