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Zach Dillon

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Urbandale, Iowa

High School:
Dowling HS

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 210

Position:
C

Experience:
3L

B/T:
L/R

CAREER HONORS
•2005 ABCA Second-Team All-Midwest Region
•2005 NCAA Waco Regional All-Tournament Team
•2005 First-Team All-Big 12 Conference (Big 12 Coaches)
•2005 First-Team All-Big 12 Conference (Dallas Morning News)
•2005 First-Team All-Big 12 Conference (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
•2005 First-Team All-Big 12 Conference (Waco Tribune-Herald)
•2005 Second-Team All-Big 12 Conference (San Antonio Express-News)
•2005 Second-Team All-Big 12 Conference (RosenblattReport.com)
•2005 CoSIDA Academic All-District VI
•2005 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 Conference
•2005 Minute Maid Park College Classic All-Tournament
•2004 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 Conference
•2003 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 Conference
•Nine-Time Big 12 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll

BAYLOR CAREER RECORDS BOOK
•7th in Big 12 on base percentage (.427)

SUMMER2005
•Did not play competitively

2005 (JUNIOR)
•Appeared in all but one game and made 67 starts
•Started all 27 games in Big 12 play
•Recorded 18 multiple-hit, nine multiple-RBI games
•Season-long nine-game hitting streak April 3-17
•Led Bears and tied for fourth in Big 12 with 20 doubles
•Led Bears with 43 RBI
•Ranked 13th in Big 12 with .327 batting average in league games
•Tied for sixth in Big 12 with eight doubles in conference play
•Tied for seventh in Big 12 with 20 RBI in league play
•3-for-4 with career-high four RBI in season-opener vs. Houston (2/11)
•3-for-4 with a run and RBI vs. Oral Roberts (2/18)
•2-for-4 with a double, three RBI vs. Long Beach State (3/5)
•2-for-4 with a double, two runs, two RBI vs. Long Beach State (3/6)
•3-for-6 with three doubles at Vanderbilt (3/11)
•2-for-5 with two doubles, two RBI at Kansas (4/15)
•Hit first home run of the season vs. UT-Arlington (4/26)
•2-for-4 with a double, three RBI vs. Texas A&M (5/13)
•3-for-5 with two doubles, home run, three RBI at Texas A&M (5/15)
•Hit safely in all four games of the Big 12 Tournament
•1-for-4 with crucial RBI double in comeback against Tulane at College World Series (6/21)
•Hit .354 (45-for-127) with runners on base, best on the team
•Reached base 40.0 percent of the time when leading off an inning (24-for-60)
•Hit team-best .360 (32-for-89) with runners in scoring position
•Scored runner from third with less than two outs in 13 of 22 situations (59.1 percent)
•Hit .308 (28-for-91) and produced team-best 23 RBI with two outs, eight more than any other Bear
•Hit .385 (20-for-52) with runners in scoring position in Big 12
•Posted a .435 on-base percentage in Big 12 play when leading off an inning
•Hit .359 (14-for-39) with runners in scoring position in conference play
•Hit .342 (13-for-38) with two outs and tallied 12 two-outs RBI in Big 12 play

SUMMER 2005
•Played for the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod League
•Hit .179 with no home runs, three doubles and six RBI in 34 games
•Started 23 games at catcher
•Chatham posted a 2.62 staff ERA, third in the league

2004 (SOPHOMORE)
•Bears' primary starter behind the plate against RHPs
•Hit .291 with one home run and six RBI in 55 Big 12 at bats
•Hit .304 (17-for-56) with runners on base
•Excelled under the lights, going 19-for-63 (.302) in night games
•Scored a run in season opener against LMU (2/14)
•Matched career high for hits, going 2-for-3 with an RBI at Long Beach State (2/20)
•Doubled in game one of doubleheader against Arizona and recorded two RBI (2/28)
•Matched career high with two hits against UC Irvine (3/5)
•Again matched hits career high going 2-for-3 with a run scored against Texas A&M (3/20)
•Went 3-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI at Oklahoma (3/27)
•Smashed first home run of the season in a 2-for-5 outing with three RBI at Missouri (4/3)
•Came off the bench and went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI against Oklahoma State (4/9)
•Went 2-for-4 with a double against Dallas Baptist (4/20)
•Had a pinch-hit single and scored a run against Kansas (4/23)
•Produced a game-winning, pinch-hit sacrifice fly at TCU (4/27)
•Walked twice and went 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI at Kansas State (5/1)
•Went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI against Texas Southern (5/19)

SUMMER 2003
•One of nine Bears to play in the Cape Cod League, hit .168 in 32 games for Chatham
•Had five doubles, one home run and six RBI for the A's.

2003 (FRESHMAN)
•Started the season as the Bears' primary DH
•Later regained status as a left-handed DH and pinch-hitter
•Went 2-for-4 against Kansas and drove in three runs with a single and a double
•Added two more hits, two runs scored and two RBI off the bench the next day at Kansas
•Went 2-for-2 with three RBI against Kansas State (5/3)
•Broke 1-1 tie at Nebraska with first collegiate home run in eventual 7-1 win (5/17)
•Spring 2003 winner of Baylor Baseball Award for Academic Excellence

SUMMER 2002
•Hit .213 in 60 games for Waterloo in the Northwoods League as the Bucks won the South Division and the NWL Championship Series
•Scored 24 runs and drove in 18
•Had nine doubles and appeared most often at third base

2002 (REDSHIRT)
•Sat out season as a non-medical redshirt

HIGH SCHOOL
•Three-time first-team all-conference and first-team all-district honoree for coach Eddie Mauro at Dowling High School in West Des Moines, Iowa
•Twice named first-team all-state
•Played in the Area Code Games
•Hit over .440 and totaled 32 home runs and 152 RBI in three varsity seasons
•In 1999, led Dowling to the 4A state championship
•Member of National Honor Society
•Named to honor roll every quarter of his high school career

PERSONAL
•Full name is Zachary Michael Dillon
•Born May 18, 1983, in Des Moines, Iowa
•Son of Matt and Marva Dillon
•Father is now football head coach at his alma mater, Cornell College in Iowa
•Uncle Duffy Dillon was a collegiate swimmer at Florida
•Chose Baylor over Notre Dame, Georgia Tech and Missouri
•Majoring in general studies

CAREER BESTS
Hits: 3, six times
Runs: 2, eight times
Doubles: 3 at Vanderbilt (3/11/05)
Triples: 1 vs. Texas State (5/17/05)
Home Runs: 1, six times
RBI: 4 vs. Houston (2/11/05)
Stolen Bases: 1, twice
Walks: 3, twice
Hitting Streak: 9 games (4/3/05 through 4/17/05)