Zach Agnos

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Height:
6-0
Weight:
203
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Haymarket, Va.
High School:
Battlefield
Major:
business management

2022: Drafted in the 10th round by the Colorado Rockies (pick 296) … Member of the 2022 Collegiate National Team that captured the bronze medal at the Honkbalweek Haarlem in the Netherlands … One of three Pirates to start all 67 games in 2022 … Named a second-team All-American by Baseball America and D1Baseball as a utility player … Second-Team ABCA All-Regional selection … All-Greenville Regional pick … AAC All-Tournament Team member … First-Team All-AAC selection … Batted .330 (88-for 267) with seven home runs, 42 RBI and 56 runs scored … Team co-leader in hits with Bryson Worrell and co-leader in doubles (15) alongside Lane Hoover and Alec Makarewicz … Led the club with 29 multi-hit games and finished tied for third with 10 multi-RBI contests … At one point during the season (April 1 to May 15) he had reached base safely in 25 consecutive games … Posted a 3-0 record with three saves in 21 relief appearances … Allowed just six runs (all earned) on 11 hits over 23.1 innings while sporting a team-best 2.31 ERA … Struck out 19 batters and walked just six holding opposing hitters to a composite .151 average … Earned wins against Elon (March 23) and South Florida (May 15 and May 24), while notching saves versus Cincinnati (May 1), Virginia (June 4) and Texas (June 10) ... Named Mr. Pirate at the 2022 Goldspys ... Listed as the 12th-best AAC prospect in the 2022 MLB Draft (Baseball America) … Rated as the 27th-best third baseman nationally (D1Baseball).

2021: First-Team Freshman All-America selection by Collegiate Baseball … Earned Second-Team All-American Athletic Conference honors as a third baseman by the leagues head coaches … Started all 61 games during second year with the program all at third base … Batted .268 (55-for-205) with six home runs, 43 RBI and scored 38 runs … Added 15 doubles and one triple to go with a team-best 43 walks … Ranked third on the team with 18 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games … Registered six game winning RBI which included a two-RBI double in the Greenville Regional Championship Game against No. 24 Maryland … Stole five of seven bases … Tallied eight total sacrifices (two sac flies) … Batted .319 (30-for-94) with five home runs, 24 RBI and 21 runs scored … Laced five doubles, drew 21 walks and struck out 21 times … Batted .400 on the year with bases loaded … Hit at .345 clip with runners in scoring position and .714 with runners on third and less than two outs … Advanced runners at a 54.3 rate … Registered a .286 average with two outs and 16 RBI … Hit home runs against Georgia Southern (Feb. 28), UCF (April 25), Wichita State (April 30 and May 2) and Tulane (May 8 and May 9) … On the mound, appeared in three games (all in relief) … Posted an 0-1 record with one save … Allowed six runs (all earned) on five hits for a 20.25 ERA … Struck out three and walked four in 2.2 innings … Fielded at a .955 clip committing six errors in 134 chances with 35 putouts and 93 assists … Helped turn nine double plays … 2021 Summer: Played for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod League with teammate Josh Moylan … Played in 32 gamed where he batted .192 (15-for-78) … Hit three home runs, laced three doubles and two triples … Drew 13 walks and struck out 35 times … Pitched in three games (all in relief) … Allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits for a 6.75 ERA … Walked one batter while fanning five … Tallied five multi-hit and two multi-RBI games.

2020: One of five players to start all 17 games (third base) during the shortened COVID-19 pandemic season … Member of a squad that posted a 13-4 record and finished ranked nationally in a pair of polls … During true freshman campaign, batted .246 (16-for-65) with nine RBI and seven runs scored … Tallied five multi-hit gamed and two multi-RBI contests … Stole one base (William & Mary/Feb. 16) … Collected first collegiate hit (single) in season debut … Rolled off hits in first three collegiate games (five total) in opening series against William & Mary … Had a stretch where he reached base safely in 10 consecutive games (Feb. 23 to March 10) … Hit at a .324 clip (12-for-37) with the bases empty, .667 (2-for-3) with bases loaded and .545 (6-for-11) when leading off an inning … With runners on third and less than 2-outs, batted .667 (6-for-9) leading the club with six hits … Collected five 2-out hits and drove in one run with 2-outs … Advanced runners at a 58.8 percent rate (20 of 34) to rank third on the team … Registered four total sacrifices (1/sac fly, 3/sac hits) … Scored at least one run in 7 of 17 games … Collected at least one hit in 11 of 17 outings … Drove in a run in 7 of 17 contests … Did not commit an error in 34 chances (1.000 fielding pct.) tallying nine putouts, 25 assists and turning three double plays … Appeared in a pair of games on the mound in relief … Did not allow a hit or run in his two outings … Walked four and struck out one in 1.2 total innings.

