NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana has a league-best 37 members on the 2014-15 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Student-athletes qualified for the honor with a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher over both semesters. Xavier accounted for one-fourth of the 147 honorees and had 10 more than any other school.
Among the Commissioner's Honor Roll members are Xavier's Brent Kitto from men's cross country/track and field, Catherine Fakler from women's cross country/track and field and Devinn Rolland and Terri Cunningham from women's track and field. Those four will learn Monday if they were selected to the Capital One Academic All-America team.
Women's volleyball led all XU sports with 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll members, followed by women's track/cross country with eight. Xavier's most prolific men's sport was tennis with five honorees.
Xavier's list of honorees:
Name Sport Year Hometown (High School)
Jarvis Thibodeaux Men's Basketball Junior Houston, Texas (St. Pius X)
Emoni Harvey Women's Basketball Junior Memphis, Tenn. (Briarcrest Christian)
Alesha Smith Women's Basketball Junior Athens, Ga. (Clarke Central)
Adam Albrecht Men's Tennis Sophomore Ladna, Czech Republic (Gymnasium Breclav)
Jeremiah Capdeville* Men's Tennis Freshman Jennings, La. (Jennings)
Manav Chakma Men's Tennis Junior Agartala, India (Kendriya Vidyalaya Maligaon)
Vincenzo Ciccone Men's Tennis Senior Brooklyn, N.Y. (Aspirations)
Nikita Soifer Men's Tennis Senior Beer Sheva, Israel (Hof Hasharon)
Sha'Nel Bruins Women's Tennis Sophomore Colfax, La. (Grant)
Simone-Alyse Ewell* Women's Tennis Junior Detroit, Mich. (The Roeper School)
Jordyn Goody* Women's Tennis Senior Lake Charles, La. (St. Louis Catholic)
Brandi Nelson Women's Tennis Sophomore Jonesboro, Ga. (Faith Academy)
Jana van der Walt Women's Tennis Junior Houston, Texas (de Aar)
Langston Adams Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Sophomore Baton Rouge, La. (Christian Life Academy)
Emmanuel Detiege Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Senior New Orleans, La (Brother Martin)
Brent Kitto Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Junior Chalmete, La. (Holy Cross)
Erwin Simmons Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Freshman St. James, La. (St. James)
Clarke Allen* Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Freshman Mendenhall, Miss. (Mendenhall)
Carlie Calais Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Freshman Breaux Bridge, La (Ceclia)
Drew Chatters* Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Freshman Lake Charles, La. (St. Louis Catholic)
Terri Cunningham Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Sophomore Nashville, Tenn. (Martin Luther King Magnet)
Catherine Fakler*# Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Senior Phoenix, Ariz (Xavier College Prep)
Hannah Finnegan Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Junior Pekin, Ill (Tremont)
Chelsea James Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Junior Gadsden, Ala. (Gadsden City)
Devinn Rolland* Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Senior Harvey, La. (Cabrini)
Jada Broussard Women's Volleyball Freshman Breaux Bridge, La. (Breaux Bridge)
Chinedu Echebelem* Women's Volleyball Senior Dallas, Texas (Duncanville)
Ralitsa Hadzhistoyanova Women's Volleyball Sophomore Razlog, Bulgaria (Kanazirevi)
Jodi Hill* Women's Volleyball Junior Prairieville, La. (Dutchtown)
Kayla Jones Women's Volleyball Freshman Kansas City, Kan. (Piper)
Franziska Pirkl* Women's Volleyball Junior Munich, Germany (Theodolinden Gymnasium)
Taylor Reuther* Women's Volleyball Junior Metairie, La. (Dominican)
Kaelan Temple* Women's Volleyball Freshman Houston, Texas (Lamar)
Jelena Vujicic Women's Volleyball Freshman Belgrade, Serbia (Beogradska Gimnazija)
Simone White Women's Volleyball Freshman Hot Springs, Ark. (Hot Springs)
CeCe Williams Women's Volleyball Junior Houma, La. (Vandebilt Catholic)
Aliyah Wilson Women's Volleyball Freshman Florissant, Mo. (Crossroads College Prep)
*indicates a GPA of 3.5 or higher #indicates a 4.0 GPA
Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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