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Jersey Number 33
Zachary Gingrich
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
- High School:
- Smithson Valley
Texas State
2026
Limited to 13 games as a sophomore (three starts) and hit .125 (2x16)… Collected both hits in his first two starts to open the season… Hit .232 in 30 games with Wisconsin Rapids of the Northwoods League and hit 13 doubles in 30 games.
2025
Played in 38 games, starting 36... Made 34 starts in left field and two as the designated hitter... Batted .225 (27-for-120) with nine doubles, four home runs, and three triples... Totaled 26 runs and 15 RBI... Drew 21 walks and hit by a pitch four times for a .359 OBP... Finished with a .450 SLG%... Went 2-for-3 stealing bases... Hit a double in his first collegiate game against Binghamton (2/14)... Hit four home runs (all solos) against TCU (3/11), at App State (3/14), at #5 Texas (4/22), and against UTSA (4/29)… Had five, two-hit games during the season… Drove in two runs three times… Scored three runs in back-to-back games at Texas (4/22) and vs. Tarleton and matched that at Troy (4/27)… Finished 2-for-4 with three runs, two RBI, one double, and one homer against #5 Texas (4/22).
Smithson Valley High School
San Antonio Express-News 2024 Male Athlete of the Year as a standout in both baseball and football at Smithson Valley High School… All-District 26-5A first team as a pitcher his senior year and played in the 2024 THSBCA All-Star Game… Third team TSWA 5A All-State in 2023 and a unanimous All-District 27-6A First Team pick after hitting .375 with a 1.238 OPS, seven home runs, eight doubles, four triples, and 24 RBI his junior year... Picked to All-District 27-6A Second Team in 2022... Express-News 2024 Defensive Player of the Year in football and named to the THSCA Super Elite 5A Football Team... Second team academic all-state and a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal
Full Name: Zachary Gingrich… Born: January 12… Parents: Jess and Natalie Gingrich… One sister… Father played baseball at Texas Lutheran (1996-99)… Rice college: Lovett
Lovett College
2026
Limited to 13 games as a sophomore (three starts) and hit .125 (2x16)… Collected both hits in his first two starts to open the season… Hit .232 in 30 games with Wisconsin Rapids of the Northwoods League and hit 13 doubles in 30 games.
2025
Played in 38 games, starting 36... Made 34 starts in left field and two as the designated hitter... Batted .225 (27-for-120) with nine doubles, four home runs, and three triples... Totaled 26 runs and 15 RBI... Drew 21 walks and hit by a pitch four times for a .359 OBP... Finished with a .450 SLG%... Went 2-for-3 stealing bases... Hit a double in his first collegiate game against Binghamton (2/14)... Hit four home runs (all solos) against TCU (3/11), at App State (3/14), at #5 Texas (4/22), and against UTSA (4/29)… Had five, two-hit games during the season… Drove in two runs three times… Scored three runs in back-to-back games at Texas (4/22) and vs. Tarleton and matched that at Troy (4/27)… Finished 2-for-4 with three runs, two RBI, one double, and one homer against #5 Texas (4/22).
Smithson Valley High School
San Antonio Express-News 2024 Male Athlete of the Year as a standout in both baseball and football at Smithson Valley High School… All-District 26-5A first team as a pitcher his senior year and played in the 2024 THSBCA All-Star Game… Third team TSWA 5A All-State in 2023 and a unanimous All-District 27-6A First Team pick after hitting .375 with a 1.238 OPS, seven home runs, eight doubles, four triples, and 24 RBI his junior year... Picked to All-District 27-6A Second Team in 2022... Express-News 2024 Defensive Player of the Year in football and named to the THSCA Super Elite 5A Football Team... Second team academic all-state and a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal
Full Name: Zachary Gingrich… Born: January 12… Parents: Jess and Natalie Gingrich… One sister… Father played baseball at Texas Lutheran (1996-99)… Rice college: Lovett
Lovett College
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