NEW ORLEANS —Twenty-five student-athletes from Xavier University of Louisiana — including 20 repeat honorees — have been named to the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for the 2017-18 academic year.
     The GCAC announced the honorees Tuesday. Criteria for the Commissioner's Honor Roll are sophomore or higher in class standing and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
     "Congratulations to our student-athletes who continue to raise the bar when it comes to academic achievement," said XULA Director of Athletics & Recreation Jason Horn. "Our GCAC Commissioner's Honor Roll members are accustomed to meeting challenges in their sports and in the classroom. It is especially gratifying that nearly all of our honorees this year are on the list again."
     The list of GCAC Commissioner's Honor Roll recipients from XULA:
 

Name	Year*	Major	Hometown	Former School
Women's Basketball
Mikayla Bates	Junior	Accounting	Baton Rouge, La.	University Lab
Jalyn Hodge	Sophomore	Biology/Pre-Medical	Plano, Texas	Plano West
Maya Trench	Sophomore	Accounting	Edgard, La.	West St. John
Women's Tennis
Yi Chen Pao	Sophomore	Accounting	Taichung City, Taiwan	National Shan-Hua
Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Clarke Allen	Senior	Biology/Pre-Medical	Mendenhall, Miss.	Mendenhall
Drew Chatters	Senior	Biology/Pre-Medical	Lake Charles, La.	St. Louis Catholic
Chinyere Jones	Junior	Physics/Biomedical Engineering	Jackson, Miss.	Murrah
Janelle Jones	Junior	Accounting	Baton Rouge, La.	Episcopal
Brianna Pace	Junior	Computer Science	Junction City, Kan.	Junction City
Justyce Riggs	Sophomore	Business Management	Fort Walton Beach, Fla.	Choctawhatchee
Women's Volleyball
Adili Rikondja	Sophomore	Psychology/Pre-Medical	Inglewood, Calif.	Culver City
Hasani Salaam	Sophomore	Biology/Pre-Medical	New Orleans, La.	Lusher Charter
Kaelan Temple	Senior	Biology	Houston, Texas	Lamar
Juliana Tomasoni	Senior	Mass Communications	Nova Trento, Brazil	Francisco Mazzola
Men's Basketball
Donovan Armstrong	Sophomore	Business Sales and Marketing	Round Rock, Texas	Round Rock
Jerry Gibson	Sophomore	Biology/Pre-Medical	Alexandria, La.	Alexandria Senior
Khalil McCoy	Freshman	Chemistry/Pre-Pharmacy	Suwanee, Ga.	Newnan
Men's Tennis
Chris Anders	Junior	Mass Communications	Baton Rouge, La.	Parkview Baptist
Samir Chikhaoui	Sophomore	Finance	Lille, France	St. Remi
Gabriel Niculescu	Junior	Political Science	Bucharest, Romania	A.D. Xenopol
Men's Track and Field/Cross Country
Ayinde Abanu	Sophomore	Biology	Minneapolis, Minn.	DeLaSalle
Keairez Coleman	Junior	Biology	Harrisville, Miss.	Mendenhall
Ethan Gipson	Sophomore	Pharmacy	Memphis, Tenn.	Houston
Kyle Logan	Sophomore	Biology/Pre-Medical	Hampton, Va.	Hampton
Ammiel Williams	Senior	Political Science	Los Angeles, Calif.	Hamilton
* 2017-18 athletic classification . . . Gipson and McCoy are redshirts

     Chatters and Temple were honored for the fourth straight year. Allen, Bates, Gipson, Janelle Jones and Pace are three-time honorees. Two-time honorees are Abanu, Armstrong, Coleman, Gibson, Hodge, Chinyere Jones, McCoy, Pao, Rikondja, Salaam, Tomasoni, Trench and Williams.