Sunday, June 23, 2019

2019 FCS Kickoff Countdown: 62 Days, The Best Player Who Wears No. 62 Is Alcorn State's Kevin Hall


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Saturday, June 22, 2019

A new leader for Bennett College: Dr. Phyllis Dawkins departs after three years


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VERIFY: Will Senate Bill 278 take away HBCU status for 3 Georgia universities?



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WATCH: ESPN host Stephen A. Smith to be ambassador for Wilmington's HBCU Week


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PODCAST: David Banner Wants To See More Players Go To HBCU's

Banner graduated from Southern University and pursued a masters of education at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

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Friday, June 21, 2019

Jason Horn: GCAC AD of Year, named to NAIA-ADA board

NEW ORLEANS — Jason Horn, Xavier University of Louisiana's assistant vice president for student affairs / director of athletics & recreation, has been voted by his peers the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Athletic Director of the Year for 2018-19.
     
Horn also has been named to a two-year term on the NAIA Athletics Directors Association (NAIA-ADA) Board of Directors.
     
Xavier University of Louisiana AthleticsHorn, in his sixth year at XULA, won the GCAC award for the second time in three years. His department's highlights in 2018-19 included:
     •  8-of-9 teams qualified for NAIA National Championship events
     •  2 NAIA national semifinalist teams
     •  1 NAIA national runner-up team
     •  Won 6 GCAC Conference team championships
     •  14 student-athletes won a combined 24 NAIA All-America awards
     •  School-record 128 on the Sister Grace Mary Flickinger Honor Roll
     •  8 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes
     •  6 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars
     •  2 Louisiana Coaches of the Year
     
"Jason Horn is an innovative, student-centered athletics director," said XULA President Dr. Reynold Verret. "His leadership and ingenuity, along with his total commitment to growing Xavier's sport programs and creating services to support our brilliantly talented student-athletes, has positioned Xavier University as a standard-bearer in our conference and among HBCU athletic programs, as well earning him the much-deserved respect of his peers on every level."
     
Horn will be considered for the NAIA's national AD of the Year award; that winner will be announced in September.
     
The NAIA-ADA position is the latest responsibility and service/networking opportunity for Horn, who also serves as GCAC president and on the NAIA's Tennis National Selection Committee, the National Administrative Council (NAC) and the Competitive Experience Committee. Horn also serves on the board of directors of the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA) and the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation.
     
The NAIA-ADA, established in 2014, is comprised of athletics administrators from the 251 institutions representing 21 NAIA conferences. The NAIA-ADA engages athletics directors with meaningful collaboration, forums and national recognition; empowers ADs in their professional development and leadership roles in the NAIA; and promotes NAIA ADs' collective voice on issues affecting membership and college athletics on a national scale. The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) administers NAIA-ADA.

 Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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Full view of our Lady Bulldogs 2019 Volleyball Schedule!!


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#ProHornets: Former Hornets leaving mark early in 2019 season


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Magic City Classic, featuring @BamaStateFB, to be aired on ESPN3


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Panther Football to be Featured Four Times on the ESPN Network for the 2019 Season


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HBCU Chancellor and President Spotlight: Dr. Billy C. Hawkins, President of Talladega College


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ESPN affiliates pick up three Southern football games


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WATCH: Head Coach @Coachtygrace welcomes the class of #HU23


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The time is drawing near big dawgs! Come get this work!


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Collard of @BamaStateTennis selected for ITA Oracle Masters


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XULA: “We are building the campus of the future”


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Tony Bailey Named Clark Atlanta Women’s Basketball Head Coach


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SIAC Media Day set for July 9


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Tiger Nation, join Coach Johnny Jones this summer for two weeks of great fun at the Texas Southern Basketball Camp!


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Undrafted Free Agents Amir Hinton Sign With Knicks


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Cassiere is GCAC Sports Information Director of Year

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Ed Cassiere has been voted by his peers as Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Sports Information Director of the Year for 2018-19.
     
"Ed Cassiere is one of the best in the business," said Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs / Director of Athletics & Recreation Jason Horn. "Ed has a wealth of knowledge about Xavier, and he is consistently effective in representing our department, communicating our message and growing our brand."
     
