1st Annual Pirate Gridiron Classic

Event Sponsor: Trade Mart

Team sponsors: East Carolina Auto & Truck; Allen Hahn (Attorney).

Date: March 29, 2003

Time: 4:30 p.m.

Location: Rose High School Gymnasium

Cost: $5 in advance, $7 at the door (Children 12-and-under $2 and under-2 are free)

Advance Tickets: Call Kevin Monroe at 252-327-1841 or Troy Smith at 252-531-8601

Charity: Future Incorporated (a not-for-profit entity)

Event Summary: Former ECU and NFL players who played at East Carolina during the 1980s and ‘90s reunite to mix it up on the hardcourt at Rose High School to support Future Incorporated, a non-profit agency focused on helping disadvantaged youngsters from Greenville find positive influences in their lives. Some of ECU’s biggest names of late including active NFL stars David Garrard, Leonard Henry, and Devonne Claybrooks, active CFL stars Marcus Crandell and Keith Stokes, and former NFL players Larry Shannon and Mitchell Galloway headline a roster of former Pirates who will converge on Rose High School for the event. Also, stopping by will current and former East Carolina University football coaches. The players will be available for photos and autographs as well as to meet and great all of their former fans and friends. The Pure Gold Dancers, ECU’s dance team, will perform at halftime of the charity event.