Zach Root - Baseball (2024)

· 2024 Preseason All-AAC Team (AAC Coaches/Perfect Game)
· 2024 Top 150 Starting Pitchers - No. 54 (D1Baseball)
· No. 93 On 2024 Top 100 Sophom*ores List (Perfect Game)
· No. 122 Overall Prospect For 2025 MLB First Year Player Draft (Perfect Game)
· No. 23 Collegiate Prospect For 2025 MLB First Year Player Draft (D1Baseball)
· No. 1 AAC Prospect For 2025 MLB First Year Player Draft (D1Baseball)
· No. 2 AAC Prospect For 2025 MLB First Year Player Draft (Perfect Game)
· 2023 American Athletic Conference All-Freshman Team Selection
· 2023 Perfect Game Top 100 Freshmen Selection

2023:

Appeared in 20 games with 13 starts ... Compiled a 3-3 record with a 5.33 earned run average and 54 strikeouts against 27 walks in 53.2 innings of work ... Limited opposing hitters to a .254 batting average ... Notched multiple strikeouts in 12 contests ... Recorded victories over George Washington (Feb. 18), Elon (March 8) and Old Dominion (April 11) ... Turned in a superb start in the NCAA Charlottesville Regional finals against No. 7 national seed at host Virginia, allowing just one earned run and five hits in 4.2 innings of work ... Combined with Trey Yesavage and Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman to post a 3-0 shutout of Missouri State (March 17) ... Registered a career-high six strikeouts twice against Tulane (April 29 and May 28) ... Collected his first collegiate save in East Carolina’s 6-5 home win over North Carolina (Feb. 24) in front of a Clark-LeClair Stadium record crowd of 6,003 ... Produced a key three-inning relief effort in helping the Pirates to a 13-9 win over NC State (April 4) in Greenville ... 2023 Summer: Suited up for the Charlottesville Tom Sox of the Valley League ... Posted a 2-0 record with 22 strikeouts against six walks in 18.0 innings of work ... Held opposing hitters to a .239 batting average against ... Tallied 11 strikeouts per nine innings ... Notched a season-high seven strikeouts against the Culpeper Cavaliers (July 12).

Fort Myers High School: Four-year varsity letterman for head coach Kyle Burchfield … Compiled a 13-3 overall record and 2.16 earned run average while striking out 176 batters in 123.1 innings during his prep career … Also hit .308 (68-for-221) with 46 runs scored and 39 RBI … Put together a dominant senior season on the mound, finishing with a 6-2 record, 1.50 ERA and 96 strikeouts in 51.1 innings … Attended the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft Combine … Rated the 178th overall prospect nationally and 26th-best left-handed pitcher as well as the 31st-ranked recruit in Florida by Perfect Game … Assigned a Perfect Game grade of 9.5 (potential top-10 round pick and/or highest level college prospect) … Tabbed the 2022 Southwest Florida Baseball Player of the Year … Participated in the 2021 National Showcase … Earned Preseason Underclass All-American status by Perfect Game in 2019, 2020 and 2021 as well as Florida All-Region accolades … Selected a 2022 Perfect Game Preseason High Honorable Mention All-American and Florida All-Region First-Team pick … Named Tournament Most Valuable Pitcher at the 2021 WWBA East Labor Day Classic (Upperclass), 2018 PG Super25 14U Florida Super Qualifier and 2018 PG 14U Southeast Championship … Helped lead the Florida Burn and Gulf Coast Fury organizations to showcase event titles at the 2021 WWBA East Labor Day Classic (Upperclass), 2019 WWBA World Championship, 2018 WWBA World Championship, 2018 PG 14U Southeast Championship, 2018 WWBA 14U East Memorial Day Classic, 2018 PG Super25 14U Florida Super Qualifier, 2018 PG Super25 14U North Florida Qualifier, 2018 PG 14U Invitational (Major Division) and 2017 PGBA 13U 3N2 Cocoa Classic … Tabbed to the 2021 17U Tourney All-American Team … Appeared on the Showcase Top Prospect List at the 2019 Florida Prospect Showcase, 2018 14U Florida Showcase, 2018 14U National Showcase and 2018 14U National Showcase … Collected upwards of 30 All-Tournament Team honors at various showcase events

Personal: Full name is Zachary Bishop Root … Son of Vance and Dawn Root ... Three-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll Selection (Fall 2022-Present) ... Named to 2023 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

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