XU SID Cassiere earns 3 more NAIA writing awards

ED CASSIERE
SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR
XULA

ORLANDO, Florida — Xavier University of Louisiana's Ed Cassiere received three awards Monday, including a first place, in the NAIA's 2014-15 Dr. W. Jack Bell Writing Contest.

All three of Cassiere's entries in the season preview/review category were honored. His men's cross country preview was the winner. His women's volleyball preview placed fourth, and his women's cross country preview tied for ninth.

All three of those award-winning stories previewed teams which eventually won Gulf Coast Athletic Conference championships and qualified for NAIA National
Championships.

Cassiere received his awards during the NAIA-SIDA Convention, a one-day event and part of the 2015 College Sports Information Directors of America Convention.

Cassiere — who in July will begin his 10th year as Xavier's SID — has received 22 NAIA writing awards the past seven years, including five firsts. During the past four years, Xavier and Cassiere's 14 awards are the most by a university or individual in the Dr. W. Jack Bell Writing Contest. No other university or individual has more than 10 awards during the past four years.

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