C-USA Names Hamilton Coordinator of Softball Umpires

Lurline Hamilton has been appointed as Conference USA’s new Coordinator of Softball Umpires, in an announcement made by C-USA senior associate commissioner Brenda Weare on Tuesday. After serving the NCAA as a softball umpire for 18 seasons, she has spent the last five seasons in an assignor’s role for the Southeastern Conference, Peach Belt Conference and Southland Conference.

A native of Prairieville, La., Hamilton will also take on the roll of assignor for the Sun Belt Conference beginning with the 2006 season. A graduate of Louisiana State University, she spent 34 years teaching in the East Baton Rouge Parish Schools, while also umpiring collegiate softball.

Hamilton has been a member of the NCAA Umpire Improvement Program since its inception in 2002 and is also a member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, Umpires Division. During her 20-plus years working with NCAA softball, Hamilton has developed a network of nearly 300 Division I and II umpires.