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Jersey Number 13
Zach Malis
- Position:
- INF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 190
- Class:
- Sophomore
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Tucson, Ariz.
- HS:
- Desert Christian
- Phonetic:
- MAL-iss
- Major:
- Business Adminstration
Bio
Grand Canyon
Summer League
High School
Personal
2018 | Junior
- Earned All-WAC first team honors at third base.
- After slow start to season, hit .333 (46-for-138) in final 37 games of year.
- During WAC play, ranked among the league's leaders in home runs (6, t-2nd), slugging percentage (.636, 5th), and RBIs (22, t-6th).
- Ended GCU career ranked sixth in games played (147) in the program's Division I history.
- Hit three home runs in an extra-inning, series-clinching win at CSU Bakersfield on May 6. It was the first three-homer game by a GCU batter since Matt Henne did so against UC San Diego on Feb. 9, 2007. All three were of the go-ahead variety, including the game-winning homer in the top of the 10th.
- Hit a team-best eight home runs on the season.
- Named to the All-WAC Tournament Team after a three-hit performance against Sacramento State on May 25 that included a home run.
2017 | Sophomore
- Appeared in 48 of GCU's 54 games, starting 42 times. Posted a .285 batting average with two homers and 18 RBIs.
- Selected as a member of the Preseason All-WAC team.
- Made the move from first base, where he started as a freshman, across the diamond to third base.
- Best offensive series came against UTRGV on April 21-23, going 6-for-10 in GCU's sweep.
2016 | Freshman
- Appeared in 44 games for GCU (36 starts), finishing his freshman campaign with a .301 average with three home runs and 24 RBIs.
- Named to the WAC All-Conference second team as a first baseman.
- Named WAC Player of the Week for April 18-24 after posting three multi-hit games in the Lopes' three-game sweep of North Dakota. He finished with five RBIs, five runs scored and a home run in the series.
- Finished with 29 hits in conference play, third-most among GCU players, and 21 RBIs in conference play, second on the team.
- Served as a pinch-hitter in first four appearances of career before earning first start on Feb. 27.
- Had first career hit in GCU's win over Central Michigan on Feb. 25.
- Posted first multi-hit game in a win over Omaha on March 5.
- Drove in a career-best four RBIs on two doubles in the Lopes' win over CSU Bakersfield on April 3.
- Hit his first career home run the following day at home vs. UNLV.
Summer League
- 2018 - Anchorage Bucs (Alaska)
- 2017 - Waterloo Bucks (Northwoods)
- 2016 - So Cal Catch (California)
High School
Desert Christian High School - Tucson, Ariz.
- Named to the MaxPreps 2015 Small Schools All-American team.
- Team won three state championships during his time and he was a three-time division player of the year.
- Tabbed azcentral's 2015 Small Schools Player of the Year, saying his career will "go on a short list of the greatest small-school careers in Arizona history".
- His name is laced up and down the Arizona High School record book, holding records for 215 career hits, 222 career RBIs and 199 career runs scored.
- Hit .569 with 64 RBIs as a senior in 2015.
- Allowed one earned run in 49.1 innings for a 0.14 ERA.
- Compiled a .636 batting average as a junior.
- Team went 86-7 his final three years of high school, winning the state championship each season.
- Pitched the final out of all three title games.
- Named Division IV player of the year in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
- Two-year varsity basketball captain.
- A member of the National Honor Society and finished at top of his class in GPA.
- Was president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) club.
Personal
- Parents are AJ and Michelle Malis.
- Mother, Michelle, played volleyball at the University of Arizona (1990-1993) and is currently a high school volleyball coach.
- Both parents run a volleyball club and both have coached the sport at the collegiate level.
- Chose GCU because it is a "great school that continues to grow, great baseball program where I thought I would fit well, and close to home."
- Favorite motivational quote is from C.S. Lewis: "True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less."
- Outside of baseball, he enjoys reading and playing other sports.
- If he wasn't playing baseball, he'd be playing basketball or volleyball.
- As a senior in high school, played with his younger brother, Ethan, and Josh Repavich, the younger brother of GCU pitcher Jake Repavich.
GCU Baseball - WAC Tournament vs. Utah Tech - Highlights
Thursday, May 22
Baseball at Stanford - Barreras' game-winning double
Saturday, May 10
Baseball vs. Arizona (5/6/25) - Yorke homers twice to break record
Wednesday, May 07
GCU Baseball - Eli Paton walk-off single vs. UTA
Saturday, April 26
