ATLANTA – The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced weekly honors for softball Tuesday, March 26. Fort Valley State’s Mariah Williams was named Softball Player of the Week, and Tuskegee's Kamya Hampton was named Softball Pitcher of the Week.
SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Mariah Williams, Fort Valley State University
#3 | Shortstop | Senior | Griffin, GA
Williams delivered a .412 batting average over seven games with a total of 11 runs, nine RBIs, a triple, two home runs and six stolen bases. In the SIAC series against Benedict, Williams recorded a .667 average, crossing the plate nine times and driving in eight runs across the series, maintaining consistent performance with three runs in each game.
SOFTBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK - Kamya Hampton, Tuskegee University
#9 | Pitcher | Senior | Pinson, AL
Hampton picked up two of the three weekend wins for Tuskegee in its sweep over LeMoyne-Owen. The senior is now at 13-6 on the season, and worked for nine total innings allowing just one run on three hits, while striking out 14 batters and being part of a team no-hitter in the final game on Sunday.
About the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors seven men's and six women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit www.thesiac.com.