Career Highs:
Runs: 3, 3x, vs. Longwood, 4/26/17
Hits: 4 vs. UNC Asheville, 2/25/17
RBIs: 6 vs. Buffalo, 3/3/17
Steals: 1, 3x, Hofstra, 5/20/16
2018 as a Redshirt Senior:
CAA Player of the Week (5/21)
Played in 43 games with 41 starts, racking up three home runs and 30 RBIs
Hit home runs in back-to-back games vs. Albany (2/25) and at Richmond (2/28)
Reached base four times at Richmond (2/28)
Notched two hits and scored a run with a RBI against Tennessee (3/7)
Drove in two runs against Virginia (3/14)
Recorded two hits in three consecutive games twice (4/13-15 & 4/20-22)
Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored, four RBIs and a double against Towson (5/19)
Drove in four runs in two hits against Towson (5/19)
2017 as a Redshirt Junior:
Johnny Bench Award Watch List
A power-hitting catcher, Tondi racked up eight home runs, 34 RBIs and a .507 slugging percentage
4-5 with a double, home run, three runs and five RBIs in the 25-9 win over UNC Asheville [2/25]
Hit two three-run home runs for six RBIs in a 13-8 loss to Buffalo [3/3]
Hit two homers for three RBIs in a 20-6 win over NJIT [3/17]
3-3 with two doubles, an RBI and three runs in the 16-0 win over Longwood [4/26]
Athletic Director's Scholar Athlete Award
2016 as a Redshirt Sophomore:
Third Team All-CAA
VaSID Second Team All-State
Led the team with seven home runs a .540 slugging percentage
Played in 47 games, starting 38, with a .335 batting average, 12 doubles and 36 RBI
3-for-6 with a home run, a stolen base, three runs and three RBI in a 14-12 win over Delaware [4/3]
3-for-4 with a double and a homer for two runs and two RBI in a 7-6 loss at Gardner-Webb [3/12]
3-for-5 with a double and a home run for two runs and four RBI in a 15-4 win over Hofstra [5/19]
Before JMU:
Spent one season at Fairleigh Dickinson College where he led the Knights with a .301 batting average (41-for-136) after starting 39 of 42 games behind the plate
Was named New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association Second Team All-State and All-Rookie as a freshman at Fairleigh Dickinson
Also earned NJCBA Division I Rookie of the Week honors to begin the 2014 season after hitting .455 with four RBIs and two runs scored over five games
Earned three varsity letters playing for Coach Douglas Naccara at Bergen County Technical High School
Named First Team All-League and Honotable Mention All-Bergen County as a sophomore
Named Second Team All-League as a junior and senior
Was a member of the National Honor Society
Personal:
Zachary Taylor Tondi
Father, Joseph, ran track at Wagner College
Sister, Joelle, is currently a volleyball player at Kean University