ECU And Memphis Team Up For Mustache March
March 01, 2018 | Baseball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – As the calendar turns to a new month, the ECU baseball team (players, coaching staff and support staff) will once again participate in Mustache March in order to raise money and awareness for ALS Research and the Jim "Catfish" Hunter chapter. This year ECU will team up with the Memphis baseball program to help fight and strikeout ALS with a goal of raising $7,500.
As most of Pirate Nation knows, the ECU Baseball program has been greatly affected by ALS as former head coach and ECU Hall of Famer Keith LeClair was diagnosed with ALS while coaching in 2001. The Pirates continue to follow the mission, vision and characteristics that made Coach LeClair such a tremendous leader, father, friend and coach. In addition to Coach LeClair, the Pirate baseball family also wants to honor the memory of Dave Bennett, father of Memphis Tiger pitcher Blake Bennett.
Starting Thursday, March 1 and running through the end of the month, the Pirates will grow mustaches to continue raising money for ALS research which over the last two years has raised a total of $11,300.
During the annual LeClair Classic, now in its 15th year and scheduled to start Friday, March 2, the ALS Association will be set up once again inside Clark-LeClair Stadium next to the Dowdy Student Stores location accepting donations. Pirate fans can also make donations online by clicking here.
LeClair, who was named the 13th head baseball coach at ECU in July of 1997, was passionate and determined in setting an ultimate goal for the Pirates to make it to Omaha, site of the NCAA College World Series, and win a national championship.
He became the second-winningest coach in program history in just five seasons at ECU, compiling a 212-96-1 (.688) record. LeClair led the Pirates to four-straight NCAA Regional appearances, three Colonial Athletic Association championships and one Conference USA title.
LeClair passed away at the age of 40 on July 17, 2006 after a five-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly referred to as ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease. He officially relinquished his coaching duties in June 2002, two weeks after leading the Pirates to their fourth consecutive NCAA Regional appearance before finishing with a 43-20-1 record. LeClair remained with the ECU Department of Athletics as a special assistant to the director of athletics until the time of his death.
He was survived by his wife, Lynn, and two children, Audrey and J.D.
As most of Pirate Nation knows, the ECU Baseball program has been greatly affected by ALS as former head coach and ECU Hall of Famer Keith LeClair was diagnosed with ALS while coaching in 2001. The Pirates continue to follow the mission, vision and characteristics that made Coach LeClair such a tremendous leader, father, friend and coach. In addition to Coach LeClair, the Pirate baseball family also wants to honor the memory of Dave Bennett, father of Memphis Tiger pitcher Blake Bennett.
Starting Thursday, March 1 and running through the end of the month, the Pirates will grow mustaches to continue raising money for ALS research which over the last two years has raised a total of $11,300.
During the annual LeClair Classic, now in its 15th year and scheduled to start Friday, March 2, the ALS Association will be set up once again inside Clark-LeClair Stadium next to the Dowdy Student Stores location accepting donations. Pirate fans can also make donations online by clicking here.
LeClair, who was named the 13th head baseball coach at ECU in July of 1997, was passionate and determined in setting an ultimate goal for the Pirates to make it to Omaha, site of the NCAA College World Series, and win a national championship.
He became the second-winningest coach in program history in just five seasons at ECU, compiling a 212-96-1 (.688) record. LeClair led the Pirates to four-straight NCAA Regional appearances, three Colonial Athletic Association championships and one Conference USA title.
LeClair passed away at the age of 40 on July 17, 2006 after a five-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly referred to as ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease. He officially relinquished his coaching duties in June 2002, two weeks after leading the Pirates to their fourth consecutive NCAA Regional appearance before finishing with a 43-20-1 record. LeClair remained with the ECU Department of Athletics as a special assistant to the director of athletics until the time of his death.
He was survived by his wife, Lynn, and two children, Audrey and J.D.
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