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3 Bailey Briggs

  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Position INF
  • Bat/Throw R/R
  • Hometown Lockport, N.Y.
  • Highschool Starpoint
  • Major Psychology & Public Health

Biography

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2025) - Game-By-Game Stats

  • Appeared in 55 games with 54 starts at second base
  • Hit .287 with 46 hits, three doubles, 17 RBIs and 23 runs scored with 10 stolen bases
  • Recorded four games with two runs scored including SIUE (2/14), Wagner (3/11), Maryland (3/16) and Penn State (4/5)
  • Posted two RBIs, a double and run scored in the home finale in a 5-2 win versus Monmouth (4/29)
  • Connected four four hits, two runs and her first career home run in the series victory in the final Big Ten home series of the year with Illinois (4/25-27)
  • Delivered a run and a run batted in a 6-1 midweek victory against Lehigh (4/8)
  • Hit 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in the series finale at Penn State (4/5)
  • Collected a run and RBI in an 8-6 win at Portland State during the west coast spring break week (3/19)
  • Collected three runs scored in the Big Ten opening weekend with Maryland (3/14-16)
  • Went a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs and an RBI in the 9-1 run-rule home-opening win against Wagner (3/11)
  • Finished 2-for-3 with an RBI in an 11-6 run-rule victory over North Dakota at the Bob Heck Memorial Tournament (3/8)
  • Hit 2-for-4 with an RBI against Louisiana at the Jane B. Moore Memorial hosted by Auburn (2/28)
  • Added two RBIs and run scored in a 4-2 victory over host East Texas A&M at the Lion Invitational (2/14)
  • Went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI in a 9-3 win over SIUE at the Lion Invitational (2/14)



REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2024) - Game-By-Game Stats

  • Scored one of three runs in the top of the seventh in a 3-0 win at Michigan State for the first back-to-back 30-win seasons in RU history (Apr. 26)
  • Registered an RBI double in a 12-1 run-rule victory over Wisconsin (Apr. 6)
  • Had her second career at-bat and collected two RBIs on a double and scored the third run of RU's three-run seventh inning in 5-3 win at San Diego in the series finale (Mar. 16)

PRIOR TO RUTGERS:

  • All WNY-Large School and First Team ECIC II shortstop selection as a junior (2021) 
  • Hit .438 with 19 runs, 21 hits and 28 RBIs. Totaled four home runs and six doubles (2021)
  • Member of the varsity program in eighth grade hitting .342 with nine runs and 13 hits (2018)
  • Scholar-Athlete Award Winner
  • Played club ball with NJ Intensity 18u National KOD

PERSONAL:

  • Daughter of Lee and Kimberly Briggs
  • Has one sister, Alexis, a sophomore outfielder at Franklin Pierce College, and one brother, Hunter
  • Member of the National Honor and Math Honor Societies
  • Major is undecided

BRIGGS ON CHOOSING RUTGERS: "I chose Rutgers because it feels like home. Thank you Coach Butler, Coach Nat and Coach Brynne for giving me this opportunity to play in the Big Ten. "

HEAD COACH KRISTEN BUTLER ON BRIGGS: "We are very excited to add Bailey to the Scarlet Knight family. Coming from a high-level travel team, she brings a lot of experience and is a well-rounded player both offensively and defensively. Bailey is a great addition to our 2022 class."

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2023Freshman

    IF
    5'4"
    3
  • 3

    2024Redshirt Freshman

    IF
    5'4"
    3
  • 3

    2025Redshirt Sophomore

    INF
    5'4"
    3
  • 3

    2026Redshirt Junior

    INF
    5'4"
    3
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