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Zach Jones

Class: Freshman Hometown: Glenview, Ill. High School: Glenbrook South

Height / Weight: 6-1 / 180 Position: 1B/OF B/T: L/L

2013: Two-time B1G Freshman of the Week (4/8 & 3/18) ... Had pinch-hit double in 9th inning vs. Chicago (5/8) ... Notched an RBI double vs. Western Michigan (5/1) ... Had an RBI with a bases-loaded walk against Michigan at Wrigley Field (4/20) ... Collected career-high four hits vs. Purdue (4/7) ... Had first career multi-hit game against Iowa (3/23) ... Delivered the game-tying RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth against NDSU (3/15) ... Made his first career start in right field at Lipscomb (2/24) ... Made collegiate debut with a pinch-hit single in his first plate appearance against Michigan State (2/17).

High School: Named Prep Baseball Report second-team all-state and top-40 player in the state of Illinois ... Chicago Tribune special mention all-state ... Chicago Sun-Times and Pioneer Press first-team all-area ... ISHBCA first-team all-area and all-state ... Batted .463 with 16 doubles, six triples and 29 RBI as a senior ... Two-time all-conference selection ... Central Suburban League All-Star... CSL all-academic team ... Team captain and MVP ... Four-year letterwinner ... Hit .469 as a junior, setting a school record, while earning honorable mention all-area honors ... Named one of Illinois's top left-handed hitters by Prep Baseball Report ... Played for Glenview Legion and Glenview Bombers in the summer ... Played against fellow recruit Josh Perlmetter in high school ... Also earned letters in football and basketball ... Honor roll student ... High School coach was Bob Rosinski.

Personal:Born Zachary John Ronald Jones ... Son of Paul and Diane Jones ... Father played quarterback at Northern Illinois.