2021: Made 31 appearances and 27 starts … posted a .240 batting average and a .304 on-base percentage … recorded 24 hits and 13 runs with five doubles and a triple … posted 13 RBI on the season … stole three bases … finished the season with a 1.000 fielding percentage, making 62 putouts … tallied a season-high four hits and two doubles against UNC Asheville (3/7) … recorded six putouts at USC Upstate (3/20).
2020: Played and started in all 16 games of the shortened season, splitting his time between left field and center field ... Was second on the team in batting average and hits with 21 hits for an average of .344 ... Led the team in RBIs (12) on base percentage (.420), and OPS (.928) ... Totaled six multi-hit games, the second-most of any HPU player and was one of two Panthers to drive in four runs in a single game ... Ended the year on a six-game hitting streak ... Went 3-3 with four RBIs, including a home run, in the season opener against Lafayette (2/14) ... Racked up three hits including a double in the series finale against Lafayette (2/16) ... Named the Big South Player of the Week after opening weekend (2/17) ... Logged his third multi-hit game of the year in game two of the doubleheader with Towson (2/22) ... Hit his second home run of the year with a three-run shot as part of a two-hit night against N.C. Central (2/25) ... Went 2-4 with an RBI double and a stolen base against James Madison (3/7) ... Picked up two hits in the final game of the season against UNCG ... Millis Scholar-Athlete.
2019: Made 49 appearances and 41 starts in his freshman campaign, finishing the season with 10 doubles and 14 runs scored ... Opened his High Point career on a four-game hitting streak ... Went 4-for-10 over three games at Old Dominion (2/15-17), driving in three runs in the series finale ... Earned the first Big South Freshman of the Week honor of 2019 for his performance against the Monarchs ... Hit in all three of HPU's contests with William & Mary (3/2-3) ... Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a run scored against Winthrop (4/5) ... Had career-weekend against Longwood (4/13-15), hitting 6-for-13 (.462) against the Lancers ... Four of those six hits against Longwood were doubles, driving in a run in each contest ... His lone RBI in the series finale was a bases loaded walk-off single, to secure a series sweep (4/15) ... Delivered two defensive assists from the outfield against Presbyterian (4/18) ... Back-to-back multi-knock performances at Elon (4/30) and against Wake Forest (5/1), collecting two RBI against the Demon Deacons ... 2-for-4 against Radford in the Big South tournament (5/24).
PRIOR TO HPU: Played four years of varsity ball at Lake Norman High School ... First Team All-Conference his sophomore, junior and senior years ... 3x All-County and All-Area ... Helped lead Lake Norman to a 70-17 record over his career, while winning three conference championships ... High school career batting average of .378, recording 93 hits and 62 RBI ... Averaged .435 as a junior with 40 hits and 25 RBI ... Averaged .387 as a senior with 29 hits and 20 RBI ... Coached by former MLB All-Star Ty Wigginton, starting a game at every position but catcher.
PERSONAL: Full name Samuel Anthony Zayicek ... Originally from Mooresville, N.C ... Son of Dick and Brette Zayicek ... Plans to major in Business ... Brother Riley plays baseball at UNC Wilmington ... Father played baseball and football for Norwich University.
