Lumpkin, Wade garner HBCUAC Softball Weekly Awards after leading Stillman to title

Avary Lumpkin recorded six hits and seven RBI. Jasmine Wade was 2-0 in the circle at the HBCUAC Softball Championship.

April 29, 2025

NEW ORLEANS - April 28, 2025 - Stillman College's first baseman Avary Lumpkin wins Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) Softball Player of the Week and Jasmine Wade takes home Pitcher of the Week after leading the Tigers to the 2025 HBCUAC Softball Title, the conference announced on Tuesday.

Lumpkin earned the 2025 HBCUAC Softball Championship Most Valuable Player after helping Stillman win the title. She went 6-for-12 with seven RBI and two runs. Four of her six hits went for extra bases. In the first game against Oakwood, Lumpkin hit a two-RBI single that gave the Tigers the lead in the fourth inning. She hit a three-run home run in the winner's bracket final against Dillard which gave Stillman the lead. She hit an RBI double in the championship.

Wade went 2-0 in the 2025 HBCUAC Softball championship to lead Stillman to the title. In the winner's bracket final, after allowing three runs on five hits in the first two innings, she limited Dillard to one run on four hits in the final five innings. In the championship game on Saturday, none of the three runs she allowed were earned and held the Bleu Devils to four hits. Wade improved her record to 12-4.

2025 Softball Players of the Week

Date	Player	Pitcher
Jan. 27-Feb. 9	Lauren Haskins, Stillman	Avary Lumpkin, Stillman
Feb. 10-16	Haley Weatherspoon, Dillard	Mary-Elizabeth Landry, Dillard
Feb. 17-23	Madison Bubel, Stillman	Sydney Arnett, Oakwood
Feb. 24-March 2	Rha'Khaya Jones, Rust	Leona Joshua, Rust
March 3-9	Lauren Haskins, Stillman	Jennifer Gress, Dillard
March 10-16	Ca'Terra Bates, Dillard	Jennifer Gress, Dillard
March 17-23	Lauren Haskins, Stillman	Jasmine Wade, Stillman
March 24-30	Lauren Haskins, Stillman	Jasmine Wade, Stillman
March 31-April 6	TeYana Towner, Voorhees	Ta'Nia Hickson, Voorhees
April 7-13	Lauren Haskins, Stillman	Sofi Wagner-Stiles, Talladega
April 14-20	Lauren Haskins, Stillman	Ashanti Murrell, Rust
April 21-27	Avary Lumpkin, Stillman	Jasmine Wade, Stillman

-HBCUAC-

About HBCU Athletic Conference
The HBCU Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) is the only HBCU conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The HBCUAC membership includes Dillard University (LA), Fisk University (TN), Oakwood University (AL), Philander Smith University (AR), Rust College (MS), Southern University at New Orleans (LA), Stillman College (AL), Talladega College (AL), Tougaloo College (MS), University of the Virgin Islands (St. Thomas), Voorhees University (SC), Wilberforce University (OH), and Wiley University (TX). HBCUAC sponsors championships in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's track and field, women's volleyball, softball, and baseball. In 2022, the HBCUAC secured the largest media rights deal in conference and NAIA history, signing a multimillion-dollar deal with Urban Edge Network. On July 1, 2024, the conference rebranded from the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) to the HBCU Athletic Conference, marking a new era for the conference that embodies the makeup of its membership. For more information, visit hbcuac.org.