2019-20 ECU BASEBALL NEWCOMER BIOS Zach Agnos INF/RHP – 6-0 – 195 – R/R – Fr. Haymarket, Va. (Battlefield HS) 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 … Intended major is business management … 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. Cody Benton RHP – 6-3 – 215 – R/R – Fr. Cerro Gordo, N.C. (West Columbus HS) West Columbus High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach Jason Jones … Helped the Vikings to a 66-41 four-year composite schedule … Two-time Three Rivers 1A All-Conference selection (2018-19) … Appeared in 29 career games making six starts … Sported a 13-11 record with six saves and a 1.70 ERA … Fanned 80 batters while walking 29 … Allowed 40 runs (12 earned) on 32 hits in 49.1 innings … Held opposing batters to a .154 composite batting average … At the plate, batted .362 (63-for-174) with eight extra-base hits (one home run, seven doubles) … Scored 18 runs and plated 15 … Appeared in 83 career games drawing 41 walks … Fielded at a career .963 clip with eight assists, seven errors and 172 putouts (187 total chances) … As a freshman, appeared in 12 games where he batted .091 (1-for-11) with an RBI and three runs scored … Posted a 1-1 record with six saves while posting a 2.84 ERA … Worked 12.1 innings where he surrendered 10 runs (five earned) on 11 hits with 19 strikeouts and seven walks … During sophomore campaign moved to the bump in a relief role appearing in 11 games … Appeared in nine games (five starts) with one complete game … Sported a 2.19 ERA and a 2-3 overall record … Batted .218 (12-for-55) with a double, three RBI and nine runs scored in 21 games … Followed that with the first of two-straight all-conference seasons where went 6-2 with a 1.86 ERA … At the plate he batted .577 (30-for-52) in 26 games … Closed out prep career going 4-4 with a 1.63 ERA in nine appearances (one start) … Combined on a no-hitter as a senior against West Bladen in conference action where he struck out nine batters over five frames allowing one run (unearned) … Struck out 57 batters while walking 18 in 30.0 innings … Allowed 19 runs (seven earned) on 15 hits … Also played soccer at West Columbus during his senior season … Played travel ball for Andy Partin of the Dirtbags … Rated as the fifth-best right-hander and 13th prospect in North Carolina by Perfect Game … Recognized as the 318th best overall prospect (107th righty) nationally by Perfect Game … Named 2017 Underclass Honorable Mention All-American, 2018 Third-Team Underclass All-American and 2019 Preseason All-American by Perfect Game … Participated in several showcase events including 2016/16U WWBA Memorial Day at Lakepoint, 2016 WWBA 2018 Grads/16U National Championship, 2016/15U Perfect Game World Series (all-tournament team), 2016 Atlantic Coast Underclass Showcase (top prospect team), 2017 Junior National Showcase (top prospect team), 2017 WWBA 2019 Grads/16U National Championship (all-tournament team), 2017/16U Perfect Game World Series (all- tournament team), 2017 PG Underclass All-American Games (top prospect team), 2018 WWBA/18U Memorial Day at Lakepoint, 2018 Sunshine Northeast Showcase (top prospect team), 2018 National Showcase (top prospect team) … Named to seven Showcase Top Prospect Lists … Helped the Dirtbags SkrapPak club claim the 2019 WWBA/18U Memorial Day at Lakepoint Championship … Participated in the 2017 PG Underclass All-American Games … Also appeared in the 2017 Junior National and 2018 National Showcases … Personal: Full name is Cody Austin Benton ... Born in Wilmington, N.C. … Son of Rick and Angie Benton … Has three siblings (Chase, Cole and Trey) … Honors (summa cum laude) graduate … Intended major is business management … Brother Trey was a three-year letterwinner at ECU (2017-19) who was selected in the 15th round of the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Cleveland Indians … Twin brother Cody plays collegiate baseball at UNC Wilmington. Parker Boyle RHP – 6-4 – 180 – R/R – Jr. Fredricksburg, Va. (Chattahoochee Valley CC) Chattahoochee Valley CC (2018-19): Two-year lettermen under head coach Hunter Vick … Helped the Pirates to an 84-32 record which included the 2018 ACCC conference crown and an appearance in the 2019 Junior College World Series … Appeared in 10 games (two starts) as a freshman … Posted a 1-0 record with a 6.32 ERA … Struck out nine batters in 15.2 innings … Allowed 15 runs (11 earned) on 25 hits … As a sophomore he went 7-5 with a 3.84 ERA in 17 games (12 starts) … Allowed 35 runs (26 earned) on 43 hits in 61.0 innings … Tallied 75 strikeouts while walking just 23 … Struck out 11.07 batters per nine innings to rank first nationally (10.84 in conference games, which stood third) … Fanned a personal-best 13 against Wallace Community College-Selma where he tossed a no-hitter in a 5-0 victory earning NJCAA National Player-of-the- Week accolades … Struck out multiple batters in a contest 13 times (four-plus on 10 occasions) … Worked five or more innings in a game seven times … 2017 Third-Team NJCAA All-Academic selection … Played for the Covington Lumberjacks of the Valley League in the summer of 2017 … Earned Dean’s List honors as a sophomore (spring 2019) having a GPA of 3.50 or higher … Richmond Hill High School: Earned a pair of letters under the direction of coach Stacey Bennett … Helped the Wildcats post a 36-17 two-year record which included a pair of regional titles (2016- 17) … Posted a 4-2 record with a 1.33 ERA on his way to First-Team All-Greater Savannah honors … Allowed 13 runs (eight earned) on 24 hits in 33.0 innings … Struck out 22 while walking eight … Hit at a .368 clip with a .458 on-base percentage … Laced four doubles, five RBI and scored six runs in 17 contests … Played summer ball for Premier Baseball under the direction of Eric Ruben … Named 2016 Honorable Mention Preseason All-American and All-Southeast Regional accolades … Listed as the 185th overall prospect (64th right-hander) in North Carolina by Perfect Game … Played in several showcase events including 2015 WWBA Southeast Qualifier 1 & 2, 2015 16 U Perfect Game-East Cobb Invitational 2015 WWBA 2016 Grads/17U National Championship and 2015 WWBA 2017 Grads/16U National Championship … Personal: Full name is Parker Scott Boyle … Son of Pam and Scott Boyle … Has one sibling (Tanner) … Intended major is business management … Earned academic honors in high school and junior college.