Zach Arnett
Zach Arnett
Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Albuquerque, N.M.

High School:
La Cueva HS

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 205

Position:
C

Birthdate:
09/10/1986

Experience:
HS

B/T:
R/R


Freshman: Played in 24 games, starting 21 behind theplate ... hit .329 (26-for-79) with 10 runs, 14RBI, two doubles, a triple and a home run, sixwalks and seven sacrifices ... caught 13 run-ners stealing, the third most of all catchers in the MWC ....639 stolen bases against percentage is the second lowestof all catchers in the MWC ... season-high hit streak wasfive games ... ended the season with a two-game hit streak... had nine multi-hit games ... started the first game of hiscollegiate career at Texas State (2/10) ... went 3-for-5 witha triple and three RBI vs. Texas Tech (2/14) ... was 3-for-5at Arizona (2/19) for the second consecutive game ... hit.500 (1-for-2) with two RBI vs. Utah Valley State (2/26) ...was 2-for-4 with two RBI vs. Northern Colorado (3/5) ... 3-for-5 with three RBI and three runs scored in game two vs.Air Force (4/13) ... 2-for-3 with a run scored in the gamevs. Utah that started April 2 in San Diego but wasn't com-pleted until April 22 in Albuquerque ... hit his first colle-giate home run and drove in the game-winning run with adouble vs. Utah (4/23) ... 2-for-4 in game two at BYU (5/5)... hit .571 (4-for-7) with two runs scored in two games atthe MWC Tournament (5/25) ... 2-for-4 with two runs anda RBI vs. Utah (5/25) ... 2-for-3 vs. UNLV (5/25)...played football for the Lobos ... made eight tackles in nine games at linebacker and on special teams. High School: Four-year letterwinner in football and baseball at La Cueva High School ... three-time first team all-state as a catcher and two-time first team all-state as a linebacker ... guided team to three consecutive state baseball championships ... sophomore team went 29-0, junior team was 28-0 and senior team went 28-1 ... hit .493 with 10 home runs and 48 RBI as a senior. Personal: Born on Sept. 10, 1986, to Rob and Lucy Arnett in Albuquerque ... has two siblings, Rob and Leigh ... brother, Rob played baseball for Air Force and his grandfather, Bob, played football for UNM in the early 1950s ... uncle, Curt Arnett, played in the minor leagues ... favorite food is steak and favorite athlete is Mariusz Pudzianowski, winner of the 2002 and 2003 ESPN World's Strongest Man competition ... says his greatest thrill while participating in sports was winning three consecutive state baseball championships ... undecided on a major. Season/Career Highs
H: 3, three times, last vs. Air Force (gm 2), 4/13/06
R: 3, vs. Air Force (game 2), 4/13/06
AB: 6, at San Diego State, 4/9/06
2B: 1, twice, last vs. Utah, 4/23/06
3B: 1, vs. Texas Tech, 2/14/06
HR: 1, vs. Utah, 4/23/06
RBI: 3, vs. Air Force (game 2), 4/13/06
BB: 1, five times, last at Texas Tech, 4/25/06
SO: 2, four times, last at Texas Tech, 4/25/06
Hitting streak: 5 games, 4/9 - 4/23