Enrolled at Eastern in the fall of 2015 after playing two seasons of baseball at Division II Mars Hill University...
High School: Played center field in baseball and also played soccer, football and basketball... played baseball under Eastern baseball alumnus Bob Cressotti '79... three-time all-conference and senior All-State selection... three-sport captain.... helped baseball team to conference title as a sophomore...
Previous School: At Mars Hill as a freshman in 2014, batted .265 (13-of-49) with seven RBI for 18-27 Lions, handling 35 defensive chances with only one error... as a sophomore in 2015, batted .300 (15-of-50) with a home run and seven RBI for 22-20 team...
PERSONAL: born Alex C. Zachary January 24, 1995… Parents: Kathleen... Brother: Jack... Sister: Sarah... Major: Sociology... Career plans: Law enforcement... Residence: Somers, CT…
INDIVIDUAL CAREER HONORS
2016: ABCA 3rd team All-American Selection, ABCA 1st team All-New England Region Selection, All-LEC 1st team, ECSU Male Team Sport Athlete of the Year
2017: ABCA 1st team All-American Selection, ABCA 1st team All-New England Region Selection, All-LEC 1st team, ABCA Athlete of the Year, LEC Athlete of the Year
ALEX...REVEALED
Your pre-game ritual: Arrive early, and mentally prepare for the task at hand
Personal goal for the season: Help the team win
Your most overused phrase: “Yo”
Favorite place to stop for food after a competition: Boston Market.. Not really
Pet peeve: A lack of effort
If you were to choose a superpower what would it be: Driven
If you could travel anywhere in the world where would you go: On a trip Cross Country
Biggest crisis facing the world: Racism, and ignorance
Your spirit animal: Justin Lukasiewicz
One thing you would like to do before you died: Play in a Major League Baseball game
The automobile you would buy tomorrow if you had the money: Mini Cooper
Dream job: Major League Baseball player
Job you consider the hardest or worst to do for a living: President of the USA
Longest time you have watched a Netflix series: 3 years and counting
Number of hours watching the 2016 Olympics: 1
Favorite Olympic sport to watch: Basketball
Greatest story to come out of the 2016 Olympics: Not letting Draymond Green and Klay Thompson blow a 3-1 lead
Greatest Olympian of all time: Michael Phelps
Greatest sports dynasty of all-time: The 1990 New York Yankees
If you could meet anyone who would it be: Ken Griffey Jr.
If your life could be made into a movie, the title would be: Lets Laugh
Favorite aspect about Eastern: Baseball
One thing you would change about Eastern: Only having 4 baseball national championships