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2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster

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10 Zack Perlstein

10 Zack Perlstein

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Height:
    6-5
  • Weight:
    200
  • Hometown:
    Vacaville, Calif.
  • Prev School:
    Cal State East Bay

Summary

Biography

ACADEMIC AWARDS

  • CCAA Winter Academic Honor Roll (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
  • Cougar Award (Fall 2022)

AS A GRADUATE IN 2022-23
  • Played in 21 games and started in 12 while playing 497:51 minutes and averaging 23.7 per game.
  • Averaged 7.3 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 0.6 steals, a 43.7 field-goal percentage and a 35.0 3-point field goal percentage.
  • Scored a season-high 20 points at Stanislaus State (Dec. 1).
  • Dished out a career-high seven assists against San Francisco State (Dec. 8).
  • Came down with a season-best seven rebounds at Chico State (Dec. 3).
  • Tied his career high in steals on two different occasions with three at Stanislaus State (Dec. 1) and at Cal State East Bay (Feb. 18).
  • Scored double figures in eight games.

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT CAL STATE EAST BAY IN 2021-22
  • NABC Honors Court.
  • CCAA Winter Academic Honor Roll.
  • CCAA Player of the Week (Feb. 15).
  • Appeared in 23 contests and started in 19 of them.
  • Averaged total of 27.3 minutes and tallied 214 points.
  • Made 106 3-pointers, which ranked second on the team.
  • Shot .358 from 3-point range.
  • Finished third on the team with 91 rebounds.
  • Recorded a career-high 25 points with six 3-pointers in a road win at Sonoma State (Feb. 10).
  • Matched a career-high with 25 points with eight rebounds in a road victory over Humboldt (Feb. 12)
  • Scored 21 points with four 3-pointers on 7-of-10 shooting in the season opener at Fresno Pacific (Nov. 12).
  • Finished with 18 points with five 3-pointers in a road victory at Cal State LA (Dec. 2).

AS A JUNIOR AT CAL STATE EAST BAY IN 2020-21
  • Season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AS A SOPHOMORE AT CAL STATE EAST BAY IN 2019-20
  • CCAA Winter All-Academic.
  • Appeared in 22 contests.
  • Played 93 minutes.
  • Scored a total of 18 points with 14 rebounds.
  • Shot .714 percent from the free-throw line (5-for-7). 

AS A FRESHMAN AT CAL STATE EAST BAY IN 2018-19
  • Appeared in 12 games.
  • Played a total of 29 minutes.
  • Went 3-for-3 from the field for the season.
  • Scored a career-high 10 points in 15 minutes played against West Coast Baptist (Jan. 5).

HIGH SCHOOL
  • Graduated from Vacaville HS in 2018.
  • Played three years of varsity basketball.
  • 2017 & 2018 Monticello Empire League (MEL) Champions.
  • Individually three-time time All-League (2015-2018).
  • 2018 MEL MVP...2018 Cal-Hi All-State Team.
  • Participated in student council all four years.
  • 2018 ASB President.
  • Played AAU with the Bay Area Renegades.

PERSONAL
  • Born and raised in Vacaville, California.
  • Son of Jon and Jamie Perlstein.
  • Has one brother, Jake, and one sister, Ashley.
  • Father played football at Nebraska.
  • Wants to play professionally in Israel after graduating and be a sports agent.
  • Interests are golf and participating in the annual Cornhole for Cole cornhole tournament in honor of the celebration of Coleman Christensen’s life and the Coleman Christensen memorial scholarship fund.
  • Greatest influence are his parents.
  • Favorite movie is Spider-Man.
  • Roots for Team USA in the Olympics.
  • Favorite athletes are Dustin Pedroia and Jordan Farmar.
  • In the MBA program.
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