In Memoriam – Jimmy Grimsley
Dr. Jimmy Grimsley, ECU alumnus and faculty emeritus, passed away Jan. 28. He was 70. Grimsley joined the ECU faculty in 1967 to teach and serve as head coach of...
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Named to high school hall of fame
Tynita Butts, the record-setting high jumper on ECU’s track and field team who won the Penn Relays twice and was named an NCAA All-American six times, was inducted into her...
National champion swimmers return to campus
Three members of East Carolina’s 1959 NAIA national championship swim team returned to campus the weekend of Sept. 20 to attend a reunion of the Sigma Nu fraternity. Jeff Faucette,...
ECU player selected ninth in draft by Toronto Blue Jays
East Carolina junior Jeff Hoffman was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays with the ninth overall pick in the 2014 Major League Baseball First Year Amateur Draft Thursday night, which...
ECU student wins title as best amateur golfer in the Carolinas
By Steve Tuttle Rising East Carolina University senior golfer Katie Kirk won the 88th annual Carolinas Women’s Amateur Championship on May 22 in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina[t1] . The victory in...
Pee Dee featured on ESPN commercial
East Carolina University mascot Pee Dee the Pirate is among the mascots featured in a new ESPN commercial starring Pittsburgh Pirates MVP Andrew McCutchen. The commercial shows a breakfast meeting...
ECU joins in Give Kids a Smile event
ECU dental students and student-athletes were among the volunteers at the Give Kids a Smile event Feb. 7 at Eastern Pediatrics and Orthodontics in Greenville. Volunteers from ECU, along with...
ECU alumnus scores Super Bowl Championship ring
East Carolina University alumnus Michael Brooks will join the ranks of former ECU Pirate football players who wear a Super Bowl championship ring. Brooks was on the winning Seattle Seahawks...
Coach Rock Golf Classic set for May 13
The third annual Coach Rock Cancer Research Golf Classic will be held May 13 at Ironwood Country Club in Greenville. The tournament will benefit ongoing research in the Department of...
Roberts scores touchdown, touches hearts
[HTML1] Noah Roberts scored a touchdown and touched some hearts on the final play of the April 20 East Carolina University Spring Football game. Roberts is 8-years-old. He has Neurofibromatosis,...