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5 Zach Sterry

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 226
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mansfield, Ohio
  • Highschool Lexington

Biography

Game-By-Game Stats | Career Stats

2017:
- Appeared and started in 48 games at first base, missing the last 11 games with a broken hand
- Selected in the eighth round (251st overall) by the Boston Red Sox in the 2017 MLB Draft
- Became the second-highest draft pick out of Oakland

- All-Horizon League second team selection
- Led the team with a .346 batting average with 14 doubles, one triple, 13 home runs and 44 RBIs
-   Drew 30 walks and stole seven bases on eight attempts
- Led the Horizon League in slugging percentage at .643
- Also ranked inside the conference's top-10 in batting average (4th), total bases (6th, 119), walks (9th), on-base percentage (3rd, .441), RBIs (8th) and home runs (4th)
- Reached base safely for 38 consecutive games from Feb. 24 to May 7
- Ranked 34th in the NCAA in slugging percentage
- Finished the season -  as Oakland's all-time leader in career putouts with 1,232. The only player in history to surpass the 900 and 1,000 mark.
- Completed his career also ranking inside the program's top-10 in games played (8th, 177), at-bats (7th, 657), hits (6th, 201), RBIs (7th, 117), doubles (2nd, 46), home runs (4th, 24) and total bases (3rd, 325)


2016

- Made 47 appearances while starting 46 games
- Ended season hitting .301 with a .466 slugging percentage
- Led team with 15 doubles
- Totaled 27 RBIs and 36 runs scored
- Led the team in sacrifice bunts (6) and second in sacrifice flies (4)
- Named Horizon League Batter of the Week on March 28 after going 6-for-12 with a .571 on-base percentage and a .917 slugging percentage in a three-game sweep at Northern Kentucky
- Went 4-for-4 with a home run, four RBIs and three runs scored in Horizon League Championship vs. UIC on May 25
- Drove in five runs with a home run and a double against Olivet on April 13
- Collected two hits, two RBIs, and scored two runs vs. Valparaiso on April 15

2015
- Played and started in 42 games
- Hit .288 with team-best 28 RBIs
- Second on the team with four home runs
- Held teams longest hitting streak of season at 17 and reached base safely in final 28 consecutive games
- Drove in six runs with two home runs in series against UIC (May 8-9)
- Tallied three RBIs at Youngstown State (April 3)
- Recorded two doubles at Southern Miss (March 7)
- Collected two hits and two RBIs at Valparaiso (April 11)

2014:
- Named to Horizon League All-Freshman Team
- Played in 40 games, making 34 starts
- Hit .279 with a .390 slugging percentage
- Second on the team with three home runs and drove in 18 runs
- Blasted two home runs with four RBIs against Milwaukee (May 10)

High School:
- Four-year letterwinner for Jeff Strickler
- Two-time All-State selection
- Three-time All-Conference and All-District selection
- Hit .434 with four home runs and 18 stolen bases in junior season

Personal:
Full Name: Zachary Quinn Sterry
Birthdate: June 4, 1994
Parents: Roger and Kim Sterry

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2014Freshman

    INF/OF
    5'11" 210 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2015Sophomore

    INF/OF
    5'11" 210 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2016Junior

    INF/OF
    5'11" 241 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2017Senior

    INF/OF
    5'11" 226 lbs
    5