Watkins And Yorgen Earn Academic All-America Honors…‘ECU Baseball: Road to Omaha’ Claims 2017 SVG/NACDA College Sports Media Award…Bigger’s NFL dreams become life-sized …Alabama hires J.Batt as new senior associate athletics director …USF Wins Regional Opener; UCF, Houston Both Fall in First Games…Davidson stuns No. 2 overall seed UNC in opening game of NCAA baseball tournament…Former UNC runner writes about frustrations with university’s handling of academic scandal…NC State needs extra innings to defeat Indiana in NCAA baseball tournament opener … Clemson holds off UNCG for regional-opening win…3 ex-Penn State officials sent to jail in Sandusky scandal…Laviolette not the only reason Canes fans might feel kinship to Nashville’s Cup run…It’s up to Commissioner Rob Manfred to save the Marlins and baseball in South Florida

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Watkins And Yorgen Earn Academic All-America Honors
• ‘ECU Baseball: Road to Omaha’ Claims 2017 SVG/NACDA College Sports Media Award

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Free agent careers few and far between
• Bigger’s NFL dreams become life-sized
• ECU club baseball claims national crown

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• USF Wins Regional Opener; UCF, Houston Both Fall in First Games
• Three Student-Athletes from The American Earn CoSIDA Academic All-America Honors

Gators, USF advance to baseball meeting; FSU loses; Gators softball wins big Tampa Bay Times

Bad breaks plague UH in NCAA regional loss to Iowa Houston Chronicle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Well worth waiting for: Davidson upsets No. 2 national seed UNC 8-4 in NCAA opener Charlotte Observer

Raleigh News and Observer

• Davidson stuns No. 2 overall seed UNC in opening game of NCAA baseball tournament
• Former UNC runner writes about frustrations with university’s handling of academic scandal
• A UNC course that dealt with athletics scandal is canceled. Now some want to know why
• NC State needs extra innings to defeat Indiana in NCAA baseball tournament opener
• How REMINGTON the therapy dog became a part of UNC’s baseball team
• Report: Five-star forward Brian Bowen, an NC State target, enrolled in summer classes at Louisville

247 Sports

• Virginia Tech: Five Things To Watch
• In-state 2018 target Burnette commits

Friday’s NCAA baseball roundup: Davidson stuns No. 2 UNC in first round; U.Va.’s game vs. Dallas Baptist rained out Hampton Roads Daily Press

Greensboro News Record

• Wake Forest to face West Virginia after winning regional opener
• UNCG loses close game against host Tigers at Clemson Regional

Columbia The State

• Clemson holds off UNCG for regional-opening win
• SEC presidents push back on coaches proposal to ban grad transfers
• It’s time for the SEC to eliminate divisions
• SEC coach: ‘You copycat. It’s what we all do.’
• SEC coach: ‘You copycat. It’s what we all do.’
• Ray Tanner promises quick decision on Holbrook’s fate
• Coaching staff, starting pitchers and other big questions for USC baseball in 2018

3 ex-Penn State officials sent to jail in Sandusky scandal Associated Press

Rick Ware Racing announces Clemson car for Pocono 400 June 11 Times and Democrat