Good morning Pirates. UPDATE! The 2026 ECU Baseball Banquet has been postponed to Feb. 7!

What else are we mixing into today's Brew?

🏊 2 conference honors
📚 New postgraduate fellowship
🏴‍☠️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

Swim & Dive Honors. The swim and dive team had two players earn American Conference weekly honors. Frida Zuniga was named the Diving Athlete of the Week. She won both the 1-meter and 3-meter for the fifth time this season. Tanith Mueller was named the Freshman Swimmer of the Week. She swam the third-best time in program history in the 200 butterfly.

WNCT Sports Director Brian Bailey goes behind the scenes with ECU Head Coach Mike Schwartz after ECU's first American Conference win. Pirate Club legend Matt "Big Guy" Maloney spoke to the team about the improbable 1993 NCAA Tournament Pirates.

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🤔 PIRATES TRIVIA

Career-High. The men’s basketball team faced Rice on Wednesday. The Pirates fell 83-77.

Who scored a career-high 37 points?

Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

⏪ ICYMI

We like our Brew Hot ‘n’ Fresh. But we’re not opposed to you reheating your cup. Here’s some news you may have missed recently…

🏴‍☠️ In Honor. ECU Director of Athletics Jon Gilbert announced the Pirate Club will establish an endowment in honor of longtime employee Matt Maloney. As part of the endowment, a postgraduate fellowship within the Pirate Club will be named in Maloney's honor. The Matt Maloney Postgraduate Fellowship will be a paid, yearlong position within the Pirate Club for college graduates. The fellowship is designed to provide unparalleled professional experience and prepare individuals for careers in sports administration by offering exposure to the inner workings of a collegiate athletics development department, along with opportunities to work across multiple areas of ECU Athletics.

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Friday, January 30

👟 Track & Field Bob Pollock Invitational
🎾 Women’s Tennis at North Carolina Central @ 12pm ET

Saturday, January 31

👟 Track & Field Bob Pollock Invitational
🥍 Lacrosse vs. Richmond @ 1pm ET (Exhibition)

Sunday, February 1

🏀 Men’s Basketball at Florida Atlantic @ 2pm ET | Live Stats
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Charlotte @ 3pm ET | Live Stats

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Answer: Jordan Riley!

🏴‍☠️ Have a great Friday, y’all!