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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.!
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And lead us on the way,
Through life's journey, onward, upward
To the eternal day. (Refrain)
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Three from Xavier are Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars
April 23, 2013
NEW ORLEANS — Three student-athletes from
Xavier University of Louisiana — Javon Mead (men's track and field/cross country),
Chinedu Echebelem (women's volleyball) and Devinn Rolland (women's track and
field) — have been named Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars for the
2012-13 academic year.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, a magazine based in
Fairfax, Va., has sponsored the awards since the mid-1990s.
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Chinedu Echebelem
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Javon Mead
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Devinn Rolland
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Criteria for the awards include being a person of
color with a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.2 through the fall 2012
semester. Honorees must have completed one full academic year at the nominating
institution and have a demonstrated record of service to the campus or community.
All three from Xavier were chosen to the first team, with Mead receiving that distinction
for the second consecutive year. They are the only Ashe scholars this year
from an NAIA or Louisiana university listed in the April 11 edition of Diverse Issues.
Mead, a junior from Baton Rouge, La., and a graduate
of Baton Rouge Magnet High School, is an accounting major with a 3.81 GPA and a three-time
All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference cross country runner. He finished fifth at the 2012 GCAC
Championships to help the Gold Rush post the first perfect score in the
men's division since 1996.
This is the latest in a series of academic awards
for Mead, who was a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete during the fall and a
third-team CoSIDA Academic All-American a year ago.
Echebelem, a sophomore from Dallas, Texas, and a graduate of
Duncanville High School, is a chemistry/pre-medical major with a 3.79 GPA.
She was first-team All-GCAC as a freshman and made the second team as a sophomore.
She was voted MVP of the 2012 GCAC Tournament, which the Gold Nuggets won
for the second consecutive year. Echebelem's sophomore statistics included
244 kills and 238 digs.
Rolland, a sophomore from Harvey, La., and a
graduate of Cabrini High School in New Orleans, is a chemistry/pre-pharmacy major
with a 4.0 GPA. On April 13 she repeated as champion in the 100- and 200-meter
dashes and the long jump at the GCAC Outdoor Championships. She has reached
the A-qualifying standard in three individual events for next month's
NAIA National Championships — 100 (11.97 seconds), 200 (24.52) and
long jump (5.77 meters/18 feet, 11¼ inches) — and as a member of
the 400 and 1,600 relay teams.
This season Rolland has been named GCAC Athlete of
the Week in women's field six times and in women's track three times. She
was an NAIA All-American in the long jump a year ago.
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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