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Xavier's Dumas named Louisiana Small College Player of the Year
May 4, 2007
NEW ORLEANS -- Xavier University of Louisiana's Shaun Dumas has been selected the Louisiana Small College Player of the Year by the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches.
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Shaun Dumas |
Dumas will receive his award Saturday during the LABC's 33rd annual awards banquet at the Holiday Inn Select, 4728 Constitution Ave. in Baton Rouge. The banquet will begin at 6 p.m.
Dumas is a 5-foot-11 sophomore point guard from New Orleans and a 2004 graduate of St. Augustine High School. He averaged 13.2 points, 6.1 assists and 3.1 steals this past season for the Gold Rush, which was 22-10, shared the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular-season championship with Tougaloo and reached the second round of the NAIA Division I National Tournament for the first time since 1973. Dumas ranked third in NAIA Division I in steals per game and fifth in assists per game.
Dumas is the first Xavier winner in the eight-year history of the award. The list of recipients:
LOUISIANA SMALL COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2000 — Ryan Taylor, Louisiana College
2001 — Lancelot Loncke, Dillard
2002 — Toshay Harvey, SUNO
2003 — Roberto Ferriar, SUNO; Toshay Harvey, SUNO
2004 — Roberto Ferriar, SUNO; Fredericko Payne, LSU-Shreveport
2005 — Fredericko Payne, LSU-Shreveport
2006 — Fredericko Payne, LSU-Shreveport
2007 — Shaun Dumas, Xavier
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