Zach Johnston

Height:
6-5
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
North Yarmouth, Maine
High School:
Greely HS

Senior (2026)
Signed a free agent deal with the New York Yankees… Made 20 appearances out of the bullpen for the Demon Deacons during the 2026 season… Posted a 1-0 record with a 3.04 ERA and one save across 26.0 innings of work… Recorded 32 strikeouts while allowing just 17 hits and eight earned runs… Was particularly effective down the stretch, allowing just one earned run over his final 12 appearances while recording 10 consecutive appearances without allowing a run… Earned the win against Louisville (5/2), tossing 3.0 scoreless innings while striking out five batters… Recorded his lone save of the season against Western Carolina (5/8), throwing 4.0 scoreless innings with five strikeouts… Held opponents to a .193 batting average.

Junior (2025)
Made 21 appearances out of the bullpen for the Demon Deacons during the 2025 season… Recorded 26 strikeouts across 24.1 innings… Finished the season at 2-2 with a 7.77 ERA… Struck out three batters across two scoreless frames against Miami (3/14)... Notched a career-high four strikeouts while tossing 2.1 innings against Maryland (3/1).

Sophomore (2024)
Appeared in 28 games out of the bullpen... Recorded 46 strikeouts and pitched 36.2 innings... Finished the season at 3-2 with a 3.93 ERA... Struckout all four batters he faced in a scoreless 1.1 innings against Elon (March 3)... Tossed three strikeouts in his first career win against Georgetown (March 5)... Pitched 2.2 scoreless innings with three strikeouts against Duke (March 9)... Recorded five strikeouts in two scoreless innings against North Carolina (March 29)... Picked up a win against Florida State (April 19)... Tied his season-high with five strikeouts against Western Carolina (May 4)... Credited with the win against Pitt in the ACC Tournament (May 22)... Made appearances against both VCU (May 31) and East Carolina (June 1) in the NCAA Regional.

Freshman (2023)
Made four appearances out of the bullpen… Struck out four batters in 2.2 innings of work… Provided a perfect three-up, three-down inning of relief in the shutout win against Purdue Fort Wayne (March 3)

Background
Rated the best left-handed pitcher out of Maine in the 2022 class by Perfect Game... Earned two varsity letters while attending Greely High School in Cumberland, Maine... Was named Pitcher of the Year in Maine.

Personal
Born on October 1st, 2003... Son of Heather and Matt Johnston... One sibling, Ella.