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Jersey Number 35
Owen Zalc
- Position:
- Place Kicker
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 165
- Hometown:
- Cary, N.C.
- High School:
- Green Hope
- Major:
- Economics
Bio
All-Ivy First Team (2023, 2024)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)
Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Year (2024)
Phil Steele FCS All-America Fourth Team (2024)
FCS Freshman All-American (2023)
Stats Perform FCS Freshman All-American (2023)
FCS Football Central Freshman All-American (2023)
Phil Steele Freshman All-America First Team (2023)
Phil Steele Special Teams Freshman of the Year (2023)
Phil Steele All-Ivy First Team (2023)
Jerry Rice Award Finalist (2023)
Earl Hamilton Freshman Award (2023 team award)
Special Teams Award (2023 and 2024 team awards)
Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 25, 2023; Oct. 2, 2023; Oct. 30, 2023)
Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 6, 2023; Sept. 30, 2024; Oct. 7, 2024; Nov. 4, 2024)
SOPHOMORE (2024)
Another sensational season, knocking through 13-of-17 field goals (76.5 percent) with a long of 54 yards (setting a school record and tying an Ivy League record) … Was a perfect 35-of-35 on extra points … Named first team All-Ivy League and the Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Year … Finished 17th nationally in field goals per game (1.30) … Named fourth team All-America by Phil Steele … Made only field goal attempted, a 40-yarder, in the season opener vs. Fordham … Was 3-of-4 at Merrimack the week after, including a 50-yarder. Only miss was from 50 yards as well … Knocked through both field goals in the Ivy opener against Penn … Was 1-of-2 at Yale, including a 48-yard field goal … 2-for-3 in win over CCSU … Knocked through a 35-yarder at Columbia … Was 2-for-2, including a program-record 54-yarder vs. Harvard … Hit a 34-yard field goal at Princeton … Three-time Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week: Sept. 30, Oct. 7, Nov. 4 … Named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.
FIRST-YEAR (2023)
Historic rookie season, breaking Dartmouth and Ivy League records … Named first team All-Ivy while garnering numerous freshman All-America honors: Stats Perform FCS, FCS Football Central and Phil Steele … Set a school record for field goals in a season by a Big Green kicker, converting 17-of-21 … Also broke the Ivy League mark for field goals in league play (14) … His 1.7 field goals per game were third most in the FCS and his 81.0 percent accuracy ranked 17th nationally … Went 25-of-26 one extra points … Led the Ivy League with 76 points and set the program’s scoring record for a first-year … His 7.6 points per game ranked 25th nationally … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week three times: Sept. 25, Oct. 2 and Oct. 30 … Named Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week once: Nov. 6 … Named a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award, given to the national freshman of the year in the FCS … Went 2-for-2 on field goals and 4-for-4 on PATs in home-opening win over Lehigh … Knocked in 3-for-4 on field goals in Ivy League opening victory at Penn … Converted his only field goal attempt against Yale … Was 2-for-2 on field goals, with a career long of 47 yards against Columbia … Followed up with 47 yarders in each of the next two weeks … Was 3-for-4 on field goals at No. 23 Harvard and 3-for-3 against Princeton … Was 1-for-1 on field goals in each of the last two weeks, against Cornell and at Brown.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time all-state selection … Went 20-of-26 (76.9 percent) on field goals over three seasons … Finished a perfect 18-for-18 inside the 40 and went 61-of-63 on points after touchdown … Kicking guru Chris Sailer on record as saying he has 55-yard range … Chose Dartmouth over offers from Yale and Brown … Also enjoyed success as a punter … Competed in track … Four-time academic all-conference.
PERSONAL
Full name is Owen Tierney Zalc … Born on Oct. 1, 2004 in Cary … Son of Eli Zalc and Meghan Tierney has a brother and sister … Would like to study economics with an eye toward a career in business … Has solved the Tower of Hanoi math game/puzzle in a minimum number of moves.
COACH McCORKLE ON ZALC
“He’s a very good kicker with a powerful leg. He has very good control of his kicks. Nothing rattles him. He’s kind of like Connor Davis ’22 with a calm demeanor. He just goes out there and does his job.”
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)
Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Year (2024)
Phil Steele FCS All-America Fourth Team (2024)
FCS Freshman All-American (2023)
Stats Perform FCS Freshman All-American (2023)
FCS Football Central Freshman All-American (2023)
Phil Steele Freshman All-America First Team (2023)
Phil Steele Special Teams Freshman of the Year (2023)
Phil Steele All-Ivy First Team (2023)
Jerry Rice Award Finalist (2023)
Earl Hamilton Freshman Award (2023 team award)
Special Teams Award (2023 and 2024 team awards)
Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 25, 2023; Oct. 2, 2023; Oct. 30, 2023)
Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 6, 2023; Sept. 30, 2024; Oct. 7, 2024; Nov. 4, 2024)
SOPHOMORE (2024)
Another sensational season, knocking through 13-of-17 field goals (76.5 percent) with a long of 54 yards (setting a school record and tying an Ivy League record) … Was a perfect 35-of-35 on extra points … Named first team All-Ivy League and the Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Year … Finished 17th nationally in field goals per game (1.30) … Named fourth team All-America by Phil Steele … Made only field goal attempted, a 40-yarder, in the season opener vs. Fordham … Was 3-of-4 at Merrimack the week after, including a 50-yarder. Only miss was from 50 yards as well … Knocked through both field goals in the Ivy opener against Penn … Was 1-of-2 at Yale, including a 48-yard field goal … 2-for-3 in win over CCSU … Knocked through a 35-yarder at Columbia … Was 2-for-2, including a program-record 54-yarder vs. Harvard … Hit a 34-yard field goal at Princeton … Three-time Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week: Sept. 30, Oct. 7, Nov. 4 … Named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.
FIRST-YEAR (2023)
Historic rookie season, breaking Dartmouth and Ivy League records … Named first team All-Ivy while garnering numerous freshman All-America honors: Stats Perform FCS, FCS Football Central and Phil Steele … Set a school record for field goals in a season by a Big Green kicker, converting 17-of-21 … Also broke the Ivy League mark for field goals in league play (14) … His 1.7 field goals per game were third most in the FCS and his 81.0 percent accuracy ranked 17th nationally … Went 25-of-26 one extra points … Led the Ivy League with 76 points and set the program’s scoring record for a first-year … His 7.6 points per game ranked 25th nationally … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week three times: Sept. 25, Oct. 2 and Oct. 30 … Named Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week once: Nov. 6 … Named a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award, given to the national freshman of the year in the FCS … Went 2-for-2 on field goals and 4-for-4 on PATs in home-opening win over Lehigh … Knocked in 3-for-4 on field goals in Ivy League opening victory at Penn … Converted his only field goal attempt against Yale … Was 2-for-2 on field goals, with a career long of 47 yards against Columbia … Followed up with 47 yarders in each of the next two weeks … Was 3-for-4 on field goals at No. 23 Harvard and 3-for-3 against Princeton … Was 1-for-1 on field goals in each of the last two weeks, against Cornell and at Brown.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time all-state selection … Went 20-of-26 (76.9 percent) on field goals over three seasons … Finished a perfect 18-for-18 inside the 40 and went 61-of-63 on points after touchdown … Kicking guru Chris Sailer on record as saying he has 55-yard range … Chose Dartmouth over offers from Yale and Brown … Also enjoyed success as a punter … Competed in track … Four-time academic all-conference.
PERSONAL
Full name is Owen Tierney Zalc … Born on Oct. 1, 2004 in Cary … Son of Eli Zalc and Meghan Tierney has a brother and sister … Would like to study economics with an eye toward a career in business … Has solved the Tower of Hanoi math game/puzzle in a minimum number of moves.
COACH McCORKLE ON ZALC
“He’s a very good kicker with a powerful leg. He has very good control of his kicks. Nothing rattles him. He’s kind of like Connor Davis ’22 with a calm demeanor. He just goes out there and does his job.”
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