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Tate Grad Zach Price Soaring Academically In Patriot League
May 23, 2012
Army senior second baseman Zach Price is the 2012 Patriot League Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and the Tate High School graduate one of 10 student-athletes named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team.
The Academic All-Patriot League Team was added for all sports beginning in the 2010-11 season to honor additional student-athletes who excel both on and off the field.
“I came to West Point to challenge myself as a person and become the man that God has called me to be. I also came to strive toward my academic and leadership goals. West Point is the best leadership institution in the world, and one of the best academic institutions in the nation. The life lessons learned and friendships made here will last a lifetime,” Price said.
Price becomes the seventh student-athlete from Army and the fourth consecutive Black Knight to win the prestigious Scholar-Athlete award. He also becomes a member of the Academic All-League Team for the second time in his career.
Price, a native of Cantonment, has a 3.732 GPA in systems engineering. He has been named to the Dean’s List every semester since arriving at West Point (earning 3.0 GPA or better each semester). He received the Superintendent’s Award (top 20 percent of his class) each semester and he’s currently ranked 157th of 1,037 cadets in the West Point senior class. Price was named a Distinguished Cadet (GPA of 3.67 or better) each semester and he’s a member of the New York Alpha Zeta Chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, the National Honorary Mathematics Society.
He was a member of the inaugural All-Patriot League Baseball Academic Team and has been named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll each of his first three seasons. Price is a finalist for this year’s Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award and he was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America District I second team each of the past two seasons.
Price earned All-Patriot League First Team honors for the third time in his career, ranking eighth in the League with a .323 batting average. He led the League with 44 runs scored and ranks third in stolen bases with 14. He also has 23 RBIs.
Price is the son of Lesa and Greg Price.
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3 Responses to “Tate Grad Zach Price Soaring Academically In Patriot League”
Looking at Northescambia.com, you see two stories of two young men both around 22/23 years of age. One pursued his education, took life by the horns and has prevailed beautifully in following his dreams. The other has chosen a different path in life that has included drugs and arrests. You can sure see the difference in their faces and how one has aged due to the life he chose. How sad…………..but it’s reality……..
Congratulations to Zach and your family. What an Honor not only to be accepted to West Point, but to accel there. I appreciate your service to not only our great country, but to God whom you’ve also obviously committed yourself. As a former Marine and Contractor who worked for years with the Army in Iraq I am proud to read this story…
Zach’s mom and dad are wonderful people, so it follows that Zach would be also. Good luck to Zach in all his ventures.