15 Zach Schara Class: Senior Hometown: Madison, Wis. High School: West Height / Weight: 5-11 / 190 Position: Pitcher Birthdate: 08/25/1980 Bats/Throws: Right/Right

2002: Northwestern’s all-time leader in innings pitched (333.1) and strikeouts (289) … Third on the all-time win list (24) and third on all-time games started (47) … Missed the beginning of Big Ten play with a hand injury, but came back to pitch in 14 games including nine starts … Ended 2002 third on the team in innings pitched, both overall (74.0) and in Big Ten (39.2) … Second on the team with 59 overall strikeouts … In last start before his injury, threw complete game one-hitter at Saint Louis for 4-0 win (3/8) … First appearance after injury was a hitless two-inning relief stint vs. Valparaiso (4/9) … Defeated Illinois by allowing just two runs on six hits in eight innings, with seven Ks … The next weekend, went eight innings at Iowa and allowed three runs on five hits for win.

2001: Third-team All-Big Ten … Appeared in 15 games, starting 14 … His 14 starts was tied for second most in the Big Ten … Ended year with 81 strikeouts, tops of any NU pitcher and fourth in the conference stats … Held opposing hitters to a .267 batting average … Pitched 96.0 innings, sixth in the Big Ten statistics and fourth on the single-season innings pitched list for NU … Struck out 10 and gave up just one earned run in a 5-1 victory over Harvard … Pitched eight strong innings in Game 1 against Iowa, striking out eight and walking two in a 13-2 Wildcat victory … Competed in the Cape Cod League over the summer.

2000: First-team All-Big Ten … Appeared in 15 games, all of them starts, and placed second on team with seven complete games … Led NU with a 3.06 earned-run average … Set school record with 16 strikeouts in a complete-game, four-hit win against UNC Wilmington (2/25) … Threw 106.0 innings, a school single-season record … Hurled 95 strikeouts, third on NU’s single-season list … Topped Big Ten in overall ERA and overall strikeouts during the regular season … Finished second in Big Ten in overall wins during the regular season … Allowed just two home runs in 99.2 innings during the regular season … Struck out 10 batters in six innings against Hartford (3/18) … Took 2-1 lead into eighth inning against defending 1999 NCAA champion Miami (Fla.) before losing, 4-2 (3/22) … Went the distance in 9-4 win over nationally ranked Notre Dame (5/2) … After giving up three unearned runs in the first inning, held Purdue scoreless the rest of the way for a 4-3 win (5/8) … Went 25 innings without allowing a walk (4/28-5/13).

1999: Fourteen appearances including nine starts ... Earned national player of the week and Big Ten Co-Pitcher of the Week after he threw a no-hitter vs. Penn State (April 18), the first by an NU pitcher in the Big Ten since 1963 ... Got complete-game win over Iowa to end season ... Struck out 54 batters in 57.1 innings, tying for second on the team.

High School: Earned three varsity letters … First-team all-state … Player of the Year for the All-Big 8 Conference, the all-city team and District 5 … Honorable Mention All-American … Went 8-2 senior year with a 1.13 ERA, 117 strikeouts and only 17 walks in 69 innings … Quarterbacked the football team, earning two varsity letters.

Personal: Born Zachary Kenneth Schara on Aug. 25, 1980 … Son of Kenneth and Christine Schara … Secondary teaching/English major.

Schara's Pitching Stats

Yr.	W-L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
1999	4-5	6.75	14	9	0	57.1	73	50	43	27	54
2000	8-5	3.06	15	15	0	106.0	91	49	36	40	95
2001	7-6	3.84	15	14	0	96.0	98	59	41	36	81
2002	5-4	4.62	15	9	0	74.0	74	42	38	32	59
Totals	24-20	4.27	58	47	0	333.1	336	200	158	132	289

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