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Career Accolades
- 2021-22 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 Texas State Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher in a semester)

2024: Pitched in 17 games and made three starts... Went 2-5 with a 6.21 ERA in 29.0 innings... Recorded 44 strikeouts and 25 walks... Opponents posted a .248 batting average off him... Had a .833 fielding percentage with five assists and one error... Set a career-high with six strikeouts in first start of the season over four innings and picked up the win against Youngstown State (2/18)... Recorded four punch outs in 2.1 innings versus LSU (3/3)... Struck out four in 3.2 innings and picked up the win against HCU (3/13)... Threw 1.1 scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts at James Madison (3/22)... Recorded three strikeouts in two innings at Marshall (4/6)... Tossed 2.2 innings out of the bullpen and struck out five against Texas (4/9)... Matched career best of six strikeouts in 2.1 innings at UTSA (4/30)... Threw 2.1 shutout frames with four punch outs against Troy (5/12).

2023: Appeared in 14 games and made nine starts... Went 2-2 with a 5.46 ERA in 31.1 innings... Recorded 30 strikeouts and 17 walks... Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage with four assists and two putouts... Struck out three in two innings against Sam Houston (3/1)... Tossed four scoreless innings with three strikeouts against HCU (3/22)... Posted four punch outs in 3.1 innings at UTRGV (3/29)... Threw 3.2 scoreless inning with five strikeouts to earn the win at #25 UTSA (4/18)... Went six scoreless innings with three strikeouts to pick up the win against Prairie View A&M (4/25)... Recorded two outs ouf of the bullpen with a strikeout against Georgia State (5/7)... Had a strikeout while recording two outs against ULM (5/20)... Struck out the lone batter he faced on three pitches versus Louisiana (5/26).

2022: Appeared in eight games and made one start... Went 0-1 with an 8.31 ERA in 8.2 innings... Struck out four and walked 10... Threw a scoreless frame in Bobcat debut in night cap of doubleheader agianst Utah Valley (2/19)... Did not allow a run in a season-high 2.1 innings against Ohio State (2/27)... Made lone start of the season at #1 Texas (3/9)... Struck out one in an inning against Coastal Carolina (3/26)... Tossed a scoreless frame with a strikeout at Sam Houston (3/29)... Struck out a season-high two batters in two scoreless innings against Little Rock (4/23)... Recorded two outs against South Alabama (5/1).

2021 (Iowa Western CC): Started 12 games on the mound... Went 8-2 with a 1.87 ERA in 62.2 innings... Struck out 77 and walked 20... Threw four complete games... Held opponents to 43 hits and a .185 batting average... Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage with 16 assists and two putouts... Struck out nine in five innings against Dakota County Technical College (3/6)... Recorded a season-high 10 strikeouts in five innings and picked up the victory against Ellsworth CC (3/20)... Tossed a complete game shutout victory with six strikeouts and just two hits allowed at Iowa Central CC (4/17)... Recorded seven strikeouts in five shutouts innings to pick up the win at Des Moines Area CC (4/24)... Recorded seven strikeouts in five frames against North Iowa Area CC (5/1).

2020 (Iowa Western CC): Did not play... Retained year of eligibly due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 (Augustana): Pitched in two games... Went 1-0 with a 4.91 ERA in 3.2 innings of relief... Struck out two and walked four... Also played on the football team where he was a backup quarterback.

High School: Graduated from T.F. Riggs High School... Drafted in the 19th round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers... Recorded over 300 strikeouts in prep career... Also a member of the football team... Led Governors to Class 11AA State Title in 2017... Set school records for passing yards and total yards in a season as well as points in a game.

Personal: Son of Mark and Tanna Zabel... Has two younger brothers, Grey and Jett... His brother Grey is an offensive lineman at North Dakota State... Father played football at Northern State (S.D.)... Mother competed at Northern State in basketball and track... Majoring in management... Born Jan. 23, 2000.