Outlook

Braden Riggs is tough as nails and willing to do anything to win … Coming off a solid fall season and is expected to help the team win this spring.

Freshman Year 2022

Redshirt season … Did not appear in any games.

High School

Was a four-year starter for coach D. J. Gist at Spiro High School, Spiro, Okla. … Graduated 2021 … Selected to play in the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association All-State games for Middle East his senior year … Earned first-team Middle East All-State at first base named by the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association and first-team all-conference his senior year … Selected by the OBCA to play in the 2021 All-Star games and play first base for the Middle East squad … Hit .592 with 61 hists, 14 doubles, five triples, 11 home runs, 54 runs scored, 66 RBI and 17 stolen bases … His .592 average and 66 RBI are season team records …  Had a stretch during his senior year where he hit six home runs over a nine-game span … Hit Helped the Bulldogs to a 18-8 mark and a District Championship as a sophomore …  Hit .778 with 21 hits, seven doubles, two triples, three home runs, 20 runs and 25 driven in during he COVID-19 shortened junior season … Batted .494 with 42 hits, 11 doubles, four triples, four homers, 32 runs and 34 RBI … Hit .404 with 44 hits, 13 extra base hits, 24 runs and 33 RBI as a freshman … Tallied  168 hits, 37 doubles, 16 triples, 21 home runs, 131 runs, 154 RBI and 43 stolen bases over his career … Academic All-Star … National Honor Society member. 

Personal

Born Braden Michael Riggs on May 9, 2002, in Fort Smith, Ark. … Son of Michael and Jeanie Riggs … Has two brothers, Zander and Tripp … Major is undecided … Also recruited by Allen Community College, Carl Albert State College, Coffeyville Community College, Cowley College, Crowder College and Eastern Oklahoma State College … Favorite food is deer meat … Favorite fast food restaurant is Taco Bell … Favorite restaurant is Texas Roadhouse … Favorite TV show is The Office … Favorite movie is Jumanji … Favorite sports movie is Field of Dreams … Favorite actress is Megan Fox … Favorite book is Percy Jackson: The Lost Hero … Favorite music entertainer is Drake … Favorite cartoon character is Bugs Bunny … Favorite athlete is Javy Baez … Favorite sports team is the Chicago Cubs … His greatest sports moment was hitting a three-run bomb to break the RBI record … Best player he has played against is Jackson Jobe, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers.