Last updated 11/17/2008
Welcome to Blackbeard’s Ballers, the Supporters of Pirate Softball.
During the season, you will be invited to share in events that will show our support for the team.
The newsletters and IN THE NEWS will keep you updated on what's going on with ECU Softball.
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LATEST NEWS:
November 17, 2008
The East Carolina University softball staff will be conducting a 2-day coaches’ clinic January 24-25 for anyone interested in learning more about the game of softball.
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ECU Pitching Coach Keli Harrell, the record holder for strikeouts in CUSA along with several ECU records, is offering individual and group pitching lessons.
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November 12, 2008
The ECU Softball team has begun their annual food drive. All donations are welcome. Call the softball office if you would like someone to pick up your donation. The drive ends on Friday, November 21. Last year 2042 cans were donated to the local food bank.
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November 4, 2008
Blogging is back. Senior, Sarah Bibee has started us off this year. Read and enjoy.
Koaches' Korner is also back with Coach Keli Harrell sharing her adventurous 4 months in the Netherlands with all of us. I am sure you will love reading all about her time playing softball for the "TWINS".
FIND BOTH ON THE HOME PAGE.
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October 30, 2008
The 2009 softball schedule is released including 30 home games and games with 5 teams that ended the season ranked. 2009 SCHEDULE
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October 16, 2008
The ECU Softball team has been honored for it's academic work by The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) thus being named as an NFCA Academic All-America team. During the 2007-08 school year ECU compiled a 3.229 cumulative grade point average, good for 44th-place on a list of 101 NCAA Division I squads that earned the honor. LINK
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October 15, 2008
The NCAA graduation rates are in. The report was based on the number of athletes that enrolled between 1998 and 2001 and graduated within six years. ECU Softball graduation rate for this period was 79%. Eight ECU teams turned in above average graduation rates. For more information follow the link: 2008 NCAA Division I Graduation Success Rate (GSR) Data or DAILY REFLECTOR story.
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September 26, 2008
The ECU Softball Pirates held their first Purple/Gold scrimmage of the fall season. Both freshman Caitlin Wainright and senior Brooke Swann pitched. We also got to see another new Pirate, Priscilla Velasquez in action. Next for the Pirates will be a DH Oct. 5 at Elon.
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September 20, 2008
If you were in Washington, NC, Saturday, September 20, you might have heard the sounds of softball. The ECU softball coaches with the help of their players held a clinic for 67 kids ranging from 6 to 17 years old. You can check out some more of the pictures of these future Pirates in the Photo Gallery.
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The East Carolina University softball team will hold open walk-on tryouts on Sept. 18 at the ECU softball field, starting at 5:00 p.m. LINK
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August 17, 2008
Check out A PIRATE'S TREASURE CHEST. This is a page created with fun in mind. It is all about Pirates, not just ECU Pirates. It includes games, pages for kids and teachers, pirate facts, pirate songs, and links for shopping for pirate stuff, not just ECU Pirates. So enjoy all of the links and don't forget Talk Like a Pirate Day is in September. ARRGGGHH.
2008 was the season for academic awards of all kinds:
Softball with a GPA of 3.257 is #1 Academically and is awarded C-USA Sport Academic Award for softball. (LINK)
Congratulations to Cristen Aona and Charina Sumner for being named to the Conference USA Softball All-Academic Team. (LINK)
Congratulations to
Cristen Aona, Britt Howell, Charina Sumner, and Kaui Tom for earning the
Conference USA Commissioner’s
Academic Medal during the 2007‐08 academic year. The medals are
given to those C‐USA student‐athletes who have achieved a cumulative GPA of
3.75 or better. The following is a complete list of the 36 medal
winners for ECU.
(LINK)
Congratulations to Jessica Johnson for being named to the PCS Phosphates All-Academic Team for 2008.
Congratulations to Erin St. Ledger for receiving the Walter and Marie Williams "Spirit of the East" Post-Eligibility Scholarship Award.
Congratulations to 12 members of the 2008 Softball team for earning the C-USA Honor Roll Award. Here is the complete list of all 192 ECU Student-Athletes who earned the award. (LINK)
July 11, 2008
ECU Softball does it again. Softball with a GPA of 3.257 is #1 Academically and is awarded C-USA Sport Academic Award for softball.
East Carolina produced four different teams with the highest GPA. Congratulations to all 4 Pirate teams. LINK:
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June 20, 2008
Pirate Softball welcomes Caitlin Wainright to the team. LINK:
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June 4, 2008
Stacey Andrews Named To NCCSIA All-State Softball Team. LINK:
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June , 2008
The Pirates' Chest feature writer Bethany Bradsher writes about the 2008 Pirate Softballers. LINK: