Daemen University Athletics

2024-25 (SOPHOMORE)
CSC Academic All-District Team… All-ECC Third Team… appeared in 27 games… ranked third on the team in points per game (10.1), total assists (83) and free-throws made (49)… led the ECC in assist/turnover ratio at 2.4… notched two double-doubles (at Staten Island & at D’Youville)… finished with 10-or-more points on 12 occasions, highlighted by a season-high 22 points against D'Youville… tallied a career-best seven assists against Roberts Wesleyan… grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds at D’Youville… secured three steals on two occasions (vs Chestnut Hill & at UDC)… totaled a career-high four blocks against Bridgeport in the first round of the NCAA East Regional

2023-24 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in 34 games with two starts and averaged 12.7 minutes a game…shot .496 from the field averaging 5.6 points a game…had a total of 127 rebounds averaging 3.7 per game with 33 assists... ended the year ranked fourth on the team in blocks with 12... made his Daemen debut against Western Washington where he scored three points... made his first collegiate start at the District of Columbia... tallied a season-high 34 points to pair with 13 rebounds at Mercy for his first career double-double... only freshman to record a double-double during the 2023-24 campaign.

BEFORE DAEMEN
2023 graduate of New Hartford High School in Central New York... was named the N.Y. Sportswriters Association's Class A Boys Basketball Player of the Year as a senior when he averaged 25.6 points, 9.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game while leading the New Hartford Spartans to the state semifinals... that came on the heels of a stellar junior season in which he averaged 22.8 points per game while leading the Spartans to the Class A state final and earned First Team All-State honors... finished his prep career with 1,850 points, shattering the prior school record by more than 400 points.

PERSONAL
Born Zachary Daniel Philipkoski on June 26, 2005 in New Hartford, N.Y.... son of Dennis & Sherri Philipkoski.