2025 Men's Volleyball Roster
Biography
2025 (GRADUATE STUDENT)
AVCA All-America Honorable Mention for the second time in his career... First Team All-NEC... led Daemen with 309 kills (3.77 kills/set ranks third in the NEC) to hit at a .297 percentage (fourth in the NEC)… averages 4.43 points/set (third in the NEC)… ranks second on the team in digs (121 total, 1.48/set) and aces (29 total, 0.35/set) and fourth in blocks (41 total, 0.5/set)… this season, became the first Daemen player to ever play in 100 career matches... hit in the double-digits in 16 matches... had a season-high 23 kills against FDU while hitting .405 on April 5... tied his own record for kills in a four-set match (18) against D'Youville on April 18... posted a double-double in the NEC Championship match against Saint Francis with 12 kills and 13 digs... NEC Player of the Week 3x... NEC All-Tournament Team... helped Daemen win the program's second consecutive NEC Tournament Title along with a 15-13 overall record and 4-4 record in NEC regular season play... earned the conference's first ever automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where the Wildcats hosted No. 20 Penn State University at Lumsden Gymnasium for the opening round of the NC Tournament... finishes as the program's all-time leader in matches played (117), sets played (411), total kills (1,483), kills per set (3.61), attack attempts (3,098), service aces (156), aces per set (0.38), total digs (625), total blocks (196), solo blocks (50), block assists (146), total points (1,762) and points per set (4.29). He is the only player in Daemen history to earn AVCA All-America status and he did it twice (2023, 2025).
2024 (5TH-YEAR SENIOR)
First Team All-NEC... 2025 Daemen Athletics Male Athlete of the Year... only Daemen player to start all 26 matches... fiinished with a team and Daemen single-season program record 320 kills... ranked third in the NEC with an average of 3.86 kills/set... hit .297 on the year... led team in aces (30) and ranked fourth in digs (116)... totaled 40 blocks (0.48 blocks/set), good for fifth on the team... first Daemen player to record 1,000 career kills... hit in the double-digits in 18 matches, including a season-high 22 kills against Saint Francis on March 23... recorded one double-double with 20 kills and 10 digs against LIU on March 29... First Point/NEC Player of the Week 3x... NEC Tournament MVP... NEC Tournament All-Tournament Team... helped Daemen to a 20-6 overall record and the program's first NEC Tournament Championship... finished second in NEC regular season play (9-3)... set a program record for wins (20)... helped the Wildcats to the program's first AVCA Top-25 ranking.
2023 (SENIOR)
2023 NEC Player of the Year... First Team All-NEC... AVCA All-American Honorable Mention (first Daemen player to earn AVCA All-American honors)... 2023 Daemen Athletics Male Athlete of the Year... First Point/NEC Player of the Week five times... First Point/NEC Prime Performer four times... broke Daemen's single-season kill record with 318... broke the program's kill record in a four-set match (23 vs. Saint Francis on April 15) and broke the kill record in a three-set match (19 vs. Long Island University on April 20)... ranked third in the NEC for kills with 3.83 kills per set... finished fourth in the NEC with a .361 hitting percentage... finished third on the team with 25 aces (sixth in the league)... ranked third in the NEC in points with 4.46 points per set... led Daemen with 156 digs to average 1.88 digs per set (fifth in the NEC)... totaled 38.0 digs on the season (fourth on the team)... totaled double-digit kills in 18 matches this season... posted a career-high 26 kills in Daemen's 3-2 win over #12 ranked Cal State Northridge which was the program's first ever win over a nationally-ranked team... finished with a career-high seven blocks against Saint Francis on March 25... was the first ever NEC Player of the Year... finished with a double-double (kills-digs) in four matches... tallied a career-high 18 digs against St. Francis Brooklyn on April 1... helped Daemen to a new single-season record wins (17) while leading the Wildcats to a 17-7 overall record and 11-3 record and second-place finish in the inaugural NEC season.
2022 (JUNIOR)
Appeared in 20 matches and played in 73 sets, helping Daemen finish with a new single-season record in wins (16) and finish as the runner-up in the Independent Volleyball Association (IVA) tournament finals... team leader in kills with 257 (3.52 per set) along with 32 service aces (0.44 per set)... defensively, second on the team with 109 digs (1.49 per set)... one of three players to finish season with 100+ digs and and one of five players to finish season with 100+ kills... third on the team with 34 blocks... recorded 10+ kills in 16 matches, including over 20 kills twice against Sacred Heart (22) on Jan. 22 and Mount Union (21) on Mar. 18... also recorded three double-doubles... recorded season-high 22 kills in season-opener against Sacred Heart on Jan. 22... recorded season-high 10 digs in three matches... established new career-high five blocks in victory versus D'Youville on Mar. 2... recorded career-high seven assists in five-set victory against St. John Fisher on Feb. 6.
2021 (SOPHOMORE)
Appeared in 8 out of 10 matches and played in 28 sets during the Wildcats undefeated season ... offensively, he led the team in kills with 83 (2.96 kills per set) he had a career-high 20 kills @ St. John Fisher on March 6th and he also led the team in serve aces with 19 ... defensively, he totaled 33 digs (1.18 digs per set), and had a season high 9 digs @ St. John Fisher on March 6th ... he also totaled 13 blocks on the season to help Daemen achieve a perfect 10-0 record.
2020 (FRESHMAN)
Joined the program prior to the spring semester after originally committing to Long Beach State ... named to the Off the Block/Frisco Mo All-Independent Team ... appeared in 18 of a possible 19 matches and led the team in kills (196), digs (95) and service aces (23) ... ranked 32nd in service aces per set (0.37) and 39th in kills per set (3.16) among the NCAA Division I/II national leaders ... made his collegiate debut vs. UCLA on Jan. 2 ... recorded back-to-back double-doubles vs. Harvard (12 kills, 11 digs) and D'Youville (11 kills, 10 digs) ... recorded a season-high 19 kills in a win over Urbana on Feb. 9 ... posted 14 kills and four service aces in a thrilling five-set win over Lincoln Memorial on Feb. 9 ... notched 18 kills in a five-set win over nationally-ranked Division III team Wells on Feb. 14 ... matched his season-high with 19 kills in a four-set victory over Penn State Altoona on Feb. 15 ... recorded 15 kills, seven digs and four service aces in Daemen's first-ever win against a Division I team, St. Francis Brooklyn, on Mar. 7 ... ended the season with 12 matches of at least 10 kills.
BEFORE DAEMEN
Four-year varsity player for the Lockport Lions and coach Liz Smorol ... first team All-American, first team All-WNY & first team All-Niagara Frontier League as a senior ... first team All-WNY and first team All-Niagara Frontier League as a junior ... led the Lions to Section VI Class AA championships in both his junior and senior seasons ... second team All-Niagara Frontier League as a sophomore ... scholar athlete and National Honor Society member ... also competed for Lockport Volleyball Club, leading that team to a fifth place finish at the Junior National Championships.
PERSONAL
Born Zachary David Schneider on Oct. 4, 2001 in Lockport, N.Y. ... son of Tom & Mary Schneider ... has three siblings - Nathan, Megan & Bradley Schneider ... hobbies include playing piano, following Harry Potter, Star Wars and Pixar ... lists his bucket list item as "peace of mind" ... favorite movie is Ratatouille ... favorite television show is The Office ... favorite musical artist is Hillsong ... favorite holiday is Christmas ... favorite vacation spot is Paris ... dream job is physicist ... chose to attend Daemen because "I feel at home there" ... majoring in Accounting.
CAREER HIGHS
| Stats |
# |
Opponent |
Date |
| Kills |
22 |
@ Sacred Heart |
Jan. 22, 2022 |
| Kill Attempts |
46 |
@ Princeton |
Jan. 23, 2022 |
| Hitting % (10+ attempts) |
.643 |
vs. Elmira |
Feb. 23, 2020 |
| Assists |
7 |
vs. St. John Fisher |
Feb. 6, 2022 |
| Service Aces |
4 - 7x |
last vs. Nazareth |
Feb. 23, 2022 |
| Digs |
11 |
vs. Harvard |
Jan. 16, 2020 |
| Total Blocks |
5 |
vs. D'Youville |
Mar. 2, 2022 |
SPECIALTY STATS
| Matches With... |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
CAREER |
| 10+ Kills |
12 |
4 |
16 |
32 |
| 10+ Assists |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 10+ Digs |
2 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
| Double-Doubles |
2 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
| 5+ Service Aces |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 5+ Blocks |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| .300+ Hitting % |
6 |
4 |
10 |
20 |
DOUBLE-DOUBLES (5)
| Date |
Opponent |
Stats |
| Jan. 16, 2020 |
vs. Harvard |
12 kills, 11 digs |
| Jan. 26, 2019 |
@ D'Youville |
11 kills, 10 digs |
| Jan. 29, 2022 |
vs. St. Francis Brooklyn |
13 kills, 10 digs |
| Mar. 13, 2022 |
@ Loyola Chicago |
10 kills, 10 digs |
| Apr. 16, 2022 |
@ D'Youville |
10 kills, 10 digs |
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2020Freshman
Outside Hitter
6'6"
180 lbs
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2021Sophomore
Outside Hitter
6'6"
180 lbs
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2022Junior
Outside Hitter
6'6"
180 lbs
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2023Senior
Outside Hitter
6'6"
180 lbs
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2024Fifth Year
Outside Hitter
6'6"
180 lbs
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2025Graduate Student
Outside Hitter
6'6"
180 lbs
