Zach Zychowski Season 2026

BEFORE PURDUE
• Played his first two collegiate seasons at Southwestern Illinois College in the St. Louis suburb of Belleville, Illinois
• Two-year starting shortstop at SWIC, batting .367 with 29 XBH, 80 RBI, 58 walks vs. 29 strikeouts and 41 stolen bases
• Posted a .376/.465/.495 slash line with 13 doubles, 49 RBI and 23 steals to earn all-region honors in 2025
• As a sophomore, delivered a walk-off RBI in the 13th inning vs. Olney CC as SWIC posted its 35th win in late April
• Excelled as a freshman with a .358/.494/.542 slash line with 12 XBH, 31 RBI, 32 walks vs. 14 strikeouts and 18 steals
• Played summer ball for the Normal CornBelters of the Prospect League in 2024 and 2025
• Batted .324 with a .452 OBP, 17 XBH and 31 RBI in 176 at-bats in 2024 for Normal

HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered for coaches Ryan Bridges and Sal Aguilar at Hanover Central High School in Northwest Indiana; Bridges is a Purdue alum and was a member of the Boilermakers’ 2012 Big Ten championship team
• First Team all-conference infielder as a junior
• Sidelined his senior season with a broken hamate bone in his wrist
• Helped HCHS finish as the IHSAA Class 3A state runner-up as a sophomore in 2021, starting the championship game at DH
• National Honor Society
• Honor roll student
• Also played travel ball for the Five Star Great Lakes club in the summer

PERSONAL
• Major: Selling & Sales Management
• Full name is Zachary Alan Zychowski
• Born in Munster, Indiana
• Parents are Alan Zychowski and Lisa McIntosh
• Family also includes older siblings Ralph Rivera and Christina Zychowski