Zach Wallace
  • Class of 2017
  • Rockford, IL

Zach Wallace Voted NACC Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week

2016 Dec 13

Rockford University senior forward Zach Wallace (Rockford, Ill.) has been named NACC Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for his efforts on the court last week. Wallace becomes only the second Regent this year to be recognized by the conference with a weekly award and the first basketball player. This is also the second time in his career he has received a weekly award from the conference with the other coming back in the 2014-15 season.

Wallace helped lead Rockford to a 2-1 record last week including a perfect 2-0 mark in NACC play. He began with a herculean effort on the road against Concordia Wisconsin where he scored a career-high 36 points on 16-for-20 shooting, while also adding 13 rebounds and 6 blocks in the Regents' road win. Wallace then helped lead Rockford to a double-overtime win on Saturday against Marian with 21 points, 8 rebounds and tied his career-high with 7 blocks. For the week the senior averaged 20.3 points on 66.7% shooting, 8.3 rebounds and 4.7 blocks.

The RU men's basketball team has a pair of games this week before a two-week break. The Regents hit the road on Thursday to face Beloit College, before returning home on Saturday to host Wisconsin Lutheran College at 4:15 PM in the Seaver Center.