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Narron Named Verizon Academic All-American
From ECU Media Relations
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Sam Narron |
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina University's Sam Narron, a second team
All-Conference USA pitcher, was named to the Verizon Academic All-America
Baseball Second Team, announced today by the College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Narron was one of seven players who were repeat selections from the 2001
Verizon Academic All-America Baseball Teams.
A junior left-handed pitcher from Goldsboro, Narron has a 3.75 Grade
Point Average (GPA) as a biology major with a chemistry minor. He posted an
8-3 record with a 2.98 ERA and ranks sixth on ECU's career victories list
with 26.
This was the third academic achievement award Narron received this year.
Earlier he was named ECU's Outstanding Male Scholar Athlete of the Year and
the Conference USA Baseball Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Narron has also been active in community service, contributing effort on
behalf of the children's hospital and ALS fundraisers.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Verizon Academic All-America
program, which was founded by CoSIDA in 1952 to recognize collegiate
student-athletes for their outstanding achievements in the classroom and on
the playing field.
Over the past 50 years, the Verizon Academic All-America program has
grown into one of the most recognized and prestigious collegiate
scholar-athlete awards nationwide, honoring student-athletes from all NCAA
championship sports.
Visit ECUPirates.com. Bonesville.net contributed to
this report.
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