NC State Wolfpack

25  Harold Riggins
	Class: Senior Hometown: Normal, Ill. High School: Normal West HS Height / Weight: 6-3 / 234 Position: INF B/T: R/R

As a sophomore (2010)
• Batted .370 (47-for-127) with eight doubles, 11 home runs and 36 RBIs in his last 34 games
• Batted .478 (11-for-23) with two doubles, four home runs and seven RBIs in the last six games prior to the NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional
• Named MVP of the ACC Tournament after batting .562 (9-for-16) with two doubles, a triple, two home runs, two intentional walks and five RBIs in NC State's four tournament games
• Collected seven hits -- including two doubles and two home runs -- scoring six runs and driving in six runs in 10 at-bats April 6-7 vs. Coppin State
• Went 6-for-11 with a double and four RBIs April 9-11 in the North Carolina series, including a 3-for-5 performance in the middle game of the series
• Went 4-for-11 with three home runs and five RBIs in the Maryland series April 16-18
• Had an 11-game hitting streak from April 14 vs. UNC Wilmington through May 1 vs. Georgia Tech and batted .400 (16-for-40) with four home runs and 11 RBIs during the streak
• Hit a pair of home runs May 21 in the Pack's 7-6 12-inning victory over Duke
• Went 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs in the Wolfpack's opening-round victory over Clemson in the ACC Tournament
• Went 4-for-5 with a double and a tape-measure homer in NC State's third-round victory over Virginia Tech
• The home run was an opposite-field blast that cleared the 65-foot-high scoreboard in right field at NewBridge Bank Park in Greensboro

As a freshman (2009)
• Had a six-game hitting streak from February 27 vs. Hofstra through March 11 vs. North Carolina A&T, and batted .579 (11-for-19) with three doubles, a home run and eight RBIs during the streak
• Went 2-for-2 with a walk and scored twice in NC State's 18-inning win over Akron on March 4
• Had his biggest game March 11 vs. North Carolina A&T, going 4-for-5 with two doubles, a home run, four runs scored and five RBIs, all career highs
• Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored vs. Clemson on May 15

Summer league
• Spent his second consecutive summer with the Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League and batted .337 with 10 doubles, eight home runs and 32 RBIs in 45 games in 2010
• Finished second in the league with a .542 slugging percentage, and eighth in home runs (three off the lead) despite missing 18 games
• Played for Madison and batted .308 with 13 doubles, nine home runs and 48 RBIs in 57 games in 2009
• Led the league in home runs and RBIs
• Played in the league all-star game and won the home-run hitting contest

High school
• Two-time all-conference performer
• Batted .447 with 14 doubles, eight home runs and 25 RBIs in 37 games for head coach Chris West at Normal West High School as a senior in 2008
• Batted .342 with eight home runs and 36 RBIs as a junior in 2007
• Set school single-season record for homers
• Played in the 2008 Pantagraph All-Star Game pitting the intercity all-stars vs. the area all-stars
• Participated in the 2007 Area Code Games
• Played in the Pitch & Hit Club of Chicago High School Baseball Showcase on Oct. 6, 2007, in Joliet, Ill

MLB Draft
• Taken in the 35th round of the 2008 MLB draft by the Chicago White Sox

Personal
• Majoring in sports management