Zack Hochman

Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR UMASS ATHLETICS

Position:
Faceoff Specialist
Height:
6-1
Weight:
195
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Milford, Conn.
High School:
Notre Dame West Haven

2023 • Senior

• NEILA All-Academic Team
• Played in three games: vs. Yale (3/3), at Vermont (3/11) and vs. St. Bonaventure (4/15)
• Went 1-for-3 on faceoffs and logged a ground ball.

2022 • Junior

• NEILA Preseason All-New England Second Team
• Played in 12 games for the Minutemen
• Scored once against LIU (3/12)
• Went 26-for-62 (.419) from the faceoff X for the year
• Recorded 7 ground balls and 1 caused turnovers

2021 • Sophomore

• All-CAA Second Team
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
• Played in all 10 games as the team's primary faceoff specialist
• Ended the year 114-of-215 (.533) on faceoffs with 73 groundballs and four caused turnovers
• Also had six points through five goals and an assist
• Opened the year 12-of-21 (.571) with 12 groundballs, a caused turnover and one goal in the win over Fairfield (3/14)
• Went 11-for-17 (.647) with seven groundballs, a caused turnover and one goal in the 13-7 win over Drexel (3/20)
• Was 15-for-26 (.577) with eight groundballs and a goal at Drexel (4/3)
• Went 17-for-19 (.895) with 13 groundballs and a goal against Towson (4/17)
• Finished 10-of-17 (.588) with five groundballs and a caused turnover at No. 12 Delaware (4/30)

2020 • Freshman

• College Crosse All-Freshmen Second Team
• Won 99 of his 169 faceoffs on the year (.586)
• Picked up 52 groundball, caused two turnovers and posted one point on an assist
• Finished the year ranked second in the CAA for faceoff percentage and fourth in groundballs per game (7.43)
• Also stood 19th nationally in groundballs per game and 26th nationally in faceoff percentage
• Started his career 12-for-22 with eight groundballs at No. 16 Army West Point (2/8)
• Went 16-of-22 with six groundballs against Harvard (2/22)
• Recorded his first collegiate point on an assist during the win over No. 1 Yale (2/29)
• Finished 26-of-33 with 13 groundballs and a caused turnover during the victory over UAlbany (3/3)
• Ended the year 17-of-28 with nine groundballs and a caused turnover against LIU (3/10)
• Season was cut short due to nation-wide cancellation of spring sport seasons in response to COVID-19 pandemic

Before Massachusetts

• Attended Notre Dame High School in West Haven, Connecticut
• First US Lacrosse All-American in Notre Dame High School history
• 2019 Notre Dame Athlete of the Year
• Graduated as the school's all-time goals leader (136) and also had 22 assists
• Produced the second and third highest single season goal records (63 in 2019 and 56 in 2018) in school history
• Also career leader in faceoffs won, faceoff percentage, and groundballs
• 2018 and 2019 All-State selection
• 2019 New Haven Register All-Area MVP
• Led the Notre Dame football team in receptions (29), receiving yards (542), touchdowns (16), receiving touchdowns (7), total points (96) and interceptions (3) in 2018