East Carolina sophomore Ethan Norby has been chosen to play for the 2025 Collegiate National Team.
More information on the news can be found below from ECU Sports Information.
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Photo credit: Ethan Norby (ECU Sports Information photo illustration) 6-6-25
East Carolina rising junior Ethan Norby has been selected as a 2025 Collegiate National Team roster invitee according to an announcement by USA Baseball. The standout left-handed pitcher is the eighth Pirate in program history to receive an invitation following Pat Watkins (1992), Jake Agnos (2018), Bryant Packard (2018), Alec Burleson (2019), Carson Whisenhunt (2021), Zach Agnos (2022) and Trey Yesavage (2023).
Jake Agnos, Burleson, Packard, Whisenhunt, Zach Agnos and Yesavage each made Team USA’s final roster, while 11-year skipper Cliff Godwin served as the third base and hitting coach for the Red, White and Blue in 2018 and 2022.
Norby enjoyed a standout 2025 campaign, compiling an 8-5 record with a 3.80 earned run average and 119 strikeouts against only 22 walks in 90.0 innings of work. Entering the Super Regional round of the NCAA Tournament, he slots second in the American Athletic Conference and 10th nationally in strikeouts while ranking 19th among NCAA Division I pitchers in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.41) and 27th in strikeouts per nine innings (11.90). Norby’s 119 strikeouts are tied for the fourth most in a single season in program history.
Perhaps the defining moment of Norby’s two-year career in the Purple and Gold occurred back on March 7th when he struck out 19 Coastal Carolina batters in the Pirates’ 7-0 victory over the then 24th-ranked Chanticleers inside Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium. He was also tabbed to the NCAA Conway Regional All-Tournament Team after a solid 7.1-inning outing in East Carolina’s 11-6 regional opener win over No. 17 Florida. Norby struck out 10 and did not record a walk while limiting the Gators to three earned runs.
The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp will feature 56 of the premier non-draft-eligible college players for a five-game Stars vs. Stripes intrasquad series in North Carolina from June 29-July 3. USA Baseball will name the final Collegiate National Team following Training Camp on July 3.
The first game will be held at Atrium Health Ballpark in Kannapolis at 5:35 p.m. ET, the next three games will be played at USA Baseball’s National Training Complex in Cary at 6:30 p.m. ET, and the series finale will be hosted at Segra Stadium in Fayetteville at 6:35 p.m. ET. The Collegiate National Team will play in the 45th USA vs. Japan Collegiate All-Star Championship Series in various locations across Japan on July 8-13. The remaining players from the Collegiate National Team Training Camp will play in a Fourth of July game against the Appalachian League Select Team at Atrium Health Ballpark in Kannapolis at 6:35 p.m. ET.