Class / Eligibility:

    Junior / Junior

 

Hometown:

    Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

 

High School:

    Northern Highlands

 

Height / Weight:

    6-4 / 215

 

Position:

    Defense

 

Major:

    Pre-Business

 

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General: Best stick skills on the defensive unit...  creates a lot of turnovers...  very good at intercepting passes...  great communicator and leader...  moved into a starting role as a sophomore...  has worked hard to improve his footwork and speed.

 

At Michigan:

Third-Team All-CCLA as a sophomore (2007)

 

Junior - 2008:

 

Sophomore - 2007: Played in all 18 games, starting 17...  Had an assist and collected four ground balls vs. Kenyon (Feb. 17)...  Picked up career-high five ground balls vs. Wooster (March 24)...  Collected 5 ground balls vs. Michigan State in CCLA championship game (May 6)...  Earned 3rd Team All-CCLA.

 

Freshman - 2006: Played in 19 games and started 1... Scored first career goal vs. Pittsburgh (Mar. 17)... Collected 3 ground balls vs. Arizona (Mar. 24)... Scored first career assist vs. Lindenwood (Mar. 25)... Collected 3 ground balls vs. Boston College (Mar. 26)... Set career-high with 4 ground balls vs. Minnesota-Duluth (Mar. 31)

 

Prep: Played for Dale Weingarten at Northern Highlands High School... Grew up in famed McDonogh system in Baltimore before moving to New Jersey in high school... Earned four varsity letters... Captain as a senior... As a senior: 1st-Team All-State (C Division), 1st-Team All-League, 2nd-Team All-North Jersey (all divisions)... As a junior: 2nd-Team All-State, 1st-Team All-League.

 

Personal: Parents are JR and Jodie Elyachar... Born January 28, 1987... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in Pre-Business.

 

Zach Elyachar's Career Statistics

Year GP/GS Goals Assists Points PPG Shots GB Pen.
2008                
2007 18/17 0 1 1 0.1 3 52 1/1:00
2006 19/1 1 1 2 0.1 2 28 0/0:00
Totals 37/18 1 2 3 0.1 5 80 1/1:00

 

Zach Elyachar's Career Highs

Goals 1 vs. Pittsburgh (3/17/2006)
Assists 1 vs. Lindenwood (3/25/2006) and Kenyon (2/17/2007)
Points 1 vs. multiple opponents
Shots 1 vs. multiple opponents
Groundballs 5 vs. Wooster (3/24/2007) and Michigan State (5/6/2007)

 

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