GREENVILLE, N.C. (ECU ATHLETICS) – East Carolina infielder Carter Cunningham has been selected the 2024 American Athletic Conference Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year according to an announcement by the league Wednesday morning. He is the third Pirate to garner the award since its inception, joining previous winners Jake Agnos (2018-19) and Alec Burleson (2019-20).
Cunningham, who was tabbed to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® First Team last week, earned his MBA back in May and finished his career with a 3.875 cumulative GPA.
The American Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist 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).
Selections for the 23 Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards, as well as the Male and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors, are made by the Academic Committee based on academic credentials and athletic performance. Each conference school may nominate one student-athlete per sport who has achieved senior academic standing as determined by the institution. A winner is chosen from each of the conference’s 21 sponsored sports in addition to at-large selections from sports not sponsored by the conference.
