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2 Zach Biggers

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 170
  • Hometown Walhalla, S.C.
  • High School Walhalla

Biography

Career Honors:
- All-Patriot League First Team (2019 - 2B)
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Second Team Preseason All-American (2019)
- Louisville Slugger Second Team All-American (2018)
- ABCA All-East Regional Second Team (2018)
- All-ECAC Second Team (2018)
- Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year (2018)
- All-Patriot League First Team (2018 - 2B)
- Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American (2017)
- Patriot League Player of the Week (4/9/19)
- Patriot League Rookie of the Week (3/14/17, 4/25/17)
- Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2020)
 
Career Highs:
Runs: 3, nine times, MR: vs. Massachusetts (3/1/20)
Hits: 5, vs. Air Force (2/25/18)
RBI: 4, vs. Bucknell (3/16/19)
Stolen Bases: 2, two times, MR vs. Georgetown (2/15/20)
Hit Streak: 15 games (2/23/18-3/15/18)
 
2020 (Senior)
- Named to the Preseason All-Patriot League Team
- Posted a .270 average and led the team with 17 hits and 13 runs scored
- Biggers also stole a team-high six bases
- He also finished the season with a .356 on-base percentage
- In the field, Biggers had a 1.000 fielding percentage with 24 putouts and 28 assists
- Tied a career-high with three runs scored against Massachusetts on March 1
- Biggers had a season-high four hits against Air Force on Feb. 23 after going 4-for-6
- Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
 
2019 (Junior)
- Was named to the First Team All-Patriot League for the second-straight season
- Earned his first career Patriot League Player of the Week honor on April 9
- Biggers finished with a .295 batting average during his junior season and led the team with 65 hits
- He also led the team with five triples and chipped in with a .405 slugging percentage
- Biggers reached base at a .369 clip
- He tied his career of three runs scored on three different occasions in 2019 with two coming against Georgetown on March 27 and April 16 and also on March 3 against UMass
- Biggers drove in four runs on March 16 against Bucknell to set a new personal best
- On April 2, Biggers had his first career multi-stolen base game with two against Coppin State
- Finished the season with a career-best .986 fielding percentage and he finished second on the team with 112 assists and notched 97 putouts
 
2018 (Sophomore) 
- Biggers was selected as a Louisville Slugger Second Team All-American, while also earning second team honors on the ABCA All-East and All-ECAC teams
- Within the Patriot League, he was the Defensive Player of the Year after posting a .980 fielding percentage at second base, to go along with 94 putouts and 154 assists, while also capturing first team honors in the league
- He led the team with a .343 batting average, 73 hits and 20 doubles in 52 games played (all starts)
- Against Air Force on Feb. 25, Biggers set a new career high with five hits and tied his career high with three runs scored
- Biggers had a career-best 15-game hitting streak that spanned from Feb. 23 to March 15
- He also reached base safely in 26-straight games, along with the final 10 games of the season
- His 43 runs scored ranked second on the team and drove in 32 runs to rank fourth on the squad

2017 (Freshman) 
- A Louisville Freshman All-American, he came off the bench intermittently over the first three weeks of the season, before earning his way into the starting lineup beginning on March 5; and never looked back as he started for the Mids at second base and occasionally in left field in 42 of his next 43 appearances
- The move to the starting lineup paid immediate dividends as he went on a 10-game hitting streak from March 8 through March 22 and turned .000 batting average (0-9) into a .432 mark courtesy of a four-hit game versus Delaware State (3/22) and three-hit performances versus CCSU (3/10) and NYIT (3/18)
- Provided strong power numbers with 17 extra-base hits (10-2b, 3-3b, 4-HR) resulting in a .528 slugging percentage. Both his batting average (.331) and slugging percentages were second-best on the team
- Augmented his power statistics with 37 runs scored, 22 RBIs, two stolen bases and a .981 fielding percentage over 44 total starts and 49 games playedÂ
- In the Patriot League, Biggers ranked fourth in batting average, sixth in slugging percentage, tenth in runs scored
- Patriot League Rookie of the Week on March 14, as he hit .500 (7-14) with six runs scored, three extra-base hits and three RBIs over four games; later named Rookie of the Week on April 25 after hitting .400 with four runs scored, a triple, one home run, six RBIs and a .733 slugging percentage in a five-game span
- Recorded first two career hits versus Maryland Eastern Shore (3/8) with a double and home run
In addition to UMES, tallied home runs at Holy Cross (4/2), at Lehigh (4/15) and at Army (4/23)
Recorded a season-high three RBIs at Army (4/22) as part of a 2-3 day with a triple and sac fly
In 44 games started had hits in 31 contests
- Posted a .305 batting average in Patriot League play with three home runs and 10 RBIs
Hit .476 (20-42) versus LHP, .270 (27-100) against RHP and .315 (23-73) with runners on base

High School
- A two-sport athlete at Walhalla HS; Biggers was a four-year baseball letterwinner for coaches Ed Taylor and Josh Harrison, in addition to a two-year letterwinner as a quarterback and wide receiver on the football team
- Following his senior year in 2015, was named the South Carolina Gold Glove Defensive Player of the Year, All-Mountain Lakes Player of the Year and participated in the South Carolina All Star Game with the North 2A/3A team
- Helped Walhalla claim the 2011 Class 3A Region I Championship
- Named to Perfect Game's All-Atlantic Region honorable mention team in 2015
- Played travel baseball with the Diamond Devils for three years and won the 2015 CABA Showcase National Championship

Personal
- Son of Scott and Lisa
- Spent the 2015-16 school year prepping at NAPS
- Hobbies include, hunting, fishing, being on the water and spending time with family
- Participated in Beta Club, National Honor Society, National Technical Honor School and Mu Alpha Theta as extracurricular activities at Walhalla
- Named to Naval Academy's Commandant's List twice

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

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    5'10" 150 lbs
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    2018Sophomore

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    5'9" 170 lbs
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    2019Junior

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    5'9" 170 lbs
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    2020Senior

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    5'9" 170 lbs
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