Zachary Garbacik
Zachary Garbacik
  • Nickname:
    Zach
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    165
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    South Hadley, Mass.
  • High School:
    South Hadley

Bio

As a senior: Participated in nine of the team’s 10 events as a senior, earning two top-10 finishes and six top-25 finishes ... Best finish came at the Prisco Boulet Shootout, where he tied for third place overall (79=79) ... Tied for ninth at the NEC Championships (75-75=150) … Finished tied for 14th at the NEIGA Championships (72-80=152) … Finished tied for 19th at the Rhody Invitational (75-80=155) and tied for 20th at the Connecticut Cup (77-78-73=228) … Finished tied for 22nd at the Blue Devils Invitational (71-79=150) … Best Round: 71 / Average: 77.3

As a junior: Participated in nine of the team's 10 tournaments in 2012-13 ... Earned a pair of top-10 finishes, tying for eighth in the Prisco Boulet Shootout (79) and tying for ninth at the AIC/Adelphi Classic (77-71=148) ... Come in among the top-25 seven times, tied with rookie Kyle Buschmann for most on the team ... Finished 11th at the Lonnie Barton Invitational (77-84=161), tied for 13th at the Rhody Invitational (81-78=159), tied for 18th at the New England Division I Championships (78-76=154) and tied for 19th at the NEC Championship to close out the season (96-72-73=231) ... Best round: 71 / Average: 77.5

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.