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Marcel Zajac

Height:
5-10
Weight:
155
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Mississauga, Ontario
High School:
Our Lady of Mount Carmel

2018: Appeared in 19 matches for Akron, including 15 starts and registered 11 goals and a team-high eight assists for 30 points on the strength of 42 shots, including 22 on net...nine of his 11 goals came in postseason play...a second-team All-Mid-American Conference selection, he helped direct Akron to its sixth appearance in the NCAA College Cup this past season and fourth title game berth recording six goals in NCAA Tournament play...during Akron's 2018 NCAA Tournament run, he garnered the game-winning goals in 3-1 and 1-0 victories past No. 20 Syracuse (Nov. 18) and top-seeded and second-ranked Wake Forest (Nov. 25), in the second and third rounds of the NCAA Tournament, respectively...also recorded a pair of goals in a 3-1 triumph against three-time defending NCAA Champion Stanford (Nov. 30) in the Elite Eight...his goal in the 15th minute versus Stanford snapped a streak of 1,428:09 minutes in which the Cardinal had not surrendered a postseason goal...after missing the first five games of the season recovering from an injury, collected a goal and a career-best three assists in a 10-0 win over Canisius (Sept. 15)...earned an assist on Diogo Pacheco’s golden goal in a 4-3 road decision past VCU (Sept. 26)...also tallied a goal against West Virginia (Oct. 13) in the regular season...recorded three goals and added an assist in three contests at the MAC Tournament en route to being named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player...netted game-winning goal in the 33rd minute in a 2-1 win over SIU Edwardsville (Nov. 6) in the quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament...collected an assist in Akron’s 3-1 road victory versus No. 12 West Virginia (Nov. 9) in the semifinals of the MAC Tournament before posting a pair of goals in the 85th and 88th minutes, respectively, in a 3-1 triumph past Western Michigan (Nov. 11) in the title game of the MAC Tournament....opened the NCAA Tournament with a goal to lift the Zips over Rider (Nov. 15), 3-1...connected on a goal in the 65th minute in a 5-1 win versus No. 4 Michigan State in the semifinals of the College Cup...led the MAC in goals (0.58) and points per game (1.58), while ranking second in goals (11) and points (30), fourth in assists (8) and assists per tilt (0.42) and seventh in shots (42).

2018 ACCOLADES: Selected second-team All-MAC...chosen as the Most Valuable Player of the MAC Tournament...named to the MAC All-Tournament Team...selected as National Player of the Week by United Soccer Coaches and TopDrawerSoccer.com (Nov. 13, Dec. 4)...named by College Soccer News to its National Team of the Week (Nov. 12, Nov. 26)...tabbed by TopDrawerSoccer.com to its National Team of the Week (Nov. 13, Nov. 27, Dec. 4)...named as the Akron Summa Health Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 12, Dec. 3)...chosen as the Akron Summa Health Student-Athlete of the Month (Nov.)...named to TopDrawerSoccer.com 2018 Men's Top 100 Postseason list (No. 87).

2017: Started 13 of the 19 games in which he appeared for Akron...recorded four goals, while adding an assist on 27 shots, including 11 on goal...registered first career multi-goal effort in a 3-1 victory at UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 9), including scoring the game-winning tally...netted opening goal in a 3-1 win past SIU Edwardsville (Oct. 13) before capping the Zips’ scoring efforts in a 3-0 triumph versus No. 22 Seattle (Nov. 19) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament...posted multiple shots in seven games, including recording a season-best four against SIU Edwardsville (Oct. 13)...rated seventh in the league in conference-only goals (1), ninth in goals per contest (0.25) and 10th in shots per game (1.75).

2017 ACCOLADES: Named to the National Team of the Week by College Soccer News (Sept. 11)...tabbed to the National Team of the Week by TopDrawerSoccer.com (Sept. 11).

2016: Appeared in 16 contests for Akron and earned seven starts…recorded three goals on 23 shots, including 10 on frame…registered first collegiate goal in a 4-0 win past Buffalo (Oct. 7)…netted goal in a 2-2 draw at Bowling Green (Oct. 29) and in a 4-0 victory over Western Michigan (Nov. 11) in the semifinals of the MAC Tournament…garnered a season-best four shots at UCLA (Sept. 5) and at Bowling Green…rated third and fourth in league-only games in the MAC in goals per contest (0.50) and points per game (1.00)…tabbed by TopDrawerSoccer.com to its men’s soccer Midseason Men’s Freshman Top-100 list (No. 44).

PRIOR TO AKRON: Member of the Canadian U-20 Men’s National Team after previously playing on the U-17 squad...was the leading scorer in the Provisional U21 Elite in 2015, and also was a member of the Sigma FC Soccer Club...played with League 1 Ontario Young Stars XI in 2015...was OSL U-21 Elite top-goal scorer in 2015.

PERSONAL: Majoring in sociology...son of Chester and Ewa Zajac.