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URI career-leader in shutouts with five ... second all-time in strikeouts (222) and winning percentage (.700) ... third all-time in career ERA (3.06) ... has 12 double-digit strikeout performances in 25 career starts over past two seasons.
2005:
Named a preseason second-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association ... named to preseason Wallace Watch for Collegiate Player of the Year and named to Roger Clemens Award watch list for Collegiate Pitcher of the Year ... second-team All-New England selection ... was 6-1 against Atlantic 10 this season ... had 2.45 ERA, allowing 16 runs - 15 earned and 29 hits in 55 innings, while striking out 75 ... opponents hit just .217 against him ... pitched a school-record 20-consecutive scoreless innings ... recorded 12 strikeouts in seven innings to pick up the win over George Washington on March 27 ... struck out 10 against Dayton on April 3 ... threw a complete-game three-hitter, allowing one run and striking out a season-high 12 batters to pick up the win against Richmond on April 9 ... earned his third win after pitching a complete game one-hitter while striking out 11 against St. Bonaventure on April 24 ... pitched 9 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out 11 in a no-decision against Saint Joseph's on May 1 ... retired the side in order six times in complete-game victory over Fordham on May 8 ... a bloop double was the only baserunner Massachusetts had in six innings on May 14 ... earned the win against Richmond in the Atlantic 10 Tournament, pitching seven innings, allowing three runs and striking out seven.
2004:
Named third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball ... Baseball America named him one of the Top 20 Transfers in the country entering the season and he lived up to the billing ... named the Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year, first-team All-Atlantic 10 and first-team All-New England ... was a finalist for the Roger Clemens Award for National Collegiate Pitcher of the Year after posting a 8-3 record, 2.82 ERA ... struck out 123 in 93 2/3 innings, ranking him fifth in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings at 12.0 ... shattered the school's single-season strikeout record, led the Atlantic 10 and was third on the A-10's all-time list ... opponents hit just .176 against Zuercher, who allowed just 56 hits on the season ... threw a school-record nine complete games with a school-record four shutouts ... eight wins tied the school's single-season record ... threw a nine-inning no-hitter vs. St. Bonaventure on April 24, earning NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week and was named National Player of the Week by both Collegiate Baseball Insider and Baseball America ... was Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week three times and ECAC Pitcher of the Week twice ... struck out 10 or more batters in seven of his 12 starts ... hit .228 with 22 RBIs, three doubles, three triples and two homers.
2003 (North Carolina):
Pitched for coach Mike Fox at North Carolina as a freshman before transferring to URI ... compiled a 2-1 record in 23 appearances with 18 strikeouts for the Tar Heels.
High School:
A three-year varsity starter for coach Ed Colvin ... was a pitcher, first baseman and outfielder ... was named first-team all-division in all three years as a varsity player ... an All-Star from his sophomore season to his senior season ... named all-state and Rhode Island Player of the Year in his senior season.
Personal:
Zachary Thomas Zuercher is the son of Thomas and Jill Zuercher of Warwick, R.I. ... born on April 10, 1984 in Warwick, R.I ... communications studies major.
