Zach Cerveny has made 15 appearances for the Scarlet Raptors over his two seasons at Rutgers-Camden, with 13 coming in relief. The southpaw has worked 26 innings, posting a 3-2 record.
Academics: Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2020 Fall and 2021 Spring semesters…Dean’s List student.
Baseball 2022: Appeared in 11 games, the second-highest total on the team…Made two starts and nine relief appearances…Worked 22.2 innings, posting a 3-2 record and a 5.16 ERA…Allowed 19 hits and 12 walks, while striking out 20…Posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with three putouts and seven assists in 10 chances…Also started a double play…Made the start against York (March 1) in his first appearance of the season, working 3.2 innings and allowing four hits, two walks and four earned runs while taking the loss in an 8-4 game…Started against Wilson (March 8, Game Two) and worked 1.2 innings, striking out two and allowing three hits and two earned runs without a decision…Pitched three scoreless relief innings and picked up the win against Keuka (March 19), allowing two hits and two walks, while striking out one and collecting two assists…Hurled three hitless shutout innings, picking up the win in relief against Widener (March 25), while walking one, striking out two and notching one putout and two assists…Had two shutout innings of one-hit ball, striking out three, against Kean (April 2, Game One)…Allowed one hit and one unearned run in one-third of an inning against Rutgers-Newark (April 8)…Picked up the win with three shutout innings of one-hit relief, walking one and striking out five against Neumann (April 12)…Walked one in two-thirds of a shutout inning against Stockton (April 14)…Took the loss with 1.2 innings of relief work against Arcadia (April 19), allowing two hits, two walks and five earned runs, while striking out one…Outside of that one outing, had a 3.43 ERA in his other 21 innings…Closed the season with two scoreless innings against The College of New Jersey (April 29), allowing two hits and striking out three.
Baseball 2021: Appeared in four games, working 3.1 innings…Allowed 10 hits and eight earned runs, walking four and striking out three…Posted a 0-0 record with a 21.60 ERA…Made his collegiate debut working one inning at William Paterson (March 26), striking out one and allowing five hits, five earned runs and two walks…Allowed one hit and struck out one in one-third of a scoreless inning at Montclair State (April 17, Game Two)…Hurled one scoreless, hitless inning at Stockton (April 23), walking one and striking out one…In his final appearance, worked one inning at The College of New Jersey (April 30), allowing four hits, one walk and three earned runs.
High School: Baseball letterman at Paul VI High School for Coach Bret Young…Also played with the Brooklawn American Legion program…Graduated from Paul VI in 2020.
Personal: Born December 13, 2001…Nicknamed “Cerv”…Enjoys hanging out with friends and playing baseball…Business major at Rutgers-Camden who plans to “have a successful job and hopefully still play baseball”…Zachary is the son of Gail and Robert Cerveny of Glendora.