Xavier Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets
intercollegiate sports teams of Xavier University of Louisiana
The Xavier Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets are the athletic teams that represent Xavier University of Louisiana, located in New Orleans, Louisiana, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) since the 2021–22 academic year.
History
The Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets previously competed in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) from 1981–82 to 2020–21. As early as 1917, when Xavier University was still only a high school, organized sports were held on the "Old Southern" campus. As described in the 1917 Xavier Bulletin, "An athletic association has been organized by the students, under the direction of the Faculty. The football and baseball teams are able contestants with those of the standard colleges of the South. Pole-vault contests and track meets are additional sports. Excellent physical training for girls is provided in basket-ball, volley-ball, and kindred sports."
Varsity teams
Xavier (La.) competes in 12 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, tennis and track & field; women's sports include basketball, cross country, softball, tennis, track & field, and volleyball; and co-ed sports include competitive cheer. Former sports included football.
A dwindling enrollment during the mid and late 1950s, the high cost of operating intercollegiate athletic programs at a small school, and a number of overall university needs, including facilities, were factors that figured in Xavier discontinuing its athletic programs in 1960. Beginning in 1967, several programs were restarted, but football was the main casualty, never returning to Xavier's campus.
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