Hoffman becomes first former ECU baseball player to compete in MLB All-Star Game… Fourteen Players from The American Selected in 2024 MLB Draft… The new ACC is here. Yet the conference’s identity, like its future, remains very unclear

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Author Bethany Bradsher joins Bubba Rosenbaum

ecupirates.com

• Ritchie Selected By Philadelphia In 19th Round Of 2024 MLB Draft
• Lunsford-Shenkman Selected By Seattle In 16th Round Of 2024 MLB Draft
• Curt Kraft Announces Retirement After 19 Years with East Carolina
• Cunningham Selected By Toronto In 10th Round Of 2024 MLB Draft
• McCrystal Selected By Cincinnati In Ninth Round Of 2024 MLB Draft
• Jenkins-Cowart Selected By Miami In Eighth Round Of 2024 MLB Draft

WNCT 9

• ECU’s Lunsford-Shenkman drafted by Seattle in 16th round of 2024 MLB Draft
• ECU’s Erik Ritchie drafted by Phillies in 19th round of 2024 MLB Draft
• Curt Kraft announces retirement after 19 years with East Carolina

WITN 7

• Hoffman becomes first former ECU baseball player to compete in MLB All-Star Game
• Longtime ECU Track and Field and Cross Country Director Kraft retires
• ECU defensive pass game cordinator Montinar feels cornerbacks are making progress
• Lunsford-Shenkman, Ritchie taken on final day of MLB Draft

247 Sports

• What you need to know about ECU’s 2024 football opponent: Old Dominion
• ECU lefty reliever Erik Ritchie drafted in 19th round by Philadelphia Phillies
• ECU pitcher Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman goes in 16th round to Seattle Mariners
• ECU JUCO pitcher signee Michael Carpenter drafted by Minnesota Twins
• ECU adds forward Reid Cason to incoming recruiting class
• ECU’s Carter Cunningham drafted in 10th round by Toronto Blue Jays
• ECU catcher Ryan McCrystal drafted in ninth round by Cincinnati Reds
• Jacob Jenkins-Cowart drafted in eighth round by Miami Marlins
• What you need to know about ECU’s 2024 football opponent: Norfolk State

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU track & field: Kraft to retire after 19 seasons
• Pirates in the pros: Three more ECU players selected in MLB Draft

How Phillies’ Jeff Hoffman and Matt Strahm navigated their journeys to All-Star Game The Morning Call

Unique journeys, special clubhouse helped Phillies’ Jeff Hoffman, Matt Strahm reach All-Star Game Daily Times

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Limited Fan Engagement Opportunities Remain for 2024 American Football Kickoff
• Fourteen Players from The American Selected in 2024 MLB Draft

Tight end’s death is latest cause for grief for USF Bulls football Tampa Tribune

TU announces Mike Roters as women’s golf coach, replacing Annie Young Tulsa World

Two more Tulane players taken on final day of MLB draft NOLA.com

Two Tulane sluggers selected during day 3 of 2024 Major League Baseball Draft WDSU

How the UTSA Roadrunners rated in EA Sports College Football 25 Express News

UTSA’s sports branding firm makes big changes The Business Journals

Tigers team up with FedEx to help fill care packages for troops dailymemphian

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis quarterback Seth Henigan talks College Football 25 rating, Tigers wanting the spotlight
• Memphis football RB Mario Anderson wants to break DeAngelo Williams’ record

EA Sports College Football 25 review: We simulated 2024 season. Wait, WHO won the title? USA Today

Texas Tech to follow through on ‘27 game at UNT, hopes to make Denton ‘Red Raider country’ Dallas Morning News

Battle for starting cornerback opposite Ridge Texada will be one to watch this fall for UNT Denton Record Chronicle

UTSA enhancing broadcast potential with $5M investment in new control rooms San Antonio Express News

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

How many college baseball players in North Carolina were picked in 2024 MLB Draft? YAHOO!

EA Sports College Football 25 review: We simulated 2024 season. Wait, WHO won the title? USA Today

Raleigh News & Observer

• The new ACC is here. Yet the conference’s identity, like its future, remains very unclear
• Who are these folks? Here’s a look at new ACC schools California, Stanford and SMU
• Why Jacolby Criswell circled back to UNC football to compete for the QB job once again
• What Jon Scheyer said about Duke freshman Cooper Flagg’s impressive work against US team

WRAL

• Welter: UNC needs Jacolby Criswell to win the QB battle
• It’s ‘Do or die’ for Jacolby Criswell in return to UNC
• These are the players NC State, UNC and Duke are bringing to ACC Kickoff
• SEC commissioner on expansion: ’16 is our today, and 16 is our tomorrow’

Winston Salem Journal

• CIAA Football: WSSU excited about at least two transfers that can help on offense
• Ken Sugiura: Kirby Smart and Georgia are trying to stop reckless driving, but it’s not enough
• Will Oklahoma’s Big 12 success translate to SEC? New gauntlet is Sooners’ best litmus test.
• Missouri’s Eliah Drinkwitz calls on NFF to allow late Mike Leach on Hall of Fame ballot

Columbia The State

• MLB Draft is over. A look at what Gamecock baseball roster might look like in 2025
• In staying loyal, Luke Doty the ‘athlete’ has boosted his currency at South Carolina
• What Oklahoma’s Brent Venables said about facing South Carolina once again
• Dabo Swinney calls out ACC, ESPN for asking Clemson to move rivalry game vs. Gamecocks
• Shane Beamer lauds Dawn Staley: ‘There’s a lot of things that I’ve learned from her’
• ‘There is no ceiling.’ Shane Beamer creates expectations for South Carolina football

2024 Summer Reading: Early look at Virginia Tech’s Week 11 opponent Clemson Roanoke Times