Last week on The Day with Trae, guest host Deaunte Damper sat down with Kisa Dupe, the recent recipient of the 2024 Miss Washington HBCU teen title. In this episode, Dupe tells Damper about her experience participating in the Miss HBCU Teen pageant, a program and competition focused on providing scholarships and resources to high school girls of color who intend to attend an HBCU. Dupe was recently accepted into Spelman College.

A historic night at T-Mobile Park kicked off MLB All-Star Week 2023, as the first ever HBCU Swingman Classic saw the American League defeat the National League, an HBCU college fair, a drum line, dance routine, and so much more. A night that the 15,000+ strong crowd will remember forever has set the foundation for an event that will now take place annually wherever the MLB’s Midsummer Classic goes.

The afternoon before the first ever HBCU Swingman Classic at T-Mobile Park that kicks off All-Star Weekend, the 50 players and their coaches hit up Husky Ballpark on the University of Washington campus to get a workout in and take part in some media engagements.

The first ever HBCU Swingman Classic, a new annual event during MLB All-Star Week, will make it's debut at T-Mobile Park in Seattle as Ken Griffey Jr and a host of other MLB veterans joining the project to coach and lend their knowledge