Williams-Sutton Selected In Fifth Round By San Diego Padres…Williams-Sutton thankful for time at ECU as he moves on to pros…ECU baseball season is over, but they’re not done…ECU Pair Aims For National Hardware At NCAA Outdoor Championships…Club baseball loses in National Championship…ECU men’s basketball increases 2018 commitments to six…Fifteen N.C. players – 14 from colleges – picked in baseball’s draft…Duke, Tennessee Tech break through to make first baseball Super Regionals…Van Horn relieved; South Carolina awaits Hogs this weekend …Caps now face final demon: Closing out series with 3-1 lead

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Football Recruiting
ECU lands a power back with speed in Thompson Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• ECU Pair Aims For National Hardware At NCAA Outdoor Championships
• Williams-Sutton Selected In Fifth Round By San Diego Padres
• Trio Joins ECU Women’s Basketball Coaching Staff
• Kirkpatrick And Cause Named May Student-Athletes Of The Month

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Williams-Sutton drafted by Padres
• WOOWARD: Regional was won Saturday night

The East Carolinian

• Club baseball loses in National Championship
• ECU men’s basketball increases 2018 commitments to six
• ECU baseball season is over, but they’re not done

Williams-Sutton picked by Padres in 5th round of MLB First-Year Player Draft WNCT 9

Dwanya Williams-Sutton drafted in 5th Round by the Padres WITN 7

East Carolina junior selected in MLB Draft by Padres WCTI 12

247 Sports

• Dwanya Williams-Sutton drafted in fifth round by Padres
• Williams-Sutton thankful for time at ECU as he moves on to pros
• MLB Draft Tracker, Day Two

Around the American Athletic Conference

White Sox draft USF closer Andrew Perez Tampa Tribune

UCF pitcher JJ Montgomery eager to get draft call, aid friend battling cancer Orlando Sentinel

Dan Hurley Faces UConn Challenge Head On: ‘I Didn’t Come Here To Struggle’ Hartford Courant

Tulane’s Witherspoon, UNO’s Warzek go on second day of MLB draft New Orleans Advocate

MLB Draft 2018: Tulane’s Grant Witherspoon picked by Tampa Bay Rays in 4th round New Orleans Times Picayune

Southlake Carroll offensive lineman Henry Mossberg commits to SMU Dallas News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis’ Bowlan excited to be drafted by Royals
• Hardaway talks Tigers’ offseason goals and more

Houston Chronicle

• Carl Lewis: ‘Biggest regret’ was leaving UH early
• UH’s Ed Oliver gets ‘Texas Football’ cover treatment
• Running back Terence Williams transfers to Houston from Baylor

Wichita Eagle

• Wichita State baseball turns five unheralded players into high MLB draft picks
• Wichita State’s Alec Bohm drafted by Phillies with No. 3 overall pick in 2018 MLB Draft

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Blue Devils? Tar Heels? Camels? The history behind some unique NC college nicknames.
• The Super Regionals are set. Here’s the NCAA baseball series schedule, how to watch
• UNC signee Jordyn Adams will sign with the LA Angels and forgo his college eligibility
• MLB Draft, day two: UNC’s Hutchinson, Deatherage from N.C. State picked on day two
• Duke’s baseball team returns home to cheering fans
• How did freshman Chris Crabtree lead Duke to its first NCAA regional title? By heading home

NCAA Regionals Roundup: Super Regionals Tickets Punched Baseball America

Van Horn relieved; South Carolina awaits Hogs this weekend Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Winston Salem Journal

• Duke, Tennessee Tech break through to make first baseball Super Regionals
• Fifteen N.C. players – 14 from colleges – picked in baseball’s draft
• Roberts’ growth at Wake Forest peaks as 1st-round pick
• App State men’s basketball coach Jim Fox signs a two-year extension

Fayetteville Observer

• Wolfpack enjoys productive in-state recruiting weekend
• UNCW’s Austin Warren selected in MLB Draft

Columbia The State

• USC-Arkansas Super Regional series details are set
• SEC’s top football official on gambling: ‘I worry about it’
• Four current Gamecocks taken on second day of 2018 MLB Draft