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05.23.06: Hart
may nix FSU recruit's grant after arrest ... Memphis, Rice
players take weekly awards ... Lady Vols coach rewarded with
fat new deal |
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05.22.06: Rice
hosting C-USA baseball; ECU starts early ... Inman gets
two-game suspension at UGa ... Tide linebacker booked on
multiple charges |
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05.21.06: 'Ride
with The Voice' fundraiser set for June ... Ga. Tech to host
Irish and ESPN Game Day ... Smith, Bowden, Paterno headed for
I-A Hall |
05.20.06: 'Big
House' set for $226 million makeover ...
C-USA lands seven on preseason football list ...
Decades-long coaching career ends for Sutton |
05.19.06: Holland
heads up hoops scheduling task force ... Houston, Rice
hurlers on
10-man Clemens list ... Tucker turns away from Texas,
retains agent |
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05.18.06: Navy,
NCSU limit tickets for ECU fans ... C-USA trio invited to
USA Baseball tryouts ... Wolfpack's Brackman to sit out rest
of season |
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05.17.06: Houston
hurler gets national pitching honor ... Former UVa grid
coach Blackburn dies at 93 ... Three players leaving Ole
Miss hoops program |
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05.16.06: Former
ECU slugger Tracy inks mega-deal ... C-USA announces weekly
baseball awards ... Third Duke lacrosse player indicted |
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05.15.06: Frasure,
Cotto pace ECU in C-USA track & field ... Tulsa headed to
Fresno softball regional ... Texas RB nabbed with pot-filled
backpack |
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05.14.06: Southern
Cal cager shot and killed ... ECU's Hewett moves into C-USA
sprint finals ... Tulsa wins softball crown on walkoff homer
... Black college football pioneer Robinson dies |
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05.13.06: ECU's
Eric Frasure wins C-USA hammer throw ... ECU's Jake Smith in
running for Bench Award ... Houston boots Pirates from
softball tourney ... Illini plan major renovations of
football stadium |
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05.12.06: Pirates
still alive in C-USA softball tournament ... ECU women tied
for 20th in golf regional ... St. John's receives ruling on
infractions |
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05.11.06: Harrell
makes first team All C-USA ... Danger of spearing in
football cited ... Prep star says dream led him to Jayhawks |
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05.10.06: Vols
sign multi-sport standout Mattingly ... 2006 College
Football Hall class announced ... Ducks tab Casey Martin to
guide golf team |
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05.09.06: ECU's
Harrell honored on eve of tournament ... Washington's Romar
to guide USA under-18's ... Cavs, Terps take aim on NCAA
lacrosse title |
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05.08.06: Mountaineers
to be recognized in Raleigh ... Towe to join Lowe at NCSU
... 'Noles edge Deacs in record setter |
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05.07.06: N.C.
State's long hunt officially over ... ECU gains berth in
C-USA Softball Tourney |
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05.06.06: Hoops
rule committee looks at 3-point distance ... Blue chipper
makes late commitment to Duke ... Colorado cage coach faces
season in limbo |
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05.05.06: Lowe
and behold, Pack fills its vacancy ... Horns, Sooners extend
deal with Cotton Bowl ... Mascot lands 7th-seeded Illini on
the road |
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05.04.06: ECU's
Harrell snares another C-USA award ... 'Bama okays hefty new
contract for Shula ... Downey heading from Bearcats to
Gamecocks |
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05.03.06: ECU's
Chris Moore signs deal with Saints ... NCSU represented on
World Cup team ... Politics: Shuler projected to face Rep.
Taylor |
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05.02.06: ECU's
Baker inks free agent pact with Steelers ... ECU women
golfers headed for East regional ... UAB's Hackney signs
with Browns |
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05.01.06: Giants
take ECU's Whimper in fourth round ... Memphis back Williams
selected by Panthers ... More names popping up in N.C. State
search |
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04.30.06: C-USA
affiliates with new Birmingham Bowl ... UNCW, new coach Moss
get contract done ... Three NCSU D-linemen are first round
picks |
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04.29.06: NCSU's
Williams to go No. 1 in NFL draft ... Duke point guard's
brother commits to Heels ... Blue Devils get a lacrosse
victory |
04.28.06: Pirates
add juco guard to recruiting class ...
C-USA players contend for Howser Award ... ECU-Tulane Sunday
game time changed |
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04.27.06: Larranaga
gets contract extension at GMU ... Breakfast of Champions to
honor Hunt, Reale ... SMU captures Conference USA men's golf |
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04.26.06: Stanford
hires Iowa AD ... Houston, Memphis tied in C-USA golf ...
