Hall of Fame

Xavier University of Louisiana Athletics

Sister Grace Mary Flickinger

  • Class
  • Induction
    2022
  • Sport(s)
    Faculty Athletics Representative
•  Served 36 years (1981-2016) as XULA's faculty athletics representative
•  Two-time president of the NAIA's Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (1990-91, 1995-99) and a longtime member of the GCAC's eligibility and executive committees
•  1998 NAIA Hall of Fame inductee
•  2007 recipient of the NAIA's Wally Schwartz Award for her work as a faculty athletics representative
•  Chaired the NAIA's Council of Faculty Athletics Representatives
•  At the request of former men's basketball coach Denny Alexander, she took on responsibilities during the 1980s as academic counselor for athletics
•  XULA's athletics honor roll, which began in 2014, is named for Sister Grace Mary
•  Member of XULA biology faculty from 1968-2016
•  New Jersey native . . . will celebrate her 88th birthday in September 2022
•  Last name pronounced flicking-gurr
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