Zac Lowther

Class:
Junior
Position:
LHP
Height:
6-2
Weight:
235
Hometown:
Brooklyn Heights, Ohio
High School:
Cuyahoga Heights

2017 (As A Junior):
• Compensatory Round B Selection in 2017 MLB First Year Player Draft (Baltimore Orioles)
• ABCA/Rawlings Northeast All-Region Second Team
• All-BIG EAST First Team
• BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
• Preseason All-BIG EAST
• BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week (4/17)
• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (3/21, 4/10, 5/22)
Picked 74th overall by the Baltimore Orioles in June, becoming the highest-ever XU player selected in the draft... led prestigious Cape Cod League in strikeouts over the summer... All-BIG EAST First Team selection... first-ever Musketeer to be named to Baseball America Top 100 MLB Draft Prospects list (No. 99)... set Xavier's single season strikeout record with 123 punchouts... finished career third on XU career strikeout list (249)... went 5-5 with a 2.92 ERA overall, making 15 starts and tossing 85.2 innings... allowed just 48 hits and a .164 opponent batting average... ranked third in the NCAA in hits allowed per nine innings (5.18)... ranked fourth in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings (13.28)... ranked 14th in the NCAA in total strikeouts (123)... ranked 25th in the NCAA in WHIP (0.97)... was even more dominant in conference play, compiling a 2.25 ERA in 32 innings and striking out 49... allowed just 15 hits in six league starts, holding BIG EAST opposition to a .134 batting average... closed career with a 6.1 inning outing, striking out eight against Oklahoma in the NCAA Tournament (6/2)... went seven innings, allowing just one unearned run and striking out nine against St. John's to open the BIG EAST Championships in a 13-3 win (5/25)... pitched six scoreless, hitless innings, striking out seven against Georgetown in a 17-2 win (5/18)... held Big 10 power Indiana to one run on four hits over six innings, striking out 11 in a 1-0 loss (5/5)... limited Creighton to one run on two hits, striking out six in a 2-1 win (4/28)... held Seton Hall scoreless on FS1 on April 13, allowing just two hits and striking out nine in six innings... posted best start of Xavier career at Villanova on April 7, carrying a perfect game into the ninth... held VU hitless and struck out a career-high 16 in the game, leaving after a walk with 119 pitches in the ninth... the 16 K's were the most by an XU pitcher since 1997... had 11 strikeouts in six innings of one-run ball in against Ohio State (3/18)... struck out eight and picked up the win in 2017 debut at Troy (2/17)... tough-luck loser at Charlotte (3/3) after tossing six innings of one-run ball and striking out four... shut down Southern Miss (3/10), holding the Eagles to one hit over six innings, while striking out seven in a 2-0 win...

2016 (As A Sophomore):
• All-BIG EAST Second Team
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
• BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week (5/23)
Developed into Xavier's Friday starter and one of the top pitchers in the BIG EAST during breakout sophomore season... led Xavier in wins (7), starts (16), innings pitched (102.0), strikeouts (84)... ranked 33rd in NCAA Division I with 16 starts... tied for BIG EAST lead with 84 strikeouts, 16 starts and 102 innings pitched... led BIG EAST with 30 strikeouts looking... paced the rotation and ranked second on team with a 3.09 ERA... lasted at least five innings in 15 of his 16 starts... went 2-2 with a 3.10 ERA in six BIG EAST starts, striking out 32 in 40.2 innings... turned in a brilliant start at USC Upstate, tying a career-high with seven innings of one-run ball (3/4)... struck out a career-high eight in six innings of scoreless ball against CMU (3/18)... spun six shutout innings, striking out seven against Illinois State (4/1)... limited Morehead State to one run over seven innings (4/8)... after allowing four runs in each of first two league starts, rebounded to post seven innings of one-run ball at Butler (4/29)... picked up a win at Seton Hall, going six and allowing two runs to go with seven strikeouts (5/6)... was brilliant against Villanova, going a career-high eight innings without allowing a run and striking out eight (5/19)... named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week following the effort (5/23)... winning pitcher in XU's NCAA Tournament opener, allowing just one-run to host school Vanderbilt over seven innings and tying a career-best with eight strikeouts (6/4)...

2015 (As A Freshman):
Made 17 appearances with five starts and ranked fourth on the team with a 3.78 ERA, 52.1 innings pitched and 42 strikeouts... opponent batting average of .247 ranked third on the team... moved into the rotation for his last five outings, picking up wins against Georgetown (4/24) and Dayton (5/1)... closed season with a season-long seven innings against Butler (5/15)...

Prior to Xavier: Played for the Cuyahoga Heights football and baseball teams... started two years for football and three years for baseball... played in the OHSAA State Finals for baseball in 2012... led the Greater Cleveland area with 148 strikeouts and had an ERA of 0.55 during his 2013 season... pitched the Redskins to a 2013 OHSAA Division IV State Runner-Up finish... fanned 18 in a game against Wickliffe during his senior year... three-time All-Chagrin Valley Conference pick... ranked No. 100 player in the regionby Prep Baseball Report... First Team All-Ohio during his senior year... honorable mention All-Ohio during his junior year...

Personal: Majoring in Business... Son of Marc and Becky Lowther... Has one brother, Brett... father, Marc, played baseball for Urbana University and coached Zac at Cuyahoga Heights...