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Jersey Number 13
Zach Hopman
- Position:
- OF/LHP
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Brighton, Mich.
- High School:
- Brighton
Bio
CAREER NOTES: A three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honoree.
2023 (JUNIOR): Collected Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Did not see any action.
2022 (SOPHOMORE): Garnered Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition ... Made two appearances with 2.0 IP ... Made season-debut vs. Kansas (3/13/14) at Fluor Field in Greenville, with 1.0 IP without a hit ... Added 1.0 IP vs. Iowa (5/14/22).
2021 (FRESHMAN): Earned Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Made 10 appearances on the mound, all in relief, ringing up 11 Ks in 10.0 IP ... Made first appearance on the mound as a Spartan vs. Northwestern (March 12) in Greenville, ringing up first career strikeout in only batter faced ... Fired multiple strikeouts in three appearances, all coming in three-straight outings (April 12-23), highlighted by season-high three Ks in 2.2 IP vs. Purdue (April 12), following up with two punchouts in 1.2 IP at Illinois (April 17), then two more in 1.2 IP vs. Nebraska (April 23) ... Tallied three outings without a hit, including first two appearances, along with five appearances without yielding a run of any kind, along with two outings without a walk.
2020 (FRESHMAN): Played in seven games in shortened season ... Posted .250 average ... Made Spartan debut on Feb. 14 in season-opener vs. Morehead State, and tallied two putouts in the outfield after coming on off the bench ... Notched first hit of MSU career vs. Morehead State (Feb. 16) and scored run ... Also scored run vs. Ball State (March 1) after coming on as pinch runner.
HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner at Brighton High School for head coach Charlie Christner ... Helped the Bulldogs to a 30-6 record and advancing to the MHSAA Playoffs ... Named to the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association (MHSBCA All-State Dream Team, as well as earning Division 1 First Team All-State honors ... Also named the Livingston County Player of the Year, along with earning First-Team All-County accolades as a junior and senior ... Mashed 19 home runs with a .483 average and 63 RBI in 116 at bats ... Amassed a 1.129 slugging percentage ... Won the county “triple crown,” leading the county in home runs, RBI and batting average ... Hit 19 home runs, while no one else in Livingston County hit more than four HR and the other 103 hitters in the county combined for 27, after also leading the county as a junior with six round-trippers ... On the mound, rang up 56 strikeouts in 31 innings pitched ... Had a 15-game stretch from May 1-20 going 33-for-53 (.623) with 13 homers, 43 RBI and 29 runs while striking out only twice in 53 at-bats, the spurt began with a three HR, seven-RBI outing at Plymouth, and ended with a four-HR, nine-RBI day in a DH sweep of Ann Arbor Pioneer, hitting three HR with seven RBI in opener and going 4-for-4 with a HR, triple and two RBI in game two ... Ranked as the No. 34 overall player and the No. 5 outfielder in the state of Michigan by Prep Baseball Report ... Also played football at Brighton, earning All-Conference accolades as a defensive back as a senior, also collecting All-County honors during both junior and senior seasons.
PERSONAL: Son of Kathy and Robert Hopman ... All four of his older brothers were also multi-sport athletes, including brother, Carson, played at Muskegon CC and brother, Trevor, who was an infielder on the Spartan roster (2020-21) ... Majoring in finance at MSU, with future ambitions of owning own business when his athletic career is complete.
2023 (JUNIOR): Collected Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Did not see any action.
2022 (SOPHOMORE): Garnered Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition ... Made two appearances with 2.0 IP ... Made season-debut vs. Kansas (3/13/14) at Fluor Field in Greenville, with 1.0 IP without a hit ... Added 1.0 IP vs. Iowa (5/14/22).
2021 (FRESHMAN): Earned Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Made 10 appearances on the mound, all in relief, ringing up 11 Ks in 10.0 IP ... Made first appearance on the mound as a Spartan vs. Northwestern (March 12) in Greenville, ringing up first career strikeout in only batter faced ... Fired multiple strikeouts in three appearances, all coming in three-straight outings (April 12-23), highlighted by season-high three Ks in 2.2 IP vs. Purdue (April 12), following up with two punchouts in 1.2 IP at Illinois (April 17), then two more in 1.2 IP vs. Nebraska (April 23) ... Tallied three outings without a hit, including first two appearances, along with five appearances without yielding a run of any kind, along with two outings without a walk.
2020 (FRESHMAN): Played in seven games in shortened season ... Posted .250 average ... Made Spartan debut on Feb. 14 in season-opener vs. Morehead State, and tallied two putouts in the outfield after coming on off the bench ... Notched first hit of MSU career vs. Morehead State (Feb. 16) and scored run ... Also scored run vs. Ball State (March 1) after coming on as pinch runner.
HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner at Brighton High School for head coach Charlie Christner ... Helped the Bulldogs to a 30-6 record and advancing to the MHSAA Playoffs ... Named to the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association (MHSBCA All-State Dream Team, as well as earning Division 1 First Team All-State honors ... Also named the Livingston County Player of the Year, along with earning First-Team All-County accolades as a junior and senior ... Mashed 19 home runs with a .483 average and 63 RBI in 116 at bats ... Amassed a 1.129 slugging percentage ... Won the county “triple crown,” leading the county in home runs, RBI and batting average ... Hit 19 home runs, while no one else in Livingston County hit more than four HR and the other 103 hitters in the county combined for 27, after also leading the county as a junior with six round-trippers ... On the mound, rang up 56 strikeouts in 31 innings pitched ... Had a 15-game stretch from May 1-20 going 33-for-53 (.623) with 13 homers, 43 RBI and 29 runs while striking out only twice in 53 at-bats, the spurt began with a three HR, seven-RBI outing at Plymouth, and ended with a four-HR, nine-RBI day in a DH sweep of Ann Arbor Pioneer, hitting three HR with seven RBI in opener and going 4-for-4 with a HR, triple and two RBI in game two ... Ranked as the No. 34 overall player and the No. 5 outfielder in the state of Michigan by Prep Baseball Report ... Also played football at Brighton, earning All-Conference accolades as a defensive back as a senior, also collecting All-County honors during both junior and senior seasons.
PERSONAL: Son of Kathy and Robert Hopman ... All four of his older brothers were also multi-sport athletes, including brother, Carson, played at Muskegon CC and brother, Trevor, who was an infielder on the Spartan roster (2020-21) ... Majoring in finance at MSU, with future ambitions of owning own business when his athletic career is complete.
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