For the third time in school history, the Grambling State University baseball team has qualified for the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The Tigers earned the right to play regional competition for the first time since 2010 by winning the SWAC championship.

Helping the Tigers achieve such lofty status is Quitman resident, Brett Washington. A senior academically but a junior in athletic eligibility, the son of Yumeaka and Ronald Washington is a reliever on the GSU pitching staff having appeared in 21 games this season.

As the #4 seed in the four team regional round in Bryan-College Station, TX, GSU opened play by falling 8-0 to top seeded Texas A&M on Friday, May 31st. That set up up a Saturday contest against the University of Louisiana (Lafayette) on, who lost to the University of Texas in the first round.  

Washington saw action in that one, coming in to get the final two outs of the 8th inning but Grambling ended up losing 12-5, eliminating the Tigers from the regionals and ending their season with a 25-27 record.