Zach Garber
Year: Senior
Position: Center
Height: 6-10
Weight: 240
Hometown: Carey, OH
High School: Vanlue
As a Junior (2015-16)
Earned spot on MAC's Academic All-MAC Team and was also tabbed as MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete...Averaged 6.0 ppg and ranked second on team with 4.8 rpg in 18.3 mpg...Led team with 62.1 FG% (59-of-95) and ranked third in offensive rebounds (55) and FT made (73)...Ranked 16th in MAC in league play with 5.8 rpg and was 11th with 1.8 offensive rpg...Tallied career-high 17 points and eight rebounds in 24 minutes vs. Bethune-Cookman (12/19)...Collected career-high 11 rebounds and scored seven points vs. Western Michigan (2/2)...Scored in double figures in a career-high four straight games (2/9-20) and averaged 12.3 ppg and 6.5 rpg with 70.0 FG% (14-of-20) and 84.0 FG% (21-of-25) during that stretch...Tallied 15 points and five boards vs. Miami (2/13) and 13 points and seven boards at Buffalo (2/9)...Grabbed nine boards and tallied six points in career-high 31 minutes at Bowling Green (1/19).
As a Sophomore (2014-15)
Averaged 2.1 ppg and 2.4 rpg with 72.4 FT% (42-of-58) in 12.8 mpg off bench...Converted final 10 free-throw attempts of season, including season-high five charity-stripe shots vs. Northern Illinois (Feb. 25)...Tallied season-best seven points vs. Central Michigan (Jan. 6) and Northern Illinois (Feb. 25)...Scored six points and grabbed season-best six rebounds in season opener vs. Northern Arizona (Nov. 16)...Tallied six boards in 22 minutes at Oakland (11/29).
As a Freshman (2013-14)
Averaged 1.8 ppg and 1.9 rpg with 38.6 FG% (17-of-44) in 10.2 mpg off bench...Grabbed three or more rebounds in six straight games (Dec. 14-Jan. 8)...Scored eight points and tied season high with five boards vs. Kent State (Jan. 26)...Tied season high with 19 minutes and blocked season-best two shots at Ball State (Feb. 8)...Scored season-high 11 points and grabbed two rebounds vs. UNOH (Nov. 9)...Tallied five points and three boards vs. Stony Brook (Nov. 22) and at Arkansas State (Dec. 17).
High School (Vanlue)
A 2013 graduate of Vanlue High School...Four-year letterwinner in basketball, football, track and baseball...Named Associated Press Division IV Co-Player of Year and first-team All-Ohio...Averaged 23.0 ppg, 12.1 rpg and 3.4 bpg...Second-team All-Ohio selection, Northwest District IV Player of Year and Blanchard Valley Conference Player of Year as junior...Led BVC with 20.2 ppg and 13.8 rpg...Earned honorable mention All-Ohio as well as second-team all-district and all-conference honors as sophomore...Tallied 14.6 ppg and 10.2 rpg...Helped Wildcats post 54-14 mark...Finished 10th at 2012 state meet in discus...Second-team all-conference defensive end as senior...Honorable mention all-conference in baseball as freshman and sophomore.
Personal
Full name: Zachariah Charles Garber...Age: 21 (born August 26, 1994 in Bowling Green, OH)...Son of Mike Garber and John (stepfather) and Sally Kloepfer...Father is truck driver and mother is college professor...Has two sisters, Holly (32) and Alyssa (26), and two brothers, Bryan (28) and Josh (26)...Served as junior class president and vice-president for Circle V Riders 4-H Club and was 2012 Buckeye Boys State Delegate...Majoring in business management.
