Zack Zalesky

Position:
Catcher/Infield
B/T:
L/R
Height:
5-9
Weight:
189
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Corvallis, Ore.
High School:
Corvallis

2020
• Played in six games, making one start.
• Finished 2-for-7 (.286) with one RBI and three walks.

2019
• Played in 17 games, starting five, and batted .207 with one double, one home run and seven RBI.
• Pac-12 play: Played in seven games, starting three, and batted .143 with one home run and three RBI.
• Hit his first career home run, a two-run shot, against USC (5/24).
• Pinch hit and drove in two via a two-out double in the ninth against Gonzaga (4/30).
• Hit a long RBI single in the first game of the doubleheader versus Arizona (4/20).
• Posted two hits in two at bats, scored a run and drove in a run versus Nebraska (2/23).

2018
• Played in eight games, tallying eight at bats.
• Picked up his first career hit, a single, in the win over New Mexico (2/19).

2017
• Did not play.

Corvallis High School
• Three-year letterwinner for head coaches Jason Farrimond and Darren Bland.
• Named first-team all-state as both a junior and senior. Earned conference Most Valuable Player honors.
• As a sophomore, named first-team all-conference and was a second-team all-state selection.
• Also lettered three years in basketball, as a shooting guard. Named second-team all-conference as a junior.

Personal
• Majoring in finance.
• Born May 8, 1998 in Iowa City, Iowa.
• Son of Teri and Jim Zalesky. Father, Jim, is the Oregon State wrestling program’s former head coach.
• Has one brother, Luke, and two sisters, Nicolette and Jaelyn.
• Aspires to go into business marketing or finance in a sports company after his playing career because “I still want to be around sports.”
• Favorite TV show is How I Met Your Mother and favorite movie is The Dark Knight.
• Has been active in the community in the past, volunteering at a soup kitchen.
• Chose Oregon State because of “the great atmosphere, the coaching staff, and the chance to win a national title.”

Zalesky’s Career Single-Game Highs
Hits: 2, vs Nebraska, Feb 23, 2019
Doubles: 1, Gonzaga, Apr 30, 2019
Home runs: 1, USC, May 24, 2019
Total bases: 4, USC, May 24, 2019
RBI: 2, Gonzaga, Apr 30, 2019 ; USC, May 24, 2019
Runs scored: 2, at San Diego State, Mar 01, 2020
Walks: 1, 6 times
Hit by pitch: 1, Washington, Mar 24, 2018
Struck out: 2, at Oregon, May 10, 2019 ; USC, May 25, 2019
Sac flies: 1, vs Cal Poly, Feb 18, 2018 ; Washington, Mar 24, 2018
At bats: 5, Oklahoma State, May 05, 2019
Stolen bases: 1, at Oregon, May 10, 2019
Field chances: 6, Washington, Mar 24, 2018
Putouts: 6, Washington, Mar 24, 2018