Athletics Archives

Jun 29, 2017

ECU Club Baseball’s Tanner Duncan signs contract with MLB’s Houston Astros

Tanner Duncan has been on a whirlwind ride during the month of June. The ECU Pirate has experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. On June 1, Tanner...

May 25, 2017

ECU’s Club Baseball Team hopes fourth time is the charm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGtz8SW3baI&feature=youtu.be For the fourth year in a row, the ECU Club Baseball Team will play for the chance to bring home a national title at the National Club Baseball Association...

Sep 09, 2015

Athletics director returns from leadership conference

After spending a week observing America’s top military leaders, East Carolina University Athletics Director Jeff Compher said he is determined to put a greater emphasis on student athletes. “I need...

Jan 29, 2015

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...

Jan 20, 2015

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...

Sep 24, 2014

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,...

Jun 06, 2014

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...

Jun 04, 2014

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...

Apr 01, 2014

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...

Feb 07, 2014

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...