Friday, February 9, 2018

XULA Pace picks up another academic honor

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Brianna Pace earned her second academic award of 2017-18 when she was named Friday to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NAIA All-Academic team.
     

Pace is a junior from Junction City, Kan., a graduate of Junction City High School and a computer science major at XULA. USTFCCCA honorees qualified for the award with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 and by competing at the 2017 NAIA Championships.
     

Pace was among 103 women honored.
     

In November Pace was named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete. Last week she was nominated as an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar; she made the Ashe second team a year ago.
     

Pace is preparing for the 2018 outdoor track and field season, which will begin March 2 in NOLA at the Tulane Early Bird Twilight meet at Tad Gormley Stadium.

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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