ECU baseball welcomes 2018-2019 class

Head coach Cliff Godwin talking to a baseball player.East Carolina University fifth-year head baseball coach Cliff Godwin formally announced the 2018-2019 incoming class Friday, which features five position players, three pitchers and a pair of two-way players.

The 10-man group includes infielders Thomas Francisco and Ryder Giles, outfielders Lane Hoover, Christian Jayne and Christian Smallwood, two-way players Connor Norby and Stephen Wilmer and pitchers Evan Odum, Garrett Saylor and Carter Spivey.

"As always, we are very excited about our new Pirates, which began class on Monday," Godwin said to ecupirates.com. "Coach Palumbo, Coach Roszel and our entire support staff work very hard each…