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Jersey Number 4
Zack Short
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 175
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Hurley, NY
- High School:
- Kingston
2015:
- First Team All-NEC Shortstop
- All-NEC Tournament Team
- ABCA/Rawlings Northeast All-Region First Team
- Led team and NEC with nine home runs and 33 walks
- Also led team with 39 runs, 15 doubles, 38 RBI’s, 34 walks, .424 on base percentage and .535 slugging percentage, ranking in top nine of league in each
- Also ranked in top ten of conference with 61 hits and 12 stolen bases, both of which were second on the team
- Only Pioneer to appear in all 56 games
- Perfect 2-2 with a walk, home run, double, two RBI’s and a run scored at Washington State on March 7
- Perfect 2-2 with two home runs, three RBI’s, two runs scored, a walk and stolen base at LIU Brooklyn on April 18
- Finished 3-5 with a four RBI’s, two runs scored, a home run and a walk at Mount St. Mary’s on April 24
- Went a perfect 6-6 with two runs, two RBI’s and a stolen base against Wagner on May 10
- 4-5 with two home runs and five RBI’s against Fairleigh Dickinson on May 22 to help SHU advance to seventh consecutive NEC Tournament championship game
2014:
- Second Team All-NEC Shortstop as a freshman
- First Team All-New England
- Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America
- Led team and ranked eighth in NEC with a .324 batting average
- Also ranked second in the league with 30 walks, third with a .317 on base percentage, fourth with 66 hits, fifth with 43 runs scored, and seventh with 83 total bases
- Was one of two Pioneers to appear in all 57 games
- Began his career going 7-12 in the season opening three game series at Tulane, including batting 3-4 in his first career collegiate game with a triple and RBI in the 3-2 triumph
- Went 3-3 with two runs, a walk, and a double in a victory over Fordham on March 15
- Homered in his first ever NEC game at Fairleigh Dickinson, finishing 1-3 with two walks
- Went 3-4 with a run, double, and RBI at Mount St. Mary's on April 19
- Went 3-5 with three runs scored in a victory over LIU Brooklyn on April 25
- Combined to go 7-9 with four RBI's and three runs in a May 3 doubleheader sweep at Bryant. Finished game one a season best 4-5 with two runs scored and a double, and followed that up with a 3-4, four RBI performance with a run scored in game two
- Went 3-4 with two RBI's, a run, and a stolen base at Quinnipiac on May 13
- Followed that up with a 3-6 day at the plate, including a double, RBI, and run, at CCSU on the 15th
- Went 2-4 with two runs, a RBI, and walk in a 13-8 NEC tournament elimination game win over Wagner on May 23
- Knocked in one of SHU's two runs in another elimination game victory over CCSU the next day.
Before SHU:
- Played three years of varsity baseball at Kingston High School under head coach Mike Groppuso
- As a junior, he hit a stellar .410, notched 12 doubles (a school record), stole 11 bases, and recorded a team leading 32 RBI's
- Co-captained squad that won Class AA NYS title
- Collected All-League, All-Section, and All-State honors
- Also played varsity basketball
Personal:
- Parents: Wayne & Tracie
- Siblings: Avery & Brady
- Major: Sports Management
- Favorite Sports Teams: Mets, Jets, Nets, Duke Basketball
- Favorite Athletes: Dustin Pedroia & Lebron James
- Hobbies: music, hanging out with friends, playing basketball & golf
- Favorite Book: The Great Gatsby
- Favorite Movie: Sandlot
- Favorite TV Show: How I Met Your Mother
- Role Model: Parents
- Would like to have dinner with: Bo Jackson
Mic'd Up: Ryan Parker
Thursday, April 10
Saige Harper Paris 2024
Tuesday, April 16
Behind the Boards (MIH): Season 2, Episode 13
Friday, March 08
Behind the Boards (WIH): Season 2, Episode 14
Friday, February 23
