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PRIOR TO CORNELL
Earned Second Team All-USHL honors in 2024-25 after a 41-point campaign (8-33—41), tied for fourth-most points by USHL blueliners and concluded final month of regular season averaging a point-per-game ... aided Muskegon to its first-ever Clark Cup victory in 2025, collecting eight points (3-5—8) in 14 playoff games ... amassed 73 points (11-62—73) in 128 career USHL regular-season games across 2022-25 seasons ... named to USHL All-Rookie Team in 2023-24 following a 32-point season (3-29—32) in 62 regular-season games ... honored as Student-Athlete of the Year by Ligue de Développement du Hockey 18AAA du Québec during 2021-22 and was a Second Team All-Star in 2022-23 season after having 33 points (7-26—33) in 36 games with Séminaire St. François Blizzard, where he aided program to a national championship and was named top defenseman in Telus Cup, Canada's national under-18 club championship.

PERSONAL
Xavier Veilleux is the son of Hugo Veilleux and Catherine Boulé, and has two younger siblings ... father, Hugo, spent four seasons playing in QMJHL between 1993-96 with Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (1993-95) and Chicoutimi Saguenéens (1994-96) before spending one season with Étoile Noire de Strasbourg in FFHG Division 2 in 2000-01 ... second Big Red player to hail from Ancienne-Lorette, Québec, joining Vinnie Auger (1993-98) … first skater to hail from Québec since Yanni Kaldis (2016-20) … second player selected by the New York Islanders in the NHL Entry Draft, joining Misha Song (172nd overall in 2015) … enrolled in the SC Johnson College of Business.