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ECU’s Carter Cunningham drafted by Blue Jays in 10th round of 2024 MLB Draft

By Jordan Honeycutt,

23 hours ago

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — In the 10th round of the 2024 MLB Draft Monday, a fourth ECU Pirate was drafted as Carter Cunningham was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays.

Cunningham racked up a bevy of awards in 2024 to put a fitting cap on his ECU career as he was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, a Second Team All-America selection by the College Baseball Foundation, a Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist and a First Team Academic All-American.

As one of three players to start all 63 games in 2024, Cunningham led the Pirates in several categories, including batting average (.367), runs scored (77), hits (92) and home runs (17) while slotting 12th nationally in runs scored and 19th in hits.

He was also one of three East Carolina players to start all 63 games this campaign. Cunningham was tabbed the AAC Player of the Week twice (Feb. 26 and April 29).

Cunningham earned his MBA back in May and finished his collegiate career with a 3.875 cumulative GPA.

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