Seth Maness (2023) - ECU Athletics Hall of Fame - East Carolina University Athletics

Seth Maness

Induction:
2023
Class:
2011

Seth Maness (ECU '11), a four-time First-Team All-Conference USA selection, helped ECU to 144 wins across four campaigns which included three 40-win seasons and three NCAA Regional appearances. In 2009, he was a member of the squad that earned the No. 16 overall seed and hosted the first on-campus regional in program history, defeating South Carolina in the Greenville Regional finals and advancing to the Chapel Hill Super Regional. At the end of his freshman season in 2008, during which he posted a 9-2 overall mark with a 3.57 ERA, Maness was named to a program-record five freshman All-America teams, earned Collegiate Baseball and Ping!Baseball Third-Team All-America accolades and was named C-USA Freshman of the Year. Two years later, he took home C-USA Pitcher of the Year honors after earning 10 wins with a save in 17 appearances (15 starts). Currently, Maness ranks first all-time at ECU in wins (38), strikeouts (334), starts (61) and innings pitched (411.2) and was selected in the 11th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. Academically, he earned inclusion on four Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll lists and was an eight-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll selection.