Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Five Pirates Named WGCA All-American Scholars
• Butts-Townsend Qualifies For Tokyo Olympics

The East Carolinian

• ECU Director of Athletics Jon Gilbert announces sports update
• ECU to implement new on-campus parking procedures, community reflects

WNCT 9

• Former ECU athlete Butts-Townsend qualifies for Summer Olympics
• ECU’s Whisenhunt enjoying experience, ready to play for US Collegiate National Team

WITN 7

• Former ECU high jumper headed to Olympics
• UPDATE: Victim in fatal Greenville fire was an ECU employee

247 Sports

• ECU coach Mike Houston talks South Carolina home opener
• COMMITMENT: Three-star lineman Jacob Sacra to ECU

ECU women’s team focused on frontcourt Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Former Cincinnati Volleyball Standout Jordan Thompson Pre-Olympic Games Media Session
• Memphis’ Alec Trela, Tulane’s Jeni Griffin Earn Commissioner’s Postgraduate Leadership Awards

Tyson Etienne honors friend’s basketball dream by chasing his own New York Post

NIL is Here, but Which AAC Teams Are Best Suited to Benefit? Underdog Dynasty

College Football Bowl Ties, Affiliations For Each Conference 2021-2022 YAHOO!

How female athletes and women’s sports can benefit from NIL Tampa Bay Times

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF women’s basketball players enter into sponsorship with College Hunks
• UCF Athletics survived pandemic with help from cost-cutting, buyouts

Tulane swimming coach Leah Stancil, sophomore Danielle Titus to Tokyo Olympics representing Barbados WDSU

Isaac Slade-Matautia Transferring to SMU Sports Illustrated

Saint Louis grad, former Oregon linebacker Isaac Slade-Matautia announces commitment to SMU KHON 2

TU returning to full capacity at athletic events Fox 23

TU athletic venues to return to full capacity Tulsa World

Former Navy football player Cameron Kinley approved to pursue pro football, delay active duty service Annapolis Capital

The stories of why coaches believe Wichita State’s Tyson Etienne is built to succeed  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Jalen Johnson explains why he left Duke early, and why he thinks he’ll thrive in the NBA  Raleigh News & Observer

Winston Salem Journal

• Ram Ramblings: Bill Hayes hoping for more visibility for the Winston-Salem Sportsman Club
• Reggie Bush wants his Heisman Trophy back now that NCAA has loosened NIL rules
• Kevin Sherrington: After Supreme Court ruling, the NCAA is finally getting what it deserves. And now players can too.
• John Currie, Wake Forest prepared for NIL and are eager to see how the market shakes out

Best 2023 cornerback in the state? UNC football target Chris Peal might be on his way Asheville Citizen-Times

How South Carolina might divide its touches among trio of talented running backs  Columbia The State