2021 Men's Lacrosse Roster

12 Zachary Kryza

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position Defense
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 210
  • Hometown Katonah, N.Y.
  • Highschool Iona Preparatory School

Biography

Awards:  USILA Senior All-Star Game

Career: Appeared in 62 games at close defense…Collected 63 ground balls and caused 38 turnovers…Started in 59 games, which is tied for the most in Villanova history

2021:  Team Captain…Started in 11 games on defense…Collected 15 ground balls and caused 13 turnovers…BIG EAST:  Started in nine league contests…Collected 11 ground balls and caused 10 turnovers in BIG EAST play

2020:  Team captain…Started in all seven games at close defense…Collected seven ground balls and caused five ground balls…Collected three ground balls against Hofstra (Feb. 22) and caused three turnovers against Penn (Mar. 6)

2019:  Appeared in all 15 games while making 13 starts on defense…Collected nine ground balls and caused nine turnovers…Picked up two ground balls against Drexel (Mar. 10) and Denver (Apr. 6)…BIG EAST:  Started in all five conference contests…Collected five ground balls and caused a turnover in every game

2018: Started in all 16 games during his sophomore season…Had 26 ground balls and caused eight turnovers…Three times he had four ground balls…BIG EAST:  Appeared in all five games against conference teams…Collected eight ground balls and caused four turnovers.

2017: Appeared in 13 games and made 12 starts on the close defensive line…Collected six ground balls and caused three turnovers…Had two ground balls and two caused turnovers against Drexel (Feb. 28)…BIG EAST: Started in all five conference games…Collected ground balls against St. John’s (Apr. 22) and Providence (Apr. 29).

Iona Preparatory School: Earned four varsity letters under head coach Rick Trizano as a defender…2016 US Lacrosse All-American…In 2015 Iona Preparatory School won the CHSAA State Championships…Named 2015 CHSAA Defenseman of the Year…Chosen to the CHSAA First Team his sophomore, junior and senior season and was a Second Team selection during his freshman year… Also had two varsity letters in football…Member of the National Honor Society and Foreign Language National Honor Society.

Personal: Born July 31st, 1998 in Edgewood Kentucky…Parents are Michael and Catherine…Older brother, Nicolas and younger sisters, Emma and Sophia…Sister Sophia is a freshman on the Villanova women's soccer team...Enrolled in School of Business majoring in Finance...Chose Villanova for its prestigious business school and wanted to challenge himself in the classroom as well as on the field.

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2017Freshman

    Defense
    6'5" 210 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2018Sophomore

    Defense
    6'5" 210 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2019Junior

    Defense
    6'5" 210 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2020Senior

    Defense
    6'5" 210 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2021Graduate Student

    Defense
    6'5" 210 lbs
    12