Battlefield High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach Jay Burkhart … Helped the Bobcats to a 72-24 four-year composite record that included four consecutive district titles (2016-19) and regional crown (2018) … Four-time all-conference selection … Three-time (2017-18) all-region and two-time Virginia All-State honoree (2018-19) … Teamed up with brother Jake (former ECU letterman) to help the Bobcats claim the 2016 district title after batting .396 with 17 RBI and 11 runs scored and finish with a No. 2 ranking in the state … On the mound posted a 3.30 ERA on his way to second-team all-conference honors … Followed freshman season with the first of his three-straight first-team all-conference selections after batting .387 and sporting a 2.80 ERA on the bump … As a junior he batted .460 and posted a 2.10 ERA on his way to first-team all-regional and all-state accolades … Also earned second-team All-USA Virginia honors from USA Today as the Bobcats finished the season ranked No. 5 in Virginia … Closed out prep career sporting a .436 batting average with 31 hits and 25 RBI … On the mound, he posted an 8-3 record with a 1.78 ERA … He struck out 67 batters while walking just 17 in 55.0 innings … Played travel ball for Carson Caroll of the Stars Showcase club where he batted .365 with a 400 on-base percentage, while posting a 1.60 ERA on the mound … Named 2017 Underclass Honorable Mention All-American, 2018 Third-Team Underclass All-American and 2019 Preseason All-American by Perfect Game … Member of the 2017 WWBA Northeast and 2017 PG Super25 Richmond Qualifying teams … Rated as the third-best shortstop in Virginia (118 nationally) by Perfect Game … Tabbed as the 10th-best overall prospect in Virginia and a Top 500 national recruit by Perfect Game … Participated in several showcase events including 2015 WWBA Northeast Qualifier (Vineland, N.J.), 2016 WWBA Underclass World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2016 WWBA 2019 Grads/15U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2017 WWBA World Championship (Jupiter, Fla.), 2017 PG Super25 17U Fall University of Richmond Super Qualifier (Richmond, Va.), 2017 WWBA Underclass World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2017 WWBA Northeast Qualifier (Vineland, N.J.), 2017 WWBA 2019 Grads/16U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2018 WWBA Northeast Qualifier (Vineland, N.J), 2018 17 U Super25 National Championship (Sanford, Fla.) and 2018 WWBA 2019 Grads/17U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.) … Named to seven all-tournament teams in Perfect Game events (2016 WWBA 2019 Grads/15U National Championship, 2017 WWBA 2019 Grads/16 National Championship, 2017 WWBA Underclass World Championship, 2017 WWBA Northeast Qualifier, 2017 PG Super25 17U Fall University of Richmond Super Qualifier, 2018 WWBA 2019 Grads/17U National Championship and 2018 WWBA Northeast Qualifier).

Personal: Full name is Zachary George Agnos, but prefers to go by Zach … Born in Reston, Va. … Son of Nicholas and Lee Agnos … Has three siblings (Katie, Jake and John) … Four-year academic lettermen at Battlefield … Brother Jake was a three-year letterwinner at ECU (2017-19) who was named to six All-America squads in 2019 … He set the ECU and American single-season strikeout record (145 in 2019) and the AAC career strikeout mark (245) … Also earned Academic All-America accolades and was a fourth round draft pick by the New York Yankees in the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft ... Majoring in business management … Five-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll (Fall 2019-Fall 2021) ... Three-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team selection (2020-21).