Zach Rhodes

Position:
Outfield
Height:
5-11
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Champion, Alberta
High School:
County Central H.S.
Major:
Psychology

Zach will be counted on to produce in the middle of the Jackrabbit lineup again this season ... member of the Academic All-Summit League Team and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence

2011
Saw action mostly as the designated hitter, playing in 45 games with 39 starts ... ranked second on team with six home runs ... notched 13 multi-hit games ... hit safely in all 12 games in which he played during the month of March, batting .447 (17-for-38) during that stretch ... was 3-for-5 with three runs batted in and a stolen base at Austin Peay (Tenn.) (3/9) ... went 2-for-2 with a pair of walks and two RBI at Nebraska (3/15) ... opened doubleheader at Northern Colorado by going 3-for-5 with home run, stolen base and four RBI (3/19) ... went 3-for-5 with double, home run and four RBI to complete series sweep at Centenary (4/17) ... drove in total of nine runs on nine hits, including two home runs in Centenary series ... doubled twice en route to 3-for-3 day at the plate against Southern Utah (4/24) ... homered as part of 3-for-4, four-RBI effort at the plate against North Dakota State (5/10)

2010
Primarily filled the role of designated hitter ... batted .556 (10-for-18) with six RBI en route to earning all-tournament honors at Summit League Championship was 4-for-6 in the tournament opener against Oakland (5/27), then put together pair of three-hit games, including a home run in each game, the next day against Oral Roberts and Oakland ... opened season with nine-game hitting streak that included five consecutive multi-hit games ... also had an eight-game hitting streak later in the season ... hit a pair of home runs and drove in season-high four runs as Jackrabbits won second game of doubleheader at Air Force (3/6) ... batted .529 (9-for-17 in four-game series at Air Force ... homered twice in first game of twinbill at Dallas Baptist (4/3) ... was 4-for-4 with three doubles, three runs scored and three RBI in second game of twinbill versus North Dakota (4/28) ... also notched three doubles in series opener at North Dakota State (5/14)

BEFORE SDSU
Advanced his game at the Canadian Prairie Baseball Academy ... hit .302 with team-high 16 doubles for the Lethbridge Bulls of the Western Major Baseball League in the summer of 2009 ... named to all-state team as a member of theVauxhall Spurs team which won Montana/Alberta Class A state championship in 2008 ... graduated from County Central High School in 2008 and attended Lethbridge College while at the Prairie Baseball Academy