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High School – Three-year letterwinner for coach Tony Thompson at Pearland High School in Pearland, Texas … Ranked as the No. 11 player in the state by Texas Baseball News and No. 147 in the nation by Team One Baseball among the class of 2002 … Two-time all-district pitcher … Named to preseason All-Greater Houston All-Star Team in 2002 … Played in the 2001 Area Code Games and 2001 Texas Scouts Association All-Star Game … Honored as the Greater Houston Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior … Also earned three letters in football, where he served as a team captain and twice earned first-team all-district selections … Second-team academic all-state (football) in 2002 … Finalist for the Houston Touchdown Club Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Houston Athletic Committee Dual Sport Academic Athlete of the Year … Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society … Member of PALS, where he mentored elementary and middle school students … Graduated in the top 10 percent of his class. Personal – Full name is Zachary Benjamin Golden … Born Nov. 10, 1983 in Houston, Texas … Son of Rick and Libby Golden … Chose Baylor over Stanford, Rice, Texas, Houston, Tulane and Dartmouth … Majoring in biology (pre-med) ... Says his favorite thing about Baylor is the all-you-can-eat dining halls ... First sports-related memory is getting a black eye while trying to learn to catch with his dad ... Would like to one day retire to Europe. |
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