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05.30.06: Rice
leads four CUSA teams into NCAA playoffs ... ECU's Cotto
hurdles to NCAA title meet ... 'Horns' title ring goes on,
then off eBay |
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05.29.06: Rice
rolls in Conference USA baseball finale ... ECU 4x100 relay
qualifies for NCAA title dash ... Huggins takes disciplinary
action at K-State |
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05.28.06: O'Leary
gets lengthy deal at Central Florida ... City rivals set for
C-USA baseball showdown ... Duke women golfers defend NCAA
title |
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05.27.06: Alumnus
Wharton returns to lead Pirate Club ... Sampson subjected to
NCAA sanctions ... C-USA athletes selected for leadership
forum |
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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, 05.31.06
NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Owls, Herd, Pirates pace C-USA academics
A total of 158 East Carolina
student-athletes earned recognition on the Conference USA Commissioner's
Honor Roll during the 2005-06 academic year, according to an announcement on
ecupirates.com.
Student-athletes named to the
prestigious list maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better
and participate in a conference-sponsored sport.
The ECU women's swimming team placed
21 of its members on the honor roll, the most of any Pirate athletic team.
The football and women's soccer team each had 15 players receive honor roll
accolades.
East Carolina placed the third highest
number of student-athletes on the honor roll. Rice produced 174 members
followed by Marshall with 166.
The following is a breakdown of the
Commissioner's Honor Roll award winners at ECU by sport:
Women's Swimming - 21
Football - 15
Women's Soccer -15
Men's Cross Country - 11
Women's Cross Country -11
Women's Track & Field - 10
Men's Golf - 9
Volleyball - 9
Baseball - 8
Men's Soccer - 8
Softball - 8
Women's Tennis - 7
Women's Basketball - 6
Women's Golf - 6
Men's Basketball - 5
Men's Tennis - 5
Men's Track & Field - 4
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ECU's Witter inks baseball deal with Giants
East Carolina senior Adam Witter has
signed a free agent contract with the San Francisco Giants, Pirates coach
Billy Godwin announced in a news release.
Witter led the Pirates in home runs
(14), runs scored (44) and walks (41), while ranking second in runs batted
in (42), total bases (118) and slugging percentage (.544) on his way to
second-team All-Conference USA honors.
He became the fourth Pirate to wear
the honorary No. 23 jersey, which is awarded annually to a deserving player
who best displays the hustle, determination and desire that made former
Pirate skipper Keith LeClair a great coach and player.
"I'm real excited to get the
opportunity to play professional baseball," said Witter. "This is something
that every ball player dreams of doing and I look forward to the new
experience and the chance to take my game to the highest level possible."
The Chambersburg, PA, native finished
his career with 29 home runs, tying fellow senior Jake Smith for 12th on
ECU's all-time charts. Witter had 102 RBI's, 159 hits and a .285 average
while helping the Pirates to three consecutive NCAA regional appearances and
one super regional berth.
Hamrick discusses NCAA baseball selections
LSU was not included in the NCAA
baseball tournament for the first time since 1988, and Mississippi State was
a situation that warranted an explanation from Mike Hamrick, the
Nevada-Las Vegas athletic director who is on the selection committee.
Baseball America's John Manuel,
writing for
espn.com, spoke with the former East
Carolina AD.
The Bulldogs, whose athletic director
Larry Templeton is the head of the Division I baseball committee, finished a
half-game behind the Tigers in the SEC, did not qualify for the SEC
tournament and won only one of their last eight weekend series after
beginning the season 21-1. Mississippi State won its head-to-head series at
LSU in late March, capturing two of the three games.
Hamrick handled questions about the
Bulldogs-Tigers controversy after the field was announced because Templeton
was not in the room when his school was discussed. Hamrick said it didn't
necessarily come down to the two SEC schools for one spot, saying instead
they were part of 17 teams bidding for the last seven spots, and then later
12 teams for five spots.
Hamrick cited the usual factors, such
as Ratings Percentage Index, strength of schedule, wins against top 100
teams and how teams fared in their final 10 games.
"Mississippi State went 23-3 against
teams outside the SEC," Hamrick said. "It did take two of three [head to
head with LSU]. ... Sometimes, the teams are so equally grouped, you have to
look at the head to head."
The rest of the 64-team field had its
usual controversies and trends. Clemson, the ACC regular season and
tournament champion, earned the No. 1 national seed, followed in order by
Rice, defending national champion Texas, Alabama, Cal State Fullerton,
Nebraska, Georgia and Georgia Tech.
Clemson was rewarded for having the
strongest non-conference schedule in the country.
"(Clemson) played good people, and
they won," Hamrick said.
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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