2018 Baseball Roster
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Zak Baayoun
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Major:
- Business
- Hometown:
- Irvine, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Woodbridge HS
2018 SECOND-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
2019 (Junior): Selected in the 17th round of the MLB Draft by the Colorado Rockies, 519th overall ... Appeared in 17 games, making 12 starts ... went 3-9 with one save ... posted a 5.54 ERA in 79.2 innings, the second most on the team ... Struck out 47, the second most on the club.
2018 (Sophomore): Named second-team All-Conference… Made 15 starts, primarily on Friday nights, with a 9-3 record and a 3.58 ERA … Worked 98 innings, striking out 84 batters and allowing a .264 batting average … Delivered nine quality starts on the season, going 6.0 or more innings in 12 of his 15 starts, and was a two-time Big West Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 19 and Mar. 26 … In his first career start on Opening Night against Saint Mary’s (Feb. 16), struck out a career-best 12 batters in 7.0 strong innings … Allowed just one run to the Gaels on four hits and a pair of walks to pick up the victory … Tossed seven scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts and just three hits allowed on Mar. 16 vs. Tulane … In his next start, Mar. 23 at Cal State Fullerton, went eight innings with eight strikeouts, allowing only an unearned run on three hits and a walk against the Titans.
2017 (Freshman): Appeared in 31 games out of the bullpen, pitching 22.1 innings with a 3-0 record, a 3.22 ERA and 28 strikeouts ... Allowed four extra-base hits in his first 10 appearances, but allowed none over his final 21 games ... Delivered a clutch performance in a 4-1 win at No. 7 North Carolina (Mar. 4), striking out a pair in 1.2 innings pitched while stranding the tying run in scoring position in the 6th inning ... Tossed a season-high 3.0 innings at Stanford (Mar. 28), allowing one unearned run ... Picked up his first career victory in the regular season finale at Cal State Fullerton (May 27) and recorded two victories in the Long Beach Regional as LBSU defeated Texas on June 3 and June 4 ... Protecting a 2-1 lead against Texas in the final game of the regional (June 5), struck out two batters with the potential go-ahead run in scoring position ... Closed the season strong, going 3-0 with a 0.84 ERA in his final 15 appearances, allowing just one run on four hits with 15 strikeouts in 10.2 innings pitched.
High School: Played for Woodbridge HIgh School ... Coach was Tim Murray, spending three seasons on varsity with the Warriors ... was second team All-Pacific Coast League as a junior while earning the team's Golden Glove award ... won Pacific Coast League MVP in 2016 after a strong senior season, also picking up first team All-County honors from OC Sidelines ... made 13 starts as a senior in 2016, going 10-2 with a 1.53 ERA to lead the Warriors to a Pacific Coast League title ... threw a complete game, two-hit shutout in a 1-0 win over Palm Desert HS in the 2016 CIF Southern Section Division 3 semifinals ... also played first base for Woodbridge, hitting .337 as a senior with 10 stolen bases.
Personal: Born in Mission Viejo, Calif. ... parents are Yahya and Julie ... majoring in business.
