2020: Started in all seven games for the Privateers and finished with a .280 batting average on seven hits, nine RBIs, and five runs scored. Against Elizabethtown, he went 2-4 at the plate with four RBIs. Additionally, he recorded multi-hit performances Northland and Lebanon Valley. He also tallied four doubles on the year and a slugging percentage of .440.
2019: Started in 39 out of 40 games for the Privateers and continued to be one of the strongest bats in the lineup as he was named First-Team All-Skyline with 45 hits and .310 batting average. Additionally, he finished with 34 RBIs, 13 doubles, six home runs, and one triple. He tallied a .538 slugging percentage and .391 on-base-percentage. In the field he reached a new career high of a .954 fielding percentage. His season was highlighted by an impressive five RBI performance against Lehman College, four RBIs against Yeshiva, and three RBIs against USMMA. In that doubleheader against USMMA, he finshed 4-8 at the plate with four RBIs, a triple, and a home run. Additionally, he was named team MVP at the conclusion of the season.
2018: Named ABCA All-New York Third Team following the conclusion of the season…named Skyline All-Conference First Team selection after the regular season…led the team in most statistical categories including batting average as he hit .402 on the season…he had a team-best 47 hits and was second on the team with 34 runs scored…also led the team with 32 RBIs and was third on the team with a .513 slugging percentage…walked 23 times and was hit by two pitches as he led the team with a .500 on-base percentage…was also second on the team with 13 stolen bases…started in all 36 games for the Privateers during his freshman campaign with the program…began his season with a hit and an RBI in the team’s opener against John Jay (2/24)…collected his first extra-base hit with a double and also drove in three in the team’s sweep over Southern Vermont (3/3)…had a single and two walks in action against Penn State-Behrend (3/7)…had a two-hit game in the second game of the team’s sweep over Lebanon Valley (3/8)…was 4-for-4 with four RBIs and a run scored in the first game against Yeshiva (3/16)…added another two hits and scored three runs in game two with Yeshiva (3/16)…had three doubles in the team’s doubleheader with Baruch (3/18)…had two singles and two walks and scored four runs in the team’s conference sweep over Purchase (3/24)...picked up another four hits and scored four runs while driving in a pair during a doubleheader with Staten Island (4/8)...had two hits and drove in three in the opener with Merchant Marine (3/25)…was 4-for-4 with two RBIs in the team’s extra-inning win over Manhattanville (4/10)…recorded another three hits including his first career home run in the team’s sweep against St. Joseph’s (Bklyn) (4/14)…followed that up with a five-hit day with seven RBIs and four runs scored which included another home run in the team’s doubleheader sweep over Mount St. Vincent (4/15)…went 4-for-5 at the plate in non-conference play with City College of New York (4/18)…had two hits in the opener with Mount St. Mary (4/22)…started the game and walked twice while scoring one run in the team’s Skyline Conference Championship First Round matchup with Merchant Marine (5/2).
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High School: Graduated from Poly Prep Country Day School in Dyker Heights, New York in 2017…was a four-year varsity baseball player for the Blue Devils…was a member of the Ivy League Championship teams in 2014, 2016 and 2017…was a team captain as a senior and also named the team’s Most Improved Player as he hit .336 during his senior season…also played club baseball for the Richmond County Baseball Club.
Personal: Son of Ginza and Mario Zurita…has two siblings; Caitlyn and Gonzalo…plans to graduate with a degree in Facilities Engineering while also earning his U.S. Coast Guard Engine License while at Maritime.
