As a senior: Wrapped up his career with a solid senior season in 2015 ... Appeared in 12 games and made one start ... Went 5-for-15 on the year with two RBI and two runs scored ... Delivered a pinch-hit RBI single agains Villanova on Apr. 4 ... Picked up an RBI single against FDU on May 10.
As a junior: Appeared in 18 games, making four starts as a junior … Hit .208 (5-for-24) with four RBI and four runs scored … Put together the best game of his career on Mar. 2 at USC Upstate … Made his first-career start at third base and went 3-for-5 with three RBI and three runs scored … Scored a run and drove in a run in a 7-6 victory over Sacred Heart on May 4.
As a sophomore: Appeared in 36 games and made eight starts in 2013 ... Hit .286 (12-for-42) with a two doubles two RBI and five runs scored ... Also walked five times and was hit six times, posting a .434 on-base percentage ... Committed one error in 87 chances at first base, posting a .989 fielding percentage ... Went 1-for-2 with a run scored against Dayton (3/9) ... Doubled and scored a run against Fairleigh Dickinson (3/30) ... Delivered an RBI single against Brown (4/4) ... Walked, singled, drove in a run and scored a run against Siena (4/6) ... Went 2-for-2 with a run scored in regular-season finale against Wagner (5/18) ... Doubled against LIU Brooklyn (5/24) in the NEC tournament ... Delivered a pinch-hit single in the NCAA Regional against Arkansas (6/2).
As a freshman: Appeared in 28 games, 14 starts, in his first season with the Bulldogs ... Hit .212 with two doubles, a triple and seven RBI ... He walked 10 times and was hit three others, producing a .364 on-base percentage ... Earned NEC Co-Rookie of the Week honors on Apr. 16 after going 5-for-10 with five runs scored and four RBI ... He also walked four times and was hit twice to produce a .647 on-base percentage for the week ... In his first career start at first base against Northeastern, Zanotta hit his first career triple, drove in two, scored three runs, walked three times and was also hit by a pitch ... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored against Quinnipiac (Apr. 20) ... Doubled and drove in a run against Quinnipiac (Apr. 21) ... Collected his first-career hit, a double off the right field wall, against Mount St. Mary's (Mar. 16) ... Picked up his first RBI two days later.
Before Bryant: Lettered two years in baseball and football at Guilderland High before playing one year at Northfield Mount Hermon Prep School ... Had a historic career with the Flying Dutchmen, finishing with a Section II record 18 home runs, the second-most in New York State history ... As a senior, led Guilderland to a Class AA Section II Championship, Class AA Eastern New York Regional Championship and the Class AA NYS Finals ... Named First Team All-State by the New York Sportswriters Association, the Suburan Council Player of the Year and the Albany Times Union Large School Athlete of the Year ... Captained team at NMH, earning Central New England Prep School All League honors.
Personal: Son of Andrew and Maria Zanotta, Matthew Zanotta was born on September 2, 1992 ... Has a brother, Andrew, and a sister, Meredith.
Career Highs
At Bats: 5, at LIU Brooklyn (4/1/12)
Hits: 2, at Quinnipiac (4/20/12)
Runs: 3, at Northeastern (4/17/12)
RBI: 2, at Northeastern (4/17/12)
Home Runs: --
Stolen Bases: --
Walks: 3, at Northeastern (4/17/12)
