Friday, May 3, 2019

Rod Broadway enjoying retirement as he sails into N.C. Sports Hall of Fame


S.C. State’s Pough to earn $280,000, plus incentives


Jimerson, Robinson finish first at Southern Miss


Southern hopes 'championship mindset' leads to clinching SWAC West Division title


Southern baseball prepares for series against Prairie View


Softball: Tigers Blank No. 14 WCU in SSAC Tourney


By rewriting school's record book, Coppin State baseball seeks to prove it's a lasting MEAC contender


Thursday, May 2, 2019

NC Sports Hall of Fame welcomes diverse class in 2019.


Softball: Huge Offensive Output Propels Lady Tigers To Opening Round Win


B-CU's Peters, Morrison win at MEAC track


Beat the odds! Thank you Jesus


NSU Men, FAMU Women Lead After Day One of 2019 MEAC Outdoors


“I don’t know why it happened to me, but God is definitely good to me,” Rod Broadway expresses while being inducted into the 2019 NC Sports Hall of Fame!


S.C. State's Guthrie Sets PR In Discus at MEAC Track Championship


Softball: Three Tigers Receive SSAC Softball Honors


Dallas-area guard becomes second Gold Rush signee

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana has signed Cameron Wells of Murphy, Texas, and Wylie High School to an athletic scholarship in men's basketball.
     
Wells, a 6-foot-1 guard, was a four-year varsity starter at Wylie and helped the Pirates qualify for the state playoffs three times, including the past two seasons. As a senior Wells averaged 12 points, seven rebounds and 1.7 steals per game for a 27-7 team.
     

Wells was academic all-district four years, first-team all-district as a senior and second-team all-district as a junior. He was team captain and chosen his team's MVP his senior year.
     

"Cameron was a big-time defender for us," Wylie head coach Stephen Pearce said. "He is a high academic and high character young man. He plays at an even keel. He's just a good person."
     

Murphy and Wylie are in Collin County in the Dallas suburbs.
     

Wells will major in business at XULA. Both of his parents and an aunt and uncle are XULA graduates.
     

Wells is second Gold Rush signee for next season. The other newcomer is guard TJ Jones of Opelousas, La., and Lafayette Christian Academy. Jones signed in November.
     

XULA was 18-14 this past season and reached the semifinals of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament.
2019-20 XULA Men's Basketball Signees
NamePos.Ht.Wt.Yr.*HometownHigh School (Previous College)
TJ JonesG5-8165Fr.Opelousas, La.Lafayette Christian Academy
Cameron WellsG6-1185Fr.Murphy, TexasWylie

* XULA athletic classification in 2019-20

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
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Milton, Cheruiyot Take Golds as NSU Men Lead MEAC Outdoor Championships


Class of 2019: Mom follows Florida A&M twins to Tallahassee – and earns her degree


Smith joins Angel, Buchanan as GCAC weekly honorees

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana has earned three more weekly track and field awards from the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, with first-time winner Hillary Smith joining multiple winners Edward Angel and Shane Buchanan.
     

The GCAC Athlete of the Week awards are for April 22-28.
     

Smith, a sophomore from Arlington, Texas, and a graduate of Martin High School, was cited in women's field after a 10th-place finish in the triple jump at the Southern Miss Open in Hattiesburg. Miss. Her best jump of 10.10 meters/35 feet, 1 3/4 inches is the second best of her collegiate career.
     
Angel, a sophomore from Fulshear, Texas, and a graduate of Seven Lakes High School, won the men's field award after an eighth-place finish in the high jump and a season-best 2.00 meters/6 feet, 6 3/4 inches. The GCAC award is Angel's third this season and sixth of his career;
     

Buchanan, a freshman from Kingston, Jamaica, and a graduate of Kingston College, won in men's track for the fourth time this season. He scored his seventh victory this season, winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase by 20 seconds. His time was 10 minutes, 5.14 seconds. Four of the other five runners in the race were from NCAA Division I. XULA is a longtime NAIA member.
     

Buchanan's four weekly awards are the most in a season by a XULA man in track or field.

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Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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White Runs a Personal-Best 200 On Day 1 of MEAC Outdoor



Wiley Lady Wildcats in the Pros: Shaw experiencing success


Prairie View A&M Track & Field Teams to Host 2019 SWAC Outdoor Championships


WATCH: Baseball coaches Mike McLeod and Jamey Shouppe reflect on their friendship


WATCH: The little-known story of Major Taylor, America’s first black sports hero, who became a world champion during the Jim Crow era of 1890s

WAPO Story Excerpted from The World’s Fastest Man by Michael Kranish. Copyright © 2019 by Michael Kranish.

TSU and NFL continue partnership, in education, as former Tennessee Titan cheerleader earns degree and works to find her niche in male-dominated sports industry