Cassiere, XULA's assistant athletics director for communications, will begin in July his 14th year at the longtime NAIA member. He is responsible for publicity about all of the university's intercollegiate teams; that list will grow to 11 teams in 2019-20 with the return of women's indoor track and field and the addition of co-ed competitive cheer.
     
Cassiere writes stories, compiles statistics and records and does video interviews with XULA coaches and student-athletes. He also is webmaster of the department's official website, xulagold.com, and produces the majority of the content for the department's social media platforms on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
     
Cassiere will be considered for the NAIA's national SID of the Year award; that winner will be announced in September.
     
"Ed Cassiere is the consummate professional, working tirelessly behind the scenes to promote Xavier University's sports programs and its student-athletes," said XULA President Dr. Reynold Verret. "Over the past 13 years he has won so many awards for sportswriting and sports information work on the state, regional and national levels that it's hard to keep track. Xavier is fortunate to have such a talented and dedicated person in its corner."
     
Cassiere is chair of the GCAC SIDs and serves the NAIA on its Statistics, History, Record and Honors Committee and as a voter for volleyball and tennis national players of the week. He is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Scholarship Committee.
     
He is a former Louisiana Sports Writers Association president and still serves the LSWA as coordinator of the All-Louisiana collegiate softball team. He also is a member of the Allstate Sugar Bowl's Greater New Orleans Sports Awards Committee.
     
This past week Cassiere was honored with four awards in the NAIA's 2018-19 Dr. W. Jack Bell Writing Contest.

 Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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Kickoff Times Announced for Langston Non-Conference Football Games


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The camps continue at Valley! Today it’s @MSValleyFB Youth Camp at Rice-Totten


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Johnson, Muhammad to Represent Alcorn at SWAC Media Day


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Rush have 5 newcomers for next season after signing 2

Xavier University of Louisiana men's basketballNEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana announced Thursday the signing of two men's basketball transfers. That increases the Gold Rush's recruiting class to five for the 2019-20 season.
     
The most recent XULA signees are:
     •  Drew Buggs, a 6-foot-6 forward from Sacramento, Calif., Cosumnes Oaks High School and two-year Cosumnes River College, also in Sacramento.
     •  Ethan White, a 6-3 guard-forward from San Antonio, Texas, East Central High School and Our Lady of the Lake University, also in San Antonio.
     
Buggs averaged 10.2 points and 7.6 rebounds and shot 56.1 percent from the floor in 2018-19 for Cosumnes River. As a sophomore at Cosumnes Oaks, he helped the Wolfpack earn a share of the Capital Valley Conference championship, then reach the Northern California Regional Division II semifinals.
     
"Drew has a huge ceiling," XULA head coach Alfred Williams said. "Great athlete. Great motor. He has a nice work ethic. Drew comes from a great family with great values. He's going to be really good for us."
     
White this past season made 48.4 percent of his 3-pointers (46-of-95) to rank sixth in accuracy in NAIA Division I. He averaged 13.2 points and 4.3 rebounds and made 5-of-7 3s at home against then-top-ranked LSU-Alexandria, an NAIA national quarterfinalist.
     
White averaged 8.1 points and three rebounds his freshman season (2017-18) at two-year Lamar State College-Port Arthur. As a senior at East Central he was the District 28-6A MVP and was academic all-district four consecutive seasons.
     
"Ethan is a versatile player with great shooting ability," Williams said. "He's a great student with an unbelievable work ethic. He, too, comes from a great family with great values."
     
Buggs and White will be juniors in 2019-20. Buggs will major in sociology at XULA, and White will major in business administration.
     
Previously signed were guards Nigel Allen of Port Allen, La., Port Allen High School and two-year Western Texas College, TJ Jones of Opelousas, La., and Lafayette Christian Academy and Cameron Wells of Murphy, Texas, and Wylie High School.
     
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)
Nigel AllenG6-2165Jr.Port Allen, La.Port Allen (Western Texas JC)
Drew BuggsF6-6210Jr.Sacramento, Calif.Cosumnes Oaks (Cosumnes River JC)
TJ JonesG5-8165Fr.Opelousas, La.Lafayette Christian Academy
Cameron WellsG6-1185Fr.Murphy, TexasWylie
Ethan WhiteG-F6-3185Jr.San Antonio, TexasEast Central (Our Lady of the Lake)
* XULA athletic classification in 2019-20

 Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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