Riley Earns American Preseason All-Conference First Team Honors

IRVING, Texas – East Carolina senior guard Jordan Riley has been named to the American Preseason All-Conference First Team as the league released its preseason coaches' poll and preseason all-conference teams ahead of the 2025-26 season on Thursday.

Riley's first team honor marks the second consecutive preseason that the Pirates have landed a player on the American's Preseason First Team with former Pirate RJ Felton earning a spot last year. Riley joins Felton and Jayden Gardner as the only two Pirates to earn American Preseason First Team honors.

The Brentwood, N.Y. native played a key role in his first year in Greenville in 2024-25, leading the Pirates and the American in steals per game with two. Riley added a career-best 14.5 points per contest and grabbed six rebounds per game while starting and playing in all 33 games ECU played. His 66 steals recorded in 2024-25 are the third-most by a Pirate in a single season and his two steals per game are tied for the fourth-best average in a single season in program history. Riley recorded multiple steals in 20 of his 33 games played and tallied a career-best five steals in three different games.

Riley and the Pirates will open the 2025-26 season inside Minges Coliseum on Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. against Georgia Southern.

2025-26 American Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll

	Preseason Poll	Points
1	Memphis (11)	143
2	South Florida (2)	128
3	Tulane	122
4	UAB	98
5	Wichita State	93
6	Florida Atlantic	80
7	North Texas	77
8	Tulsa	74
9	Temple	65
10	East Carolina	53
11	UTSA	32
12	Rice	27
13	Charlotte	22

- First-place votes in parenthesis ()

Preseason Player of the Year
Rowan Brumbaugh, R-Jr., G, Tulane

Preseason Freshman of the Year
Josiah Parker, G, Florida Atlantic

Preseason All-Conference First Team
Jordan Riley, Sr., G, East Carolina
Aaron Bradshaw, Jr., F, Memphis
Dug McDaniel, Sr., G, Memphis
Rowan Brumbaugh, R-Jr., G, Tulane*
Kenyon Giles, Sr., G, Wichita State

Preseason All-Conference Second Team
Daimion Collins, R-Sr., F, South Florida
Izaiyah Nelson, Sr., F, South Florida
Vasean Allette, Jr., G, UTSA
Asher Woods, Sr., G, Tulane
David Green, Gr., F, Tulsa
* denotes unanimous selection

Riley Earns American Preseason All-Conference First Team Honors

Players Mentioned

RJ Felton

Jordan Riley

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