Our Staff

The East Carolina University Educational Foundation, Inc., better known as the Pirate Club, is the backbone of financial support for ECU Athletics. Funds raised by the Pirate Club from alumni, fans and friends, go to help fund scholarships for Pirate student-athletes, athletic facility improvements and other programmatic needs for the university's Division I athletics program.

Athletics at East Carolina University receives no tax money whatsoever for any phase of its operation. All gate receipts, television revenue, and other income generated by athletic events are used to meet the day-to-day operating expenses of the twenty-one varsity sports we now support. Without the financial support provided by the Pirate Club, the successful athletics program we now enjoy would not be possible.

Pirate Club members enjoy a number of benefits including priority seating in purchasing football, baseball, men's basketball season tickets and post-season game tickets; private and semi-private parking for home games; use of Pirate Club facilities; a monthly newsletter; and the opportunity to attend special meetings and functions with ECU coaches and athletic administrators.

Members also receive a sense of ownership in the successes experienced by the Pirate Athletics program and satisfaction form the investment made in the lives of young men and women, who represent East Carolina University so well on and off the playing fields.

Pirate Club Staff
Executive Director:	Mark T. Wharton
Assoc. Athletics Director/Major Gifts:	Dennis Young
Senior Associate Director:	Mark Hessert
Assistant Athletic Director/Major Gifts:	Matt Maloney
Assistant Director:	Michael Ward
Assistant Director:	Lucas Stuckey
System Coordinator:
Member Services Coordinator:	Shannon A. Padrick
Secretary:	LaTrenda S. Britt
Data Control Clerk:	Nickie Dixon
Receptionist/Secretary:	Deidre Gude
Graduate Interns:	Scott Poag Hani Hanna
Executive Members 2006-2010