Biography
2022 MLB DRAFT
Round 1, Pick 13 to Los Angeles Angels
Highest draft pick in Campbell and Big South Conference History
2022 Honors
Perfect Game First-Team All-America
D1Baseball Second Team All-America
Collegiate Baseball News Second-Team All-America
ABCA Third-Team All-America
Baseball America Third-Team All-America
NCBWA Third-Team All-America
ABCA All-Region (Atlantic)
Big South Player of the Year
Big South Tournament MVP
Knoxville Regional All-Tournament Team
First-Team all-Big South
Big South Player of the Week (3/14, 5/16, 5/23)
Preseason Big South Player of the Year
Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List
2021 Honors
Big South Player of the Year
First-team all-Big South
Starkville Regional – all-tournament team
NCBWA – Second-team all-America
NCBWA – Second-team freshman all-America
CBN – Freshman all-America
CBN – Third-team all-America
Baseball America - Third-team freshman all-America
ABCA/Rawlings – First-team all-Region (Atlantic)
ABCA/Rawlings - Third-team all-America
Big South Player of the Week (4/19)
Big South Freshman of the Week (4/12, 4/26, 5/24)
2022: Appeared in 53 games with 53 starts at shortstop… Slashed .407/.514/.769 in 199 at-bats… All slash categories led the Big South and were top-10 in the nation… Posted 40 XBH, 23 doubles, two triples and 15 home runs… Drove in 50 runs… Worked 39 walks while striking out only 19 times… Was 19-20 on stolen base attempts… Batted .423 in conference play… Put together a 29-game hit streak from Mar. 22 – May 27… Reached base in each of the final 44 games of the season, and reached safely in all but one game during the season… Had 24 multi-hit games, 10 times with 3+… Had multiple hits in 11 of 12 games from 5/7-5/27… Collected a season-high four hits against Duke on 4/12, going 4-5 with 2 RBI and 3 R… Drove in a season-high four runs three times… Hit two home runs against Liberty on 3/11… Collected seven hits at the Knoxville Regional, tallying three in each of the first two games against Georgia Tech and Tennessee… Made four pitching appearances, earning a win and three saves… Struck out two batters with the bases loaded to beat NC State on 3/2… Three-time Big South Player of the Week, more than any other player… Named Big South Player of the Year for the second straight season, only the second player in conference history to win it twice…
2021: Started all 44 games he appeared in, making starts at first, second, shortstop, third and on the mound… Slashed .405/.488/.746… His batting average was good for 13th in the nation and slugging good for 10th… Compiled a 20-game hit streak from 4/2 - 5/7, with multiple hits in 14 of those games, and multiple RBI in 15 of those… Appeared on the mound 11 times, going 4-0 with a 3.43 ERA… Had the second-highest batting average in the country among players that also pitched… In 37 Big South games, Neto batted .442 with nine HRs, 45 RBI, a .775 SLG and .514 OBP… Raised his batting average as high at .426 on 5/1… Posted a career-high four hits against High Point on 4/20 and stole four bases in that game… Went deep twice against UNC Asheville on 4/30…Tripled twice against Gardner-Webb at the Big South Championship on 5/28… Hit two home runs at the Starkville Regional, against Samford and VCU… Batted .312 at the Starkville Regional with three RBI and six runs scored… Had a team-high nine three-hit games as part of his 22 multi-hit games on the year… Led the team with 22 multi-RBI games… Swiped 12 bags on 16 attempts… Named the Big South Player of the Year… Four time Big South weekly award winner (3x Freshman, 1x Player)
2020: Saw time in three total games, making a start at third base and one on the mound… Collected his first career hit, a pinch hit single, against Furman (3/6), also scoring a run in the game... Scored a run against Air Force (3/1)… Pitched two perfect innings in a start against Old Dominion (3/11), striking out 3…
Prep: Three-time all-district team recipient at Miami Coral Park Senior High School, earning the honor as a shortstop twice and as an outfielder once… Earned Second Team All-American honors as a junior after batting .442 with 38 hits, including eight doubles, six triples and a home run… Owned a .407 career batting average with 19 doubles, six triples and two home runs, while driving in 37 runs… Went 1-0 on the mound with three career saves, striking out nine over six innings… Invited to play on the State of Florida All-Star South Team as a shortstop and pitcher… Was named the HSBN Senior All-Star Game MVP after he hit the walk-off RBI double to lead the Miami-Dade Public Team to a 5-4 victory… Recognized as a 2019 Senior All-Star Public Team shortstop… Twice named Miami Coral Park’s silver slugger winner and once earned the team’s golden glove award… Coached by Juan “Butch” Carnicero...
Personal: Full name is Zachary Adam Neto… Born January 31, 2001… Son of Joaquin and Magali Neto… Has two siblings, Andrew and Meghan… Plans a sport management major…
