35 Zach Soulier
35 - Zach Soulier
Height: 5-10
Weight: 180
Year: So
Hometown: Milford, Conn.
High School: Jonathan Law
Position: P
Major: Political Science
Previous Team: L-L

2012: NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Both Semesters). Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall Semester). Made ten appearances, eight starts, for Stonehill posting a 3.24 earned run average and a 5-1 record overall in 50 innings pitched. Combined for two shutouts. Yielded 58 hits, 24 runs (18 earned), issued 14 walks and fanned 40 batters. Finished third on the team in earned run average. Held left-handed hitters to a .269 batting average (14-for-52). Posted a 7.20 strikeouts per game ratio. Had an 11.16 groundball outs ratio. Did not allow an earned run in his first 15 innings pitched. Struck out ten batters over that span. Fanned a season-high nine batters in back-to-back games against Southern New Hampshire University (April 14) and Franklin Pierce University (April 21). Stonehill went 9-1 overall in his appearances and won in his first seven-straight contests. Shutout Assumption College (March 29) over 6.1 innings pitched allowing five hits, one walk and five strikeouts in a 2-0 victory. Six of his eight starts went five-plus innings. Struck out eight batters over seven innings of shutout ball against the University of Bridgeport on March 14. Only allowed four hits and did not issue a walk in that outing. Did not give up a home run in six consecutive appearances to start the season (32.1 innings pitched). Had at least one strikeout in every appearance but one. Only hit two batters on the season, tied for first among all starters on the staff. Gave up the third fewest extra-base hits among all starters with 12 (seven doubles, one triple, four homers).

2011: Athletic Director's Honor Roll Spring Semester. NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll both semesters. NE-10 All-Rookie Team. Made 11 appearances and five starts for Stonehill. Among relievers he had the team's best earned run average (ERA) with a 2.22 mark. Compiled 44.2 innings, the most among relievers and the most starts. His 27 strikeouts finished second-best among relievers. Opponents hit just .268. Left-handed hitters only batted .258 (8-for-31). Held opponents to a .250 batting average (19-for-76) with runners in scoring position. Compiled a 5.44 strikeouts-per-nine-innings ratio and a 2.7 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Picked off five runners, tied third-most in the conference. NE-10 Rookie of the Week (4/11). Soulier Named NE-10 Rookie of the Week. Soulier Earns NE-10 All-Rookie Team honors.

High School: 2010 graduate of Jonathan Law High School. Three-year letterwinner in baseball. Served as team captain his senior year. Earned SCC All-Conference honors in 2010. Awarded Dony Romutzick Student/Athlete Memorial Scholarship. Two-year letterwinner in basketball.  Played for the Connecticut Bombers Baseball Club (Hamden, Conn.).

Personal: Born November 12, 1991 in New Haven, Conn. Son of Joseph and Carol Soulier of Milford, Conn. Has two sisters, Elise (22) and Hayley (15). Majors in political science. Supports the Boston Red Sox and lists his favorite player as Jonathan Papelbon. Majoring in political science.

Pitching Statistcs

Year ERA W-L App GS CG ShO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO WP HBP
2011 2.22 5-2
11
5
0 0/0 1
44.2
45
16
11
10
27
4
3
2012 3.24 5-1 10 8 0 0/2 0 50.0 58 24 18 14 40 4 2
Total 2.76 10-3 21
13
0 0/2 1 94.2
103 40 29 24
67 8
5