Millersville

2014 (Game-by-Game): Runner-up for the Josh Willingham Award, given to the most valuable player in Division II baseball...Only pitcher to be selected as one of eight finalists...Posted an incredible 9-0 record with nine saves and 1.50 ERA out of the bullpen...Set Millersville career record and ranked second in PSAC history with 80 career appearances...Totaled 42 innings in 22 appearances and worked more than one inning 14 times...Pitched five innings with four strikeouts and one hit allowed in PSAC Tournament...Totaled 12.1 scoreless innings with 13 strikeouts in NCAA Atlantic Regional...Had a hand in all five postseason wins, going 4-0 with a save...Totaled 44 strikeouts in 42 innings...Helped opponents to a 2.03 batting average and 1.07 WHIP...Ranked second in career wins with 20...Career ERA of 2.05 ranks fourth in school history...9-0 record marked most wins by a Millersville pitcher without a loss.

2013 (Game-by-Game): Moved into the closer role and anchored the bullpen with a team-high 24 appearances...Led the PSAC in saves and registered the fourth-most in Millersville history with nine...Perfect on save opportunities...Named Daktronics All-Atlantic Region Second Team...Posted a 1.76 ERA and 2-2 record in 30.2 innings pitched...Struck out 22 while walking only seven...Difficult match-up for right-handed hitters...Righties hit just .234 against him...2.05 walks per nine innings ranked second on the team...Was lights-out against the PSAC East...Posted a 0.64 ERA and three saves over 10 appearances and 14.0 innings pitched...Struck out nine and did not walk a single batter...Took the loss in the season opener after allowing one unearned run...Scored the save on Feb. 10 after working two innings...Helped the Marauders to a win over No. 6 West Florida on Feb. 17 by tossing 1.2 scoreless frames...Pitched a shutout inning with two K's on March 3 against Shepherd...Registered a save in four consecutive appearances from Feb. 10-March 3...Struck out two in an inning of work against IUP on March 23...Did not surrendered a a run from March 22-April 14, which spanned eight appearances and 7.1 innings...Picked up a save against nationally-ranked Shippensburg on April 5...Struck out two in a 1.1 perfect innings to register a save in a 5-4 win over nationally-ranked Kutztown on April 13...Struck out two more in the seventh inning against Kutztown the next day...Notched a save after 1.1 innings of work at East Stroudsburg on May 4...Did not allow a run in eight consecutive outings from April 26-May 18...Pitched 1.2 innings in the PSAC Tournament and appeared in three games in the NCAA Atlantic Regional...Totaled five innings of work in the regional including two scoreless innings against both Concord and East Stroudsburg...Picked up a save in both games...Named PSAC Scholar-Athlete.

2012 (Game-by-Game): Workhorse of the Marauder bullpen...Led the PSAC in appearances with 23...That total tied Eric Eckert for fourth in Millersville's single season records...Led all relievers with 33.1 innings...Walked just eight batters...Posted a 2.70 ERA and a .262 batting average against...Righties managed a .244 average against him...Totaled 44 groundouts to 28 flyouts...Allowed only 10 of 26 inherited runners to score...Entered 18 games with runners on base and did not allow a run to score nine times...Allowed only two earnd runs over first 15 appearances and 23 innings...Pitched a perfect inning of relief on Feb. 12 at Winston-Salem State...Worked two scoreless innings against Chowan on March 14...Allowed no runs and just one hit over 2.2 innings at Shippensburg on March 23...Struck out a season-high four batters in 3.1 innings scoreless innings against Shippensburg on March 25...Fanned three and surrendered one hit in 3.1 shutout innings against Kutztown on March 30...Appeared in three of four games in the Kutztown series...Did not allow a baserunner in 4.2 innings of work...Tossed two hitless, scoreless innings at Wilmington on April 3...Pitched 2.2 innings of relief in the PSAC Tournament without allowing a run...Named PSAC Scholar-Athlete.

2011 (Game-by-Game): Became one of the team's most reliable relievers...Ranked third on the team with 11 relief appearances...Posted a 2-1 record with two saves and a 2.53 ERA, which ranked second among relievers...Walked only two batters in 21.1 innings...Struck out 13...0.84 walks per nine innings ranked first on the team...Led the team with 6.5 strikeouts per walk...Allowed three runs in debut at North Georgia on Feb. 20 but rebounded by allowing just earned three runs in final 10 appearances...Allowed just four inherited runners to score during the year...Did not allow an earned run in 11.0 consecutive innings from Feb. 25-April 15...Threw a season-high 4.0 innings against University of the Sciences on March 20...Allowed one unearned run on two hits and struck out three...Struck out two and allowed two hits in two scoreless innings against Shippensburg on April 15...Threw three shutout innings against Indiana (Pa.) in the PSAC Tournament...Pitched 1.2 shutout innings against California (Pa.) in the PSAC Tournament...Threw three innings against Mercyhurst in the semifinals of the NCAA Atlantic Regional...Appeared against No. 2 Mount Olive in game three of the NCAA Championship...Named PSAC Scholar-Athlete. 

High School: An All-Lancaster-Lebanon League First Team selection as a pitcher...Named all-state second team as a senior...Helped Warwick to a District 3 Class AAAA title...Also played soccer for four seasons and was the placekicker for the football team...Totaled seven varsity letters...Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Ken and Dawn Zipko...One older brother and one older sister...Majoring in mathematics.