Earns degree and leaves behind stellar college baseball career
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Zachary Michener of Kennedale graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University during the May, 2018 commencement exercises. {{more: continue …}}
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Michener received a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Law Enforcement from the College of Liberal and Applied Arts with a minor in General Business.?
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Michener, a 2013 graduate of KHS, was a double threat for the Wildcats as a district MVP quarterback for Richard Barrett and as an All-State shortstop for Jet Teague.?
He went on to play for Weatherford College where he was named a 1st team All-Conference player in his second year, leading the conference with an on-base percentage (.517).
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Taking his game to Stephen F Austin the following year, Zak was named the Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year. His senior year, he was named SFA Male Athlete of the Year. Michener led the team in hits, RBIs, runs scored, doubles, home runs and slugging percentages. Ranked 4th in the conference in sacrifice flies, fifth in RBI, eighth in home runs, 10th in total bases and 12 in both hits and slugging percentages.
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He is the son of David and Stephanie Michener of Kennedale who also celebrated their youngest son?s (Luke) graduation from Kennedale High School this spring.?************Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) is a public university located in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. Founded as a teachers’ college in 1923, the university was renamed after one of Texas’s founding fathers, Stephen F. Austin. Its campus resides on part of the homestead of Thomas Jefferson Rusk. Stephen F. Austin is one of four independent public universities in Texas (i.e., those not affiliated with one of Texas’s six university systems).
Find out more @ www.sfasu.edu
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