2011: Excelled in his first season as a starter, hitting .293 while playing in all 60 games with 55 starts at third base and three at designated hitter … started each of the final 56 games of the season, including the last 48 at the hot corner … .293 average ranked sixth on the squad … tied for team lead and for eighth in Southern Conference with 16 doubles … ranked second on team with 32 RBI and third on club with five home runs and .452 slugging percentage … tied for third on team with six multi-RBI games and ranked fourth with 17 multi-hit games … started the season on a tear, hitting .341 over the first 13 games of the campaign … doubled twice in season opener versus Maryland-Eastern Shore (Feb. 18) … capped early-season tear by going 2-for-3 with a triple, home run, three RBI and two runs scored in second game of doubleheader sweep over LaSalle (March 8) … went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and career-high four RBI in series finale versus Elon (March 13) … hit safely in 15-straight games from March 22-April 13, good for ASU's second-longest hitting streak of the year …hit .404 (21-for-52) during the 15-game streak, which included six multi-hit games, raising average from .258 to .314 in the process … highlighted the 15-game streak by hitting four home runs during a six-game span (April 6 at ETSU, April 9 at Furman, April 12 at Tennessee, April 13 vs. Gardner-Webb) … capped the streak by going 2-for-5 with a double, home run and two RBI in win over Gardner-Webb (April 13) … raised average back above .300 with a seven-game hitting streak from April 23-May 8 … returned from week-long break for final exams by going 3-for-4 with an RBI versus East Tennessee State (May 4) … drove in two runs without a base hit versus Western Carolina (May 9) … after the seven-game hitting streak, had just 10 hits in the final 13 games of the season … went 4-for-4 with two RBI in convincing win over eventual SoCon Tournament champion Georgia Southern (May 19) … hit safely in 3-of-4 SoCon Tournament games, including doubles in final two games versus Furman (May 27) and Samford (May 28) … earned academic all-Southern Conference recognition for his achievements on the field and in the classroom.
2010: Appeared in 23 games, making three starts (one at shortstop, two in left field) ... primarily served as a late-inning defensive replacement at shortstop ... hit .176 (3-for-17) with four runs scored, two RBI, two doubles and five walks.
2009: Appeared in 19 games as a true freshman, including 10 starts (six in right field, two at shortstop, two at designated hitter) ... on the first pitch he saw as a collegiate player, looped a soft line drive into right field for a game-tying RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of the season opener versus Jacksonville State (ASU went on to win, 4-3, in 13 innings) ... had a pinch-hit home run versus Furman (April 4) ... drove in a run versus ETSU (April 14) ... scored two runs versus N.C. Central (April 30).
High School
: Finished third in North Carolina H.S. history with 158 career hits and 122 runs, as well as fifth in RBI (130) and sixth in doubles (36) ... a three-time all-state and all-conference honoree ... named Central Davidson’s team MVP four-straight years ... honorable-mention Louisville Slugger all-American as a junior ... named to Lexington County Dispatch and Greensboro News & Record all-area teams ... coached by Jonathan Brown ... ranked fifth in his class academically ... member of National Honor Society ... 2007 State Games participant.
Personal
: Full name is Zackry Scott Briggs ... born Nov. 18, 1989 (22 years old) ... son of Kim and Phill Briggs ... majoring in exercise science ... member of ASU athletics' academic honor roll ... achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average in the fall 2011 semester.