Xavier SID wins 3rd straight NAIA feature-writing award

Ed Cassiere

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Ed Cassiere received first place for features for the third consecutive year in the NAIA's Dr. W. Jack Bell Writing Contest.
       
Cassiere's winning story, published Dec. 19, profiled XU women's volleyball coach Christabell Hamilton and her transition from coaching to motherhood. Hamilton resigned at Xavier after two stellar seasons (2011-12) and moved to Texas to be with her husband, who changed jobs.
     
Another feature, about women's basketball guard SiMon Franklin and her academic comeback, placed ninth. In the season preview/review category, Cassiere tied for second for his preview of the 2012 women's volleyball season.
      
Cassiere — who in July will begin his eighth year at Xavier — has received 16 NAIA writing awards the past five years, including four firsts, four seconds and three thirds.

COURTESY XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA ATHLETICS