University of the Cumberlands Athletics

Lucas Huelvan earned male player of the week honors after earning NAIA All-American honors at the NAIA National Championships on Friday.  Huelvan crossed the line in 24:53.5 to placed 18^th in his first NAIA National Championship.  That time is his fastest time of the season as he averaged 5:00.4 per mile over the 8K course. Huelvan becomes the first Patriot since Sam Beal in 2016 to garner NAIA All-American honors.  His 18th place finish is tied for the eighth best individual finish in program history and UC's best finish at Nationals since 2003 when Eric Kweder placed sixth.