LSU passes over ECU’s Cliff Godwin, hires Arizona’s Jay Johnson as baseball coach…NC State’s baseball season ends in Omaha, dealt a final defeat by COVID-19 protocols…Vandy won, but the College World Series lost on a disheartening day

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

LSU passes over ECU’s Cliff Godwin, hires Arizona’s Jay Johnson as baseball coach WITN 7

Yet another mock draft sees the Atlanta Braves taking a college pitcher TomahawkTake

Five players to know on East Carolina’s roster 247 Sports

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Vidant CEO named dean of Brody School of Medicine, retains current position
• ECU Notes: Student-led orchard initiative takes root

Around the American Athletic Conference

2021 American Athletic Conference Football Helmet Schedule FBSchedules.com

Learfield IMG College Names Sean Desmond General Manager of The American Sports Properties American Athletic Conference

Tulsa soccer, volleyball coaches, players grateful for return to normalcy as fall season approaches Tulsa World

Virginia Basketball | Virginia and Houston Announce Series Virginia Cavilers

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• NC State’s baseball season ends in Omaha, dealt a final defeat by COVID-19 protocols
• ‘Gutting.’ Fans, players react to NC State’s CWS run ending due to NCAA COVID protocols
• Other coaches certainly watching how NC State is handling COVID vaccination of players
• Missing several players due to COVID-19 protocols, NC State falls to Vanderbilt in CWS

The Nashville Tennessean

•  Estes: Vandy won, but the College World Series lost on a disheartening day
• Are Vandy players — even vaccinated — susceptible to COVID-19 in CWS final?
•  Reactions: NC State out of College World Series due to COVID-19 protocol
•  Canceled: How to watch Vanderbilt vs. NC State baseball at 2021 CWS

Barnhart speaks on athletes making money as UK players position themselves to cash in Lexington Herald-Leader

Winston Salem Journal

• Greensboro’s J.T. Jarrett among N.C. State’s missing players in loss to Vanderbilt
• COVID-19 scare leaves NC State with 13 players for College World Series game

NC State eliminated from College World Series due to COVID issues Fayetteville Observer

Clemson’s Monte Lee makes pitch to keep MLB prospects Bubba Chandler, Will Taylor Charleston Post Courier

Coming off NCAA regional, USC baseball coach Mark Kingston signs contract extension  Columbia The State