Hall of Fame

XULA men's basketball

Shaun Dumas

  • Class
    2009
  • Induction
    2024
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Basketball
• New Orleanian, St. Augustine High School alum
• Received bachelor’s degree (business management) from XULA in 2009
• Program career rankings:
— No. 1 with 380 steals
— No. 3 with 599 assists
— No. 6 with a 1.65 assist/turnover ratio
— No. 11 with 1,434 points
— No. 13 with 97 made 3-point field goals
— No. 17 with 273 made free throws
• Program-record 34.5 minutes per game as a senior in 2008-09
• Only XULA athlete in this sport to make NAIA 
All-America — third team or higher — twice . . . 
Chosen to the third team as a sophomore in 2006-07 and as a senior in 2008-09
• All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference three times
• Program’s first conference freshman of the year . . . he earned that honor in 2004-05
• As a sophomore in 2006-07, he was chosen Louisiana Small College Player of the Year by the Louisiana 
Association of Basketball Coaches
• 17 points, six assists, four steals in XULA’s 82-79 upset of Georgetown (Ky.) on March 15, 2007 — the only Gold Rush victory at NAIA nationals between 1973 and 2021
• As a freshman in 2004-05 he led NAIA Division I in steals with 106 and was No. 2 in steals per game with 3.1
• As a basketball head coach after XULA, he led the boys of Crescent City Christian (Metairie) to five consecutive LHSAA state championship games  (2017-21) and won three of them (2017, 2020, 2021)
• Started the Shaun Dumas Academy, a national prep school, in the fall of 2021, and coached the boys to 25-7 record and a regional championship the first year . . . Then in 2022-23 he coached the team to a record of 29-8 and a national semifinal appearance . . . 15 players from the 2022-23 team were scheduled to join college rosters in 2023-24

 
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