Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Friday, May 5, 2017

ECU hopes to continue climbing at South Florida…Watkins And Yorgen Named Academic All-District…Celia Ruiz Named American Conference Co-Player of the Year …Nearly Seven Dozen Student-Athletes Set To Graduate…ECU’s Jharel Cotton gets 3rd Major League win…Buffalo Bills: Zay Jones has a special message for his new fans…MacKenzie Gore tuning out the noise as MLB draft hype builds…How grad transfers have become college football’s free agents…UH in five-way logjam atop AAC baseball standings…Charlie Strong’s record on discipline defended …Season-ticket sales strong again for NC State football…Wizards beat Celtics 116-89 in technical foul-filled Game 3…Following the locals at Wells Fargo

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

View from the East: Kirkpatrick coming back Sept. 2 Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: ECU Travels To No. 18 USF
• Watkins And Yorgen Named Academic All-District
• Celia Ruiz Named American Conference Co-Player of the Year
• Nearly Seven Dozen Student-Athletes Set To Graduate
• Tim Conover Headed To College Grove For NCAA Regional

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Tyler using strategy to his advantage
• Weather will not alter ECU commencement plans

247 Sports

• MacKenzie Gore tuning out the noise as MLB draft hype builds
• ECU offers 2019 linebacker
• ECU offers 2019 QB from Sunshine State
• ECU offers four-star forward
• Georgia CB excited about ECU offer

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• East Carolina’s Ruiz and Tulsa’s Leenabanchong Named American Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Players of the Year
• The Rise: The Spring Season Winds Down
• USF’s Gozun and Tulane’s Schmitz Earn The American Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Players of the Year Award
• Three Student-Athletes from The American Named to CoSIDA All-Academic District Teams
• Men’s Basketball Signing Day Central
• Three Men’s Golf Teams, Two Individuals Selected for NCAA Regionals

UH in five-way logjam atop AAC baseball standings Houston Chronicle

UC and AAC football: A glance at 2017 Cincinnati Enquirer

Temple football team hires a director of player personnel Philly.com

Could Memphis land 7-foot-4 center? Memphis Commercial Appeal

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Season-ticket sales strong again for NC State football
• NC State’s new recruiting graphics a hit on social media
• The making of ‘Bull Durham’ – Excerpt from an upcoming book about the Durham Bulls
• Kevin Knox expected to announce his college decision this weekend, his dad says

Columbia The State

• Dreams can come true: USC bullpen catcher who beat cancer has special LSU connection
• Ray Tanner, Chad Holbrook have stayed in contact this season

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Nashville Predators become new parent club of the Admirals
• Lesson learned, U.Va.’s Olamide Zaccheaus hopes for bigger season in 2017

Mystery illness sickens college baseball players, coaches Charlotte Observer

Notre Dame relaunch: Confident Kelly unfazed by hot seat Associated Press