Another Huskie headed for NBA |
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04.25.06: Matt
Doherty takes Mustangs' reins ... ECU's Henderson cops C-USA
hitting honor ... Texas' Tucker exploring NBA option |
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04.24.06: Lavin
reportedly offered NCSU post ... Pirates perform well in
rain-shortened meet ... Southern Miss hosting C-USA men's
golf |
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04.23.06: C-USA
relief aces up for Stopper of the Year ... Mother Nature
leaves Wolfpack, Heels hanging ... Freshman quarterback
shines for Gators ... UCLA duo considering NBA |
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04.22.06: Apparent
West Virginia spy nabbed at Marshall ... Veteran guard plans
to leave Georgia Tech ... ECU's tennis seasons end |
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04.21.06: UNCW
coaching search gathers Moss ... ECU women advance in C-USA
tennis ... NCAA examining prep diploma mills |
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04.20.06: Deacs
to install FieldTurf at Groves Stadium ... Zags' Morrison
headed to NBA ... Walberg to guide Pepperdine hoops program |
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04.19.06: Krog
leads Pirates to C-USA women's golf title ... UConn
sophomore opts for NBA ... Another UConn cager eyes
different pro route |
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04.18.06: Two
Duke lacrosse players reportedly indicted ... ECU leads
C-USA women's golf ... Tar Heels ranked No. 1 by Collegiate
Baseball |
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04.17.06: Pirate track team has success in Knoxville ... ECU's
Salisbury wins women's javelin ... FSU's Johnson will
examine NBA option |
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04.16.06: Houston
Bowl payouts not yet fulfilled ... Simmons looking at NBA
draft status ... More apparent rejections for Wolfpack |
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04.15.06: Calipari
signs new contract with Tigers ... UAB's Davis selects staff
... NBA D- League lowers minimum age |
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04.14.06: Dooley
withdraws from consideration at UNCW ... Redick wins
Sullivan Award ... Young's death now believed accidental |
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News Nuggets, 05.24.06
NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Jake Smith headlines ECU's all-league picks
Tulane junior first baseman Mark
Hamilton and Houston junior righthander Brad Lincoln headline the list of
league award winners as announced on Tuesday in Houston, site of the 2006
Conference USA Baseball Tournament.
Hamilton became the seventh Green Wave
player in the last eight years to be named Player of the Year, while Lincoln
became the third Cougar to earn Pitcher of the Year honors. Redshirt
freshman outfielder Warren McFadden gave Tulane its second straight Freshman
of the Year honoree and its fourth since 2001.
Rice coach Wayne Graham took home the
Keith LeClair Conference USA Coach of the Year award after leading the Owls
to the best conference winning percentage (.917) in league history. The
LeClair award is named after the East Carolina Hall of Famer and former
head, who has battled Lou Gehrig's Disease since being diagnosed with the
malady in 2001.
Voting was done by a panel consisting
of each head coach, each team's sports information director and a media
representative from each city.
East Carolina catcher Jake Smith, from
Greensboro, was first team all C-USA. Second team selections from ECU
included Adam Witter, a Chambersburg, PA, native, and pitcher Brody Taylor,
from Shelby.
Pirates infielder Ryan Wood, a product
of Woodbridge, VA, was selected to the league's all freshmen team.
ECU softball's Krista Jessup inks pro deal
Former East Carolina catcher Krista
Jessup has signed a professional contract to continue her softball career as
a member of the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch league,
according to
ecupirates.com.
Jessup, from Tampa, FL, completed her
collegiate career at ECU this past year and finished ranked fifth on the
school's all-time hits list with 230 and sixth in runs batted in with 120.
During her four-year career at ECU,
Jessup improved her numbers each season, culminating with a career-best .328
batting average this past year. As a senior, she was the Pirates' leader in
batting average, doubles (13), stolen bases (14) and slugging percentage
(.444). She also finished the season ranked among the Conference USA league
leaders in doubles (5th), hits (8th) and sacrifice bunts (7th).
Regarded an exceptional defensive
catcher with a tremendous throwing arm, Jessup threw out over 44 percent of
base stealers (19-of-43) this past season.
SMU football gains award for 100% grad rate
Southern Methodist will receive the
American Football Coaches Association's 2006 Academic Achievement Award,
which is presented annually by the Touchdown Club of Memphis. The school
recorded a 100 percent graduation rate when all members of its freshman
class of 2000-2001 earned a degree, according to the Conference USA web
site.
SMU's win was the first for the school
since the College Football Association began presenting the award in 1981.
The AFCA has presented the award since 1998.
Although it is topping the list for the
first time, SMU has been honored in the honorable mention category 11 times
over the years (1987, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
2005).
Twenty-eight other institutions will be
recognized for graduating 70 percent or more of their football
student-athletes. Five of those institutions achieved a rate of 90 percent
or better: Boston College, Duke, Northwestern, Notre Dame and Southern
Mississippi.
The others receiving honorable mention
are: Auburn, Baylor, California, Cincinnati, Clemson, Colorado State,
Florida State, Iowa, Iowa State, Maryland, Miami (OH), Nebraska, North
Carolina, Penn State, Rice, Rutgers, Syracuse, Texas Tech, Troy, Virginia,
Virginia Tech, Wake Forest and West Virginia.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically based on material supplied by staff members; data
published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from other sources. Copyright 2006
Bonesville.net and other publishers. All rights reserved. This material may not be
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