Career: Second all-time at the university with 57 stolen bases … fourth with 67 walks.
2016: Earned All-Liberty League second team accolades … served as one of RIT’s four team captains … played in and started all 40 games at second base … named the Liberty League Player of the Week, May 2 … RIT Male Athlete of the Week, May 2 … led the Liberty League with a RIT single-season record 24 stolen bases and 29 walks … his 29 walks were the second most in one season at the university ... ranked 41st in all of Division III with 24 stolen bases … hit .313 with a team-best 36 runs scored … second on the team with 47 hits … had a .434 on-base percentage with six sacrifice hits … had at least a hit in 30 games … recorded 14 multiple-hit games on the season … tied a RIT single-game record with four stolen bases in a win over Bard … broke the RIT single-season record for steals with his 24th in the season finale against 2016 NCAA Division III College World Series Finalist St. John Fisher … tied a career-high with four hits, scoring two runs, while driving in a run against Liberty League foe Rochester … stole three bases, had two hits, scored, twice, and drove in a pair of runs in a 15-10 win over St. Norbert … walked three times and doubled in the season-opener against Fredonia State … stole at least two bases in a game seven times … reached base in 37 of 40 contests … scored at least two runs in 11 games … reached base four times in three different games … recorded a sparkling .964 fielding percentage in 197 chances at second base … named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team.
STATS
2015: One of four players to appear in all 38 games … made 37 starts at second base … third on the team with a .330 batting average, .451 on-base percentage, and 22 walks … named to the Liberty League Championship All-Tournament Team … hit his first collegiate home run and drove in 18 runs … third on the team with 12 stolen bases in 13 attempts … batted .371 in 21 Liberty League contests with 14 walks, 11 RBIs, and seven stolen bases … hit .467 (7-for-15) with a homer and four RBIs in the Liberty League Tournament … hit his first collegiate home run against Rensselaer in game one of the Liberty League Championship … reached base a career-high six times on three hits and three walks, while scoring three runs in a 15-1 win over Vassar … was 3-for-5 with a run scored and RBI in a 9-5 win over Clarkson in the Liberty League Tournament … stole a pair of bases three times, versus Wisconsin-Oshkosh, St. Lawrence, and Skidmore … led the team with seven sacrifices … reached base in 31 games … had at least a hit in 26 games … recorded 10 multiple-hit outings … defensively, had a season-high six assists in a win over Vassar … part of 15 double plays turned … named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team.
STATS
2014: Played in 34 games, making 33 starts … stole 15 bases in 17 attempts, ninth most in one year at the university … tied for the team lead with 27 runs scored … scored three runs in a game three times, against Utica and Bard (twice) … recorded six sacrifice bunts, tied for eighth best in one year … was 3-for-7 with a triple and three runs scored in a 22-1 win over Bard … walked three times, scored twice, and drove in a pair of runs in an 18-2 win over Kalamazoo … had eight multiple-hit games … stole two bases in a game four times … went 3-for-3 against Clarkson … stole 10 bases over a 10-game span, April 4 to April 18 … had 105 assists defensively, fifth most in one season at RIT … had at least four assists in a game 14 times … recorded a fielding percentage of .976, making just four errors in 166 total chances … was a part of 15 double plays.
STATS
2013: Led all RIT players with a .415 batting average, .492 on-base percentage, and .509 slugging percentage, while appearing in 23 contests … second in the Liberty League in batting average and on-base percentage … made 16 starts … recorded an impressive .956 fielding percentage … was 1-for-1 with a run scored, run batted in and was hit by a pitch in his collegiate debut, a 22-1 win over SUNY Canton … was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two doubles against SUNY Brockport … went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, a run batted in, and stolen base in the season-finale against Houghton … tripled and scored three runs in a 20-0 win over Vassar … stole six bases, including four in consecutive games, May 1 to May 5 … ended the season by hitting .500 (10-for-20) over his last five games … had seven multiple-hit games … helped turn 15 double-plays.
STATS
Before RIT: Played two years of varsity baseball at Clarence High School … helped lead Clarence to the 2011 Section VI Class AA Championship … senior captain and team MVP … won Clarence’s White Letter Award … earned All-Erie County Interscholastic Conference honorable mention accolades … also played varsity soccer.
Personal: Mechanical engineering major … son of Kimberly and Fredrick Zabel.
