SUNY New Paltz Athletics

2011: SUNYAC All-Tournament Team… Started in 35 of the 36 games in which he played… Batted .248 on the season (27-for-109) and fashioned a .385 slugging percentage off 42 total bases… Scored 14 times throughout the year and collected 21 RBI, one double, one triple and a team-high-tying four home runs… Drew 12 walks and absorbed four hit by pitches… Stole two bases in three attempts… Plated a pair of runs and scored once off a 1-for-2 performance against SUNY Purchase in the back end of a doubleheader on March 13… Connected for three hits in five at-bats with two runs scored and an RBI against Colby College on March 20… Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI against SUNY Oswego in the back end of a twinbill on April 17… Fell a triple shy of the cycle against The College at Brockport on May 6 in the 2011 SUNYAC Baseball Championship Tournament, going 3-for-4 with five RBI, a double and a home run… Also made a leaping catch over the fence in left field against the Golden Eagles, robbing a homer.

Prior to NP: 2010 graduate of Lindenhurst High School... Two-time All-State honoree in baseball... Two-time All-Long Island... Two-time All-County... Long Island Player of the Year... Yastrzemski Award recipient... Silver Slugger... Member of the 2010 state championship team.

Other: Son of John and Terry Briggs.