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A two-time all-conference player, Tony Pigott had a .347 career batting average with 13 home runs before being drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 27th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft.
In 1995, Pigott was named the team’s Freshman of the Year after hitting .305 with three homers and 30 RBI. He followed up that debut season by earning first-team all-conference accolades in each of the next two years.
In 1996, Pigott hit a team-best .335, hit another home run, drove in 22 runs and stole 13 bases. He then posted a team-high .395 batting average in 1997 with nine homers, 48 RBI and 23 stolen bases to go with 47 runs scored. The 1997 squad won the South Atlantic Conference regular season and tournament titles, advancing to the South Central Region Tournament, where Elon went 2-2 in the program’s only Division II National Tournament appearance.
Pigott went on to play five years of Minor League Baseball, as well as two more years of Independent League ball. He had 304 career hits in the minors, along with eight homers and 116 RBI. He batted .301 over two seasons with the Rockford Riverhawks of the Frontier League.
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