Xavier University of Louisiana Athletics

Briefly
•  First year at XULA

2020-21 (Freshman)
•  Team was ranked 20th in the NAIA preseason coaches poll and was the top pick to win the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference

High School
•  Averaged 18 points per game as a senior to lead Mississippi's Region 4-4A in scoring . . . Also averaged five rebounds and 2.5 steals per game his final season
•  As a senior he was all-region and made the Meridian Star newspaper's Premier Preps area team
•  Starter as a junior and senior
•  Game highs included 35 points and seven made 3-pointers, both during his senior season
•  Other top performaces his senior year included a 30-point game and 22 points and 11 rebounds in another
•  Reached 27-or-more points in five games his senior season
•  Helped Northeast Lauderdale's Trojans reach the second round of the playoffs his sophomore and junior seasons
•  Excellent student who earned president's list honors

Club
•  Played AAU with TCF Jayhawks and on the Nike circuit with Mebo

Personal
•  Entered XULA with 130 hours of community service . . . Youth ambassador for The Carter Foundation and vice president of the Meridian Kappa League fraternity
•  His mother, Veldore Graham, is a XULA graduate . . . Cousin Denise Beal also attended XULA
•  AED and CPR certified as a lifeguard
•  Plays the drum
•  Has shoe collection of 70 pairs; he brought 15 pairs to XULA
•  Three cousins are/were college athletes: Eric Young (football, active) at NAIA member Lyon, Mile Marshall (football, active) at Indiana State and Justin Lynch (track and field) at Mississippi Valley

Favorites
Food:  Pizza
Candy:  Life Savers Gummies
Pizza toppings:  Pepperoni
Ice cream flavor:  Cookies and cream
Cake:  Vanilla with whipped icing
Flower:  Rose
Color:  Green
Vacation destination:  The Bahamas