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- Nickname:
- Zach
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- Height:
- 6-2
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- Weight:
- 165
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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Hadley, Mass.
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- High School:
- South Hadley
Bio
As a sophomore: Participated in five tournanaments, playing 12 total rounds for Bryant in 2011-12 ... Earned two top-25 finishes, tying teammate Samuel Russell for 12th overall at the 2012 Northeast Conference Championships with a three-round score of 231 (76-77-78) ... The finish was the top spot for the Bulldogs ... Also tied for 25th with teammate Spencer Sweitzer at the New England Division I Championships (82-79) ... Best round: 76 / Average: 79.8
As a freshman: Participated in the MacDonald Cup hosted by Yale on Oct. 2-3, finishing tied for 51st (79-75=154) for his best finish of the season ... Shot a 242 (79-79-84=242) to finish tied for 54th at the Connecticut Cup hosted by the University of Connecticut on Oct. 11-12 ... Best round: 75 / Average: 79.2.
Before Bryant: A 2010 graduate of South Hadley High School, Garbacik was a four-year member of the Tigers' varsity golf team ... Led team to back-to-back Division 1 Western Massachusetts Golf Championships as a sophomore and junior ... Team won the Division 1 state title in 2009 ... Named a Second Team All-Western Mass. selection in 2008 ... Two-time golf captain ... Named Athlete of the Week as a senior ... Was also a three-year letterwinner for the Tigers' varsity basketball team where he helped his squad to a Division 2 Western Massachusetts Championship in 2008 ... All-scholastic first team nod as a junior and senior ... Honor Roll student.
Personal: Son of Edward and Heather Garbacik, Zachary Edward Garbacik was born May 29, 1992 ... Has one brother, Kevin, and one sister, Kate.