CAREER
Played in 12 games with five starts on the defensive line … Made a total of 19 tackles (11 solo) with 2.5 tackles for loss for six yards, and 0.5 sacks for two yards, along with two pass breakups … Two-year letterman.
2021
Earned the Class of 1913 Cup for the best scholastic grade point average among the graduating Class of 2022 football seniors … Finalist for the Eisenhower Watch winner, which honors the senior student-athlete with the highest grade point average … Earned NFF Hampshire Honor Society honors … Earned three on-campus Columbia University awards including being honored as a Senior Marshal, the Robert Lincoln Carey Memorial Prize winner, and as a Kings Crown Leadership and Excellence Award for health and wellness … Played in all 10 games with five starts as a senior defensive lineman … Listed as the starter or top backup at the defensive tackle position all year long … Started the final five consecutive games at defensive tackle … Made a total of 19 tackles (11 solo) with 2.5 tackles for loss for six yards, and 0.5 sacks for two yards, along with one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry … Finished with one tackle and one tackle for loss for two yards in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Registered four tackles (two solo), with 0.5 sacks for two yards vs. Brown (Nov. 13) … Made three tackles (two solo) vs. Harvard (Nov. 6) … Registered 1.0 tackle for loss (solo tackle) at Yale (Oct. 30) … Made three tackles (three solo) with a pass breakup in first career start at Dartmouth (Oct. 22) … Finished with a career-high five tackles (one solo) at Princeton (Oct. 2) … Made first career tackle along with a quarterback hurry in season opener vs. Marist (Sept. 18).
2020
Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
2019
Saw action in two games as a sophomore defensive lineman … Contributed as a defensive tackle … Played in two games: vs. Penn (Oct. 19) and in the season finale at Cornell (Nov. 23).
2018
Did not see action as a first-year defensive lineman … Spent season with injury.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2018 graduate of Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, Mass., where he earned two varsity letters for Head Coach Thomas Beaton… Named the 2017 Erikson League Defensive Player of the Year … Earned All-New England Prep School Athletic Council Class A First Team football honors … Also named All-Erikson League First Team … Earned the Dr. Frank Boyden Award, which is presented annually to the Western Massachusetts Region top prep student-athlete by the National Football Foundation and Football Hall of Fame … Named team defensive Most Valuable Player … Named team captain … Saw action as a defensive end and offensive tackle for the Wildcats … In eight games as a senior, totaled 53.5 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 14.5 sacks, seven passes defended and three forced fumbles … Made nine tackles, five tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks and defended two passes vs. Avon Old Farms … Made 10 tackles, six tackles for loss, four sacks, forced a fumble vs. Brunswick … As a junior in 2016, made 44 tackles, one tackle for loss, seven sacks, recovered one fumble and deflected three passes … Attended Seminaire Saint Francois School in Quebec City, Quebec, where he played football for Head Coach Luc Savoie … Earned RSEQ Juvenile Division 1 All-League as a defensive tackle in 2015 … Named team’s Lineman of the Year … Saw action as a defensive tackle and tight end for the Blizzard … In 11 games played, made 28 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, three sacks, recovered two fumbles and forced fumble in 2015 … Made six tackles, three tackles for loss, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble vs. Saint-Jean-Eudes in 2015 … Also played basketball and lacrosse … Honor Roll student at Williston Northampton … AP Scholar … Earned Medaille de gouverneur-general by the SSF in 2016 .. Earned Leadership Award by the SVS in 2011 … Served as a Senior Class Representative and admissions intern at Williston … Volunteered a soup kitchen (L’Auberiviere) and served as a youth basketball and football coach.
PERSONAL
Born Xavier Thibault on December 10, 1998 in Quebec City, Quebec … Son of Eric Thibault and Marie-Soleil Tremblay … Has an older brother Alexandre and younger brothers Thomas and Loic … Hobbies and interests include woodworking and music … Played violin from age five to 12 … Nickname is X because people have trouble pronouncing his name … Favorite sports figure is JJ Watt … Began playing football in the fourth grade … Chose Columbia because it offers world-class education and allows an athlete to compete at high-level in athletics, all while attending school in one of the most beautiful cities in the world … Favorite things about Columbia are its location, people and uniqueness of campus … Chose Columbia over Army West Point, Brown, Bryant, Connecticut, Dartmouth, Fordham, Harvard, Kutztown, Lafayette, Massachusetts, Monmouth, New Hampshire, Princeton, Rhode Island, Stanford, Villanova and Yale … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Biological Sciences.
ARTICLES
https://www.willistonian.org/xavier-thibault-a-natural-leader-on-and-off-the-field/
https://canadafootballchat.com/ncaa-signing-day-2018-thibault-heads-to-the-ivy-league-with-a-chance-to-make-history-at-columbia-university/
http://highschoolsports.masslive.com/news/article/4949392056381106036/xavier-thibault-williston-northampton-senior-defensive-end-to-receive-2018-dr-frank-boyden-award/
https://www.williston.com/athletics/sports-information-center/post/~board/athletic-news/post/xavier-thibault-to-receive-frank-boyden-award
