Clark-LeClair Stadium Featured In MVP 07 NCAA Baseball Game
October 13, 2006 | Baseball
Oct. 13, 2006
GREENVILLE, N.C. - EA Sports has announced that East Carolina's Clark-LeClair Stadium is one of four new stadiums to be introduced into the MVP 07 NCAA Baseball game bringing the total number of featured collegiate stadiums to 23.
Clark-LeClair Stadium is the first stadium in the state of North Carolina to receive such recognition and just the second Conference USA stadium to be featured in the game along with Rice's Reckling Park. Other additions to the game in 2007 include Virginia's Davenport Field, Arkansas's Charlie Baum Stadium and Polk-DeMent Stadium at Mississippi State.
Another first for the popular collegiate game is a special voice-over that will be read at the beginning of every 2-3 games played at Clark-LeClair Stadium by ESPN's Mike Patrick:
"Hello everyone and welcome to Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville, N.C. - home of the ECU Pirates ... and named in honor of five-time Conference Coach-of-the-Year Keith LeClair. Coach LeClair will forever be remembered by players and fans alike for his significant contributions to the ECU community and NCAA Baseball."
Rounding out the audio presentation once again will be Stanford's three-time All-America pitcher Kyle Peterson doing color-analysis with Patrick's play-by-play. EA Sports has also incorporated video of both Patrick and Peterson in the booth at Rosenblatt Stadium as part of their intro-video as well as updating graphics of the original 19 stadiums.
Also included are 128 universities from all of the top conferences, as well as the 19 original ballparks from the MVP 06 NCAA Baseball including Rosenblatt Stadium - home of the NCAA College World Series'.
Other prominent ballparks in addition to Rosenblatt Stadium and Reckling Park are Russ Chandler Stadium (Georgia Tech), Hawks Field at Haymaker Park (Nebraska), Alex Box Stadium (LSU), Mark Light Field (Miami), Disch-Faulk Field (Texas), Doug Kingsmore Stadium (Clemson), Frank Eck Stadium (Notre Dame), Packard Stadium (Arizona State), Swayze Field (Ole Miss), Lindsay Nelson Stadium (Tennessee), Baylor Ballpark (Baylor), The Ballpark at St. Johns (St. Johns), Sunken Diamond (Stanford), Goodwin Field (Cal St. Fullerton), Jerry Kendall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium (Arizona), Dick Howser Stadium (Florida State) and Dedeaux Field (USC).
Through its partnership with The Collegiate Licensing Company, ECU Athletics continues to drive exposure for its programs and maximize licensing opportunities.
