Mateo Zunica

Position OF

Height 5'11''

Weight 200 lbs.

Class Freshman

Hometown Palos Park, Ill.

High School St. Rita

B/T Fr./HS

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Honors & Awards

2016-17 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
Fall 2016 Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls
Spring 2017 Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls

2018, Sophomore season
Started 11 of the 30 games he played in … Batted .175 (10-for-57) with one double, one home run and six RBIs … Started opening day in center field against Murray State (2/16) … Matched a personal-best in RBIs (1) against the Racers (2/16) … Chalked up another RBI against Northwestern (2/24) … Hit first-career home run against TCU (4/14) … Stole first-career bag at Missouri State (5/2).

2017, Freshman season
Named to the 2016-17 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team … Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls … Played 14 and started three games … Batted .222 (4-of-18) … Made Kansas debut against Omaha where he also notched his first-career base hit and RBI (2/21) … Started first-career game at then-No. 23 Stanford (2/25) in center field … Made second-career start against Houston Baptist (3/10) … Made first-career appearance in Big 12 game at then-No. 3 TCU (3/17) … Started first-career Big 12 game against Texas (3/31) … Connected for a career-high two hits and matched personal-best one RBI against Texas Southern (5/5).

St. Rita of Cascia HS
Played for his father, Mike, at St. Rita’s … Selected First Team Southtown All-Area by the Chicago Tribune … Honored to the All-Chicago Catholic League … Named runner up for the Lawless Award for MVP of the Catholic League … Registered a .450 average as a senior … Reached base .551 percent of the time … Led the Mustangs in hits, RBI and hit-by-pitches … Tallied 13 doubles, 24 runs scored and brought in 29 runners.

Personal
Born in Chicago … Son of Mike and Jacqueline Zunica … Has two siblings, Camille and Michael … Brother, Michael, was an All-Big 12 fullback for the Jayhawks from 2014-16 … Father, Mike, played baseball at St. Xavier and cousin, Brad, plays in the San Diego Padres’ organization … Majoring in business administration.