With unrest brewing in Pirate Nation, it’s as good a time as ever to launch “Quick Kicks,” an occasional column that will make brief observations about topics ranging from the action on the field to the processes that take place behind closed doors. • Never had East Carolina had so much at stake against a… [ Continue Reading ]
Quick Kicks
Basketball Recruiting
Hokies transfer shores up frontcourt
Seth LeDay has set his sights on completing his college eligibility at East Carolina after announcing his departure last month from Virginia Tech. The 6-7, 200-pound forward, the brother of recently-graduated Hokies star Zach LeDay, could potentially have an early impact for ECU, which lost two frontcourt players with the graduation of Andre Washington and… [ Continue Reading ]
Football Recruiting
Pegues plots course to ECU
Raeford (NC) Hoke County High School star Andre Pegues is the first pass catcher to chart a heading to hook up with heralded quarterback Holton Ahlers in East Carolina’s recruiting class of 2018. Pegues committed to ECU after returning home from an on-campus visit last weekend. He is the sixth player to join the crop of… [ Continue Reading ]
Football Recruiting
Pirates lure Tidewater defender
East Carolina’s football recruiting class of 2018 grew to five this week as Suffolk (VA) Nansemond River High School star Gerard Stringer responded in the affirmative on Monday to a scholarship offer extended over the weekend. Stringer paid an unofficial visit to campus on Sunday with his mother, Kisha. After returning home and bringing his father, also named… [ Continue Reading ]
Basketball Recruiting
Help in the post is on the way
East Carolina basketball coach Jeff Lebo will look to Nigerian big man Usman Haruna to help address pressing needs in the post. The 7-foot transfer from Bismark (ND) State College fielded offers from Charlotte, Duquesne, Stetson and Virginia Commonwealth, among others, before opting last week for the Pirates. Bismarck State also happens to be the alma mater of… [ Continue Reading ]
Football Recruiting
Pirates pluck high profile transfers
East Carolina can expect an immediate impact from a pair of late additions to its football recruiting class of 2017. Graduate transfers Gaelin Elmore, a decorated defensive end from Minnesota, and Tyshon Dye, a running back from Clemson’s national championship team, have elected to complete their eligibility wearing the purple and gold after gaining undergraduate degrees. Elmore… [ Continue Reading ]
Football Recruiting
Greensboro Dudley star heading east
April turned out to be the milestone month in East Carolina’s courtship of its latest recruit. Defensive back Myles Berry, a product of Greensboro Dudley’s state championship program, was extended an offer by the Pirates in conjunction with an April 1 visit to campus for Junior Day. After attending ECU’s spring game this past weekend, the three-star… [ Continue Reading ]