Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirates excelled despite complicated season Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Moylan Earns Third All-America Accolade
• ECU Earns Sixth-Straight AAC Academic Excellence Award
• ECU Student-Athletes Lauded For Academic Success
• Hamilton Qualifies For U.S. Women’s Amateur
• ECU Mourns The Passing Of Coach Eddie Payne
• Knight To Take Over ECU Pitching Duties

The East Carolinian

• ECU athletics kick-starts SABRE program
• ECU Director of Athletics Jon Gilbert announces sports update

Eddie Payne, former Upstate and ECU basketball coach, has died Charlotte Observer

Greensboro News & Record

• Eddie Payne, former Wake Forest basketball player and Greensboro College coach, dies at 69
• East Forsyth alum Connor Norby’s journey to MLB draft wasn’t always smooth

WNCT 9

• Williams, Norby could hear their names called early in MLB Draft
• Ahlers talks about ‘Built When Broken,’ why he decided to create it
• ECU’s Moylan earns Baseball America Freshman All-American Team honor
• ECU student-athletes lauded for academic success
• Pirates’ Hamilton qualifies for U.S. Women’s Amateur
• ECU’s Carson Whisenhunt shines for Stars in Collegiate National competition on Wednesday
• Pirates QB Ahlers signs with Barstool Sports, is first endorsement deal as part of NIL
• ECU mourns passing of former men’s basketball coach Eddie Payne
• Former ECU, USC Upstate basketball coach Eddie Payne dies, according to family friend
• ECU’s Forbrigd named AAC Women’s Golf Scholar-Athlete
• Knight takes over role as ECU pitching coach
• Five ECU golfers named WGCA All-American Scholars

WITN 7

• ECU QB Holton Ahlers already reaping impacts of NIL
• Former ECU standout Butts-Townsend qualifies for Tokyo Olympics
• ECU mourns passing of Eddie Payne
• ECU baseball names Knight new pitching coach

Nine Pirates On This Year’s Phil Steele Preseason All-AAC Squad  Rivals.com

247 Sports

• What Phil Steele thinks of ECU heading into the 2021 season
• Ranking the quarterbacks ECU will face in 2021
• ECU’s Carson Whisenhunt posts strong start for Collegiate National Team
• New additions to ECU roster get uniform numbers
• Countdown to Kickoff: No. 56 D’Anta Johnson

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU NOTEBOOK: Former Pirate bound for Olympics in high jump
• Hornets recognize ECU club sports

Marshall football opponents, Game 3: Defense key for East Carolina turnaround Charleston (WV) Gazette Mail

ECU’s Gavin Williams projected as 1st-round pick in 2021 MLB Draft Fayetteville Observer

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• American Announces All-Academic Team and Team Academic Excellence Awards
• Houston Volleyball Player Alexis Cheatum Earns The American’s 2021 Community Impact Award
• Patrick Dever of Tulsa, Georgina Corrick of South Florida Named American Scholar-Athletes of the Year

Caisja Chandler becomes first UC student-athlete to pocket NIL dealCincinnati Enquirer

247 Sports

• UCF sees ‘major adjustment’ in updated ESPN FPI, up to No. 34 in ranking
• Owls rated ninth in American’s all-sports rankings in 2020-21

Kendric Davis withdraws from NBA draft pool to return to SMU Dallas Morning News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Former Memphis assistant accused of sexual harassment, but case closed
•  Hardaway gets his man Larry Brown and has Memphis in the spotlight

He’s coming back: Tyson Etienne exits NBA Draft to return to Wichita State basketball  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• In death of basketball coach Eddie Payne, the Carolinas lose an institution
• Hubert Davis lands his first 5-star recruit. Meet UNC’s newest commitment

W&M, opening at UVA, adds grad-transfer QB from Arizona to compete with Hollis Mathis Richmond.com

Charleston Post Courier

• CCU baseball’s Gary Gilmore to be inducted into ABCA Hall of Fame
• Beamer’s early recruiting success bringing back hope to Gamecock football