Repeating as All-GCAC selections are Gold Nuggets sophomore guard Jarryn Cleaves ( East-Memphis, TN), and Timothy Green (Canton-MS) and Jonathan Harper (Long Beach Poly-CA), both senior forwards for the Gold Rush.  Despite a season-ending knee injury, senior Courtney Williams ( Ellender Memorial-Houma, LA) received her first nod ever, for being one of the best guards in the GCAC. 

As widely expected, freshmen Shaun Dumas (St. Augustine-New Orleans, LA) and Kojavona Hamilton (East St. John-LaPlace, LA) were named GCAC Freshman of the Year for the men’s and women’s teams, respectively.  Dumas’ skills are evident by his first year numbers, which leads the Rush – 100 steals (1^st in GCAC, 2^nd in NAIA) and 107 assists (6^th in GCAC, T60th in NAIA).  Hamilton had big shoes to fill when the Nuggets lost Williams a month ago, but she elevated her game and went from averaging 7.4 points per contest to 10.6 the last seven games of the regular season.

Both Xavier teams will be in action Wednesday afternoon in round two of the GCAC tournament.  The Gold Nuggets, the number one seed, will play No. 9 Belhaven at 2 p.m. at Fogelman Arena on the campus of Tulane University. The third-seeded Gold Rush will follow at 4 p.m. against No. 6 William Carey College.

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