Rainford Named American Conference Pitcher Of The Week… Pirates Fall at Charleston Southern, 4-0… Fauntleroy Named American Conference Co-Defensive Player, Newcomer of the Year

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Gilbert, ECU may get direction from Trump

ecupirates.com

• Rainford Named American Conference Pitcher Of The Week
• Pirates Fall at Charleston Southern, 4-0
• Fauntleroy Named American Conference Co-Defensive Player, Newcomer of the Year

UAB rallies to close out regular season with win over East Carolina AL.com

College roundup: East Carolina’s Fauntleroy wins American DPOY Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Conference

• East Carolina’s Rainford, UTSA’s Madrid Earn Weekly Softball Honors
• Charlotte, Temple, Vanderbilt Earn Women’s Lacrosse Weekly Honors
• UAB’s Head, Charlotte’s Oxborrow Earn Weekly Baseball Honors
• UAB’s Westry; UTSA’s Coffi Earn Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors
• Rice’s Flores Named 2026 American Conference Player of the Year

FAU preps for American Conference Tournament WPBF

8 options Memphis women’s basketball could hire with Alex Simmons fired Memphis Commercial Appeal

Coming off rough year, Tulane QB Kadin Semonza believes he is ready to roll  NOLA.com

UNT senior Megan Nestor named American Conference’s Co-Defensive Player of the Year Denton Record-Chronicle

Bill Haisten: Tulsa’s Eric Konkol sees value in a survive-and-advance finale Tulsa World

Wichita State’s pitching falters, leaves Shockers with ‘disappointing’ split Wichita Eagle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

• Boozer, Brown, Scheyer lead Duke to near sweep of ACC honors
• Duke marks its record 150th No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25, Wisconsin, Louisville back in poll
• Reports: Carolina Panthers sign Eagles linebacker Jaelan Phillps to $120M deal
• Campbell CAA tournament run comes to an end with loss to Monmouth in CAA semifinals
• NFL’s free-agent spending frenzy begins first with a legal tampering period
• No. 2 UCLA ends UConn run as unanimous No. 1 in women’s AP Top 25, Texas moves up to No. 3
• No. 13 Duke rallies past No. 12 Louisville 70-65 in overtime to win women’s ACC Tournament

Columbia The State

• Going Dancing! Furman men’s basketball earns spot in 2026 NCAA Tournament
• Sacramento bound? Where South Carolina WBB stands in NCAA bracketology after SEC loss
• What went wrong in South Carolina’s SEC loss to Texas? One factor loomed large
• South Carolina defeats Princeton in final home game before SEC play. What we saw

Charleston Post & Courier

• Clemson seniors used to think their coach was grumpy. Now they’ve gifted him NCAA tourney joy.
• Clemson lands first commitment from recruiting weekend gathering; OL commits to Gamecocks
• Hot-shooting Towson, Tejada too much for College of Charleston as season comes to an end
• No. 14 Clemson sweeps away LaSalle; Cougars hang on, while Citadel swept by No. 21 Kentucky

Charlotte Observer

• NFL free agency 2026: Panthers agree to deal with Pro Bowl linebacker Devin Lloyd
• Panthers free agency tracker: Carolina lands top inside linebacker on the market
• Panthers agree to huge deal with former Eagles pass rusher Jaelan Phillips
• Carolina Panthers reach free-agent deal with QB Kenny Pickett

The Associated Press

• Man who helped recruit players into a sprawling NCAA basketball point-shaving scheme pleads guilty
• No. 12 Gonzaga beats Oregon State 65-56, advances to 29th straight WCC final
• Arizona guard Jaden Bradley and coach Tommy Lloyd pick up Big 12 awards
• Zuby Ejiofor of St. John’s wins Big East Defensive Player of the Year. Villanova duo also honored
• Houston coach Kelvin Sampson defers induction into North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame to 2027