Zach Gawrych

Bio

As a Senior: Second-team all-SSC...CoSIDA Academic All-District...SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll...D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award...Appeared in 53 games, while making 46 starts…Concluded season with a .298 batting average, including 48 hits, six doubles, and four home runs…Drove in 39 runs and crossed the plate 30 times for the Spartans…Drew five walks and was tied for second on the team with 11 hit by pitches…Went 14-17 in stolen base attempts, which was tied for the team lead…Defensively, collected 88 putouts and one assist, for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage…Collected a four hit games against Florida Tech (5/04).

As a Junior: NCAA Division II Championship Series All-Tournament Team…Started 55 games and played in a total of 57…Saw action mainly in right field and as designated hitter…In the field, he had 89 putouts and three assists…Concluded the season with a .305 batting average, 57 hits, 7 doubles, two triples and five home runs…Crossed home plate 57 times and brought in 43 runs…Utilized his speed to steal 21 bases without ever being caught…Recorded 11 multi-hit games…Stole four bases against Bentley (2/1)…Hit two doubles against West Florida (5/19)…Brought in three runs against Pace (2/22)…Posted three hits and brought in five runs against Cedarville (3/6)…Knocked four hits against Rollins, including one home run (3/23)…Hit triple against Pace (2/24)…Scored three runs against Eckerd (4/20)…Registered two hits against West Florida (5/19)…Started in all NCAA Tournament Contests. Knocked 13 hits, stole two bases, scored 11 runs in post season play.

As a Sophomore: Daktronics All-South Region first team member…ABCA/Rawlings second-team All-South Region pick and NCBWA All-South Region second team selection…All-Sunshine State Conference first team member…D2 ADA Academic Award…SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll...Capital One first-team academic all-district...Led the Spartans with a .365 average, four triples, and a .548 slugging percentage…Clubbed three home runs and drove in 14…Was 7-of-9 in the stolen base department, good for third on the team…Played in 40 games while starting 36…Found success against SSC pitching, batting .441 while slugging .721 in 22  conference games…Opened sophomore campaign going 2-for-3 against Bentley (2/04) with a double, a stolen base and a run scored…Was 2-for-5 against St. Joseph’s with two runs scored…Hit a solo home run against Florida Tech (3/17) while going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBI…Went 3-for-3 against Rollins (3/31) with a run scored, a double and triple…Hit a triple in three straight games against Rollins (3/30-3/31)…Enjoyed a nine-game hitting streak, while hitting a scorching .485 during that span…Hit a home run in back-to-back games against Eckerd (4/28) and Nova Southeastern (5/04)…Also went 4-for-5 with two RBI, a run scored and a double against Eckerd (4/28) and 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored against Nova Southeastern (5/04)…Recorded a season-high of total bases (8) against Nova Southeastern (5/05) while going 4-for-5 with a triple, two RBI and three runs scored…Started NCAA South Regional (5/17-5/18).

As a Freshman: SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Played in 36 games while starting 16…Recorded first collegiate hit in the form of a double against Georgia College (2/5)…Tallied four doubles throughout the season including a pair against Florida Tech (3/26)…Recorded triples against Lynn (3/19) and Florida Tech (3/26)…Notched a home run against Palm Beach Atlantic (4/30)…Recorded a five-hit performance against Florida Memorial (3/22)…Posted a .320 average while registering 13 RBI…Was 3-for-5 with three RBI and three runs scored against Florida Tech.

High School: Made the second team All-Western Conference for Hillsborough County…Hit for an average of .385 with an on base percentage of .500 and 20 RBI his senior year...Made first team All-Western Conference for Hillsborough County and the All-Hillsborough County team his senior year…Received the Wade Boggs Hitting Award…Made the all-tournament team for the Saladino Tournament.

Personal: Played for Wharton High School for coaches Scott Hoffman, Wade Boggs, and Garry Gawrych…Played for the summer team the Treasure Coast Young Guns under head coach Phil Nisa…The Young Guns placed 5th in the World Wood Bat National Championship in East Cobb, Ga. out of 200 teams…Has one brother, Ryan, who played baseball at St. Leo University…Full name is Zachary Andrew Gawrych...Son of Garry and Keri Gawrych…Accounting major...Birthdate: 7/17/1992.