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05.26.06: SMU's
Turner to co-chair Knight Commission ... Blazers golf
recruit wins national juco title ... Former ECU player
Kilgore inks with UTEP |
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05.25.06: Large
Houston recruiting class becomes larger ... Duke women's
lacrosse supports men's team ... Wolfpack hands Heels ACC
Tournament loss |
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05.24.06: Jake
Smith headlines ECU's all-league picks ... ECU softball's
Krista Jessup inks pro deal ... SMU football gains award for
100% grad rate |
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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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News Nuggets, 05.27.06
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Alumnus Wharton returns to lead Pirate Club
Mark Wharton has been appointed
executive director of the East Carolina University Educational Foundation,
ECU athletics director Terry Holland announced on Friday.
Wharton's acceptance of the task of
leading the development and fund-raising organization of ECU athletics,
better known as the Pirate Club, will mark his return to the departmental
staff after manning posts elsewhere for the past six years. A 1993 ECU grad,
he served a four-year tenure as the Pirate Club's assistant director from
1996 to 2000.
"We are thrilled to welcome Mark back
to the Pirate family,” Holland stated in a press release issued by the ECU
Athletics Media Relations office. “His experience, institutional knowledge
and vision will serve our fund-raising efforts very well for years to come."
Wharton most recently served as
associate director of athletics for development at the University of
Nevada-Las Vegas, where for the past two years he headed all development and
fundraising activities for the Rebels' intercollegiate athletics program.
Prior to his tenure at UNLV, Wharton's
resume includes stints in upper administration positions at UNC-Asheville
(2003-2004) and East Carolina, and as a front office member of the Kinston
Indians Baseball Club from 1991 to 1994.
Sampson
subjected to NCAA sanctions
USA Today has reported that the NCAA
has banned Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson from calling recruits and visiting
them off-campus, ruling he "deliberately" broke NCAA rules by making
numerous extra phone calls to potential players while coaching Oklahoma.
The decision, announced by the
committee on infractions, also requires Indiana to adopt the restrictions
Oklahoma placed on Sampson, where he coached before Indiana hired him
earlier this year. Sampson would be subject to an NCAA "show-cause" hearing
if the Hoosiers wish to challenge the decision and allow him to recruit this
year.
A native of Robeson County, NC,
Sampson is an alumnus of UNC-Pembroke.
C-USA athletes selected for leadership forum
Eight Conference USA student-athletes
have been selected to participate in the 10th annual NCAA Leadership
Conference. The event serves as a forum to enhance leadership and
decision-making skills and provides an opportunity to discuss key issues in
intercollegiate athletics, according to a release on the league's Website.
Marshall football player Marty Biagi,
Memphis golfer Ashley Burross, Southern Methodist golfer Brian Ricketts,
Southern Mississippi football player Gerald McRath, Tulsa sprinter Krystol
Lartey, UAB soccer player Jenny Meyer, Central Florida soccer player James
Georgeff and Texas-El Paso volleyball player Keisha Hyman-Gifth will be
among the 352 student-athletes tabbed as current or future leaders on their
college campuses.
The leadership conference begins
Sunday, May 28, and continues through June 1 in Lake Buena Vista, FL, just
outside Orlando.
A total of 39 coaches, athletics
administrators and program facilitators will join the student-athletes at
the conference. In addition, members representing each division's national
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, including former UAB softball player
Kristine Lara, will lead discussion sessions and group activities.
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
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