15 years later Ricky Brooks still remembers his shining moment at ECU

Ricky Brooks on the mound during his career at East Carolina University.

Ricky Brooks has his name painted all over East Carolina University baseball history. In two years in Greenville, North Carolina, Brooks twirled a gem in a 6-4 loss to the University of Houston in the Conference USA tournament in 2005 while tossing 8.1 innings of one-run baseball against the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the Regional just days later.

What Brooks will be most remembered for -- more than his postseason gems in games ultimately lost by the Pirates and his lackluster performance in ECU’s final game at Harrington Field -- is his no-hitter 15 years ago this Friday.