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2021 Baseball Roster

Monmouth Athletics

9 Johnny Zega

  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 195
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Position Infielder
  • Hometown Lincroft, NJ
  • Highschool Middletown South

Biography

2021 (Senior): Only Hawk to start all 37 games… Hit .254 with 32 hits, 15 RBI’s and five doubles… Posted two-hit day at Quinnipiac (3/21)… Drove in three with pair of hits vs. Siena (4/3)… Had multi-hit days vs. Rider (4/14) and Marist (5/1)… Drove in two at Saint Peter’s (5/9)… Knocked in two vs. Canisius (5/15)… Posted three-hit day in MAAC Tournament against Siena (5/21).

2020 (R-Junior): One of three Hawks to start all 14 games… Hit .327 with 17 hits, six runs scored and five RBI’s… Opened season with multi-hit game in win over NJIT (2/14)… Had two hits and two runs scored in win over Presbyterian (2/22)… Posted another multi-hit game, including a double and an RBI vs. Wofford (2/23)… Drove in two at San Diego (3/1)… Notched a three-hit game with a run scored and an RBI at George Washington (3/7)… Had two more hits against Rutgers (3/10).

2019 (R-Sophomore): Started 37 games on the infield… Hit .257 with 10 doubles and 22 RBI’s… Had two hits in win over #9 East Carolina (2/24)… Added another multi-hit game vs. FAU (3/3)… Doubled in three straight games from 3/3-3/8… Drove in two with two hits at George Mason (3/15)… Went 3-for-6 with two runs scored and three RBI’s at Saint Peter’s (3/30)… Homered and totaled three hits, driving in a pair at Canisius (5/5).

2018 (R-Freshman): Played in 47 games, starting 40 on the infield… Hit .188 with 27 hits and nine doubles to go with 15 runs driven in… Collected first collegiate hit at DBU (2/17)… Drove in first run at George Washington (3/3)… Got on base three times and knocked home a run with a double at Delaware (3/9)… Went 2-for-4 with a run scored vs. Maine (4/14)… delivered walk-off double vs. Sacred Heart (4/14)… Hit in six straight games from 4/14-4/28, including three multi-hit contests… Went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI’s against Saint Peter’s (5/5)… Added two hits in win over Siena (5/11)… Drove in three runs in MAAC Tournament win over Quinnipiac (5/25).

2017 (Freshman): Appeared in 10 games, starting seven before missing the rest of the season with injury… Hit .391 with nine hits, two doubles and two runs scored… Had two hits off the bench at Florida Atlantic (2/17)… Added two hits at George Washington (3/18)… Was 2-for-3 with an RBI double vs. Quinnipiac (3/25).

HIGH SCHOOL: Shortstop from Lincroft, NJ, playing at Middletown South High School... Hit .348 with 31 hits and 20 RBI’s as a junior, scoring 25 runs and adding 12 extra base hits... Named First Team All-Shore and All-Division, while being picked Third Team All-State... Played in the Carpenter Cup, and was a Perfect Game Underclassmen Honorable Mention... Earned a spot on the WWBA Underclass World Championship All-Tournament Team in October 2014... Zega played high school baseball with teammate Zach Schild.

PERSONAL: Son of Bob and Patsy Zega... Major is undecided.

Statistics

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2021

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2017Freshman

    Infielder
    6'1" 190 lbs
    10
  • 9

    2018Sophomore

    Infielder
    6'1" 195 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2019Junior

    Infielder
    6'1" 195 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2020Senior

    Infielder
    6'1" 195 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2021Fifth Year

    Infielder
    6'1" 195 lbs
    9