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        NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana baseball's Jayden Smith announced Tuesday that he signed a five-figure NIL deal with Mathnasium, an American education brand and supplemental math learning franchise with more than 1,000 learning centers worldwide.
        Smith is a sophomore outfielder from Canton, Mich., and in his second year at XULA. He is a business finance major. Smith's previous school was Early College Alliance at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti.
        XULA is a longtime member of the NAIA, which in October 2020 became the first national collegiate sports organization to approve legislation giving student-athletes the opportunity to be compensated for use of their name, image and likeness (NIL).
        The Icon 1901 Collective — a group of HBCU alumni, community partners and former athletes — helped Smith obtain the NIL deal.