Zach Osborne 2                 Class: Senior Hometown: Louisville, Ky. High School: Pleasure Ridge Park Height / Weight: 5-7 / 165 Position: SS B/T: R/R

2010 - JUNIOR
UT's regular starting shortstop...Started all 56 games at that position...Hit .286 for the year with five home runs, 25 RBIs and five stolen bases...Struck out just 11 times in 206 at bats for an average of just one every 18.7 at-bats, making him the 19th toughest player to strike out in the NCAA last season...Displayed his defensive mastery in UT's season-opening series vs. Xavier...After going hitless on Opening Day, he picked up a single on Feb. 20 and a pair of hits the following day...Tallied his first home run of the season, a solo blast over the wall in left for UT's only run in a 17-1 loss to No. 10 Oregon State...Posted a 2-for-5 performance in a 9-2 win the following day, including an RBI single and his first stolen base of the year...Saw his four-game hit streak come to an end on Feb. 28...Posted a 2-for-3 effort with a pair of doubles and a career-high tying three runs in an 8-6 road victory over MTSU....Posted the first two home run performance of his career and knocked in a personal-best five runs in a 13-8 victory over Marshall...Added another bomb, a grand slam, in the first inning against Morehead State...Extended his hitting streak to three games with a 1-for-3 effort in UT's SEC opener at South Carolina...Made it four consecutive games with a hit when he posted a 3-for-4 effort against the Gamecocks the next day...Also had an RBI, a walk and scored two runs in a 10-7 loss...After seeing his hit streak snapped against USC in the series finale, he picked up an RBI single versus USC Upstate...Was 3-for-9 with two runs and an RBI in a doubleheader against LSU on March 27...Added two hits, two runs and a stolen base in a 9-3 triumph over Tennessee Tech before going 1-for-2 with a walk and two more runs in a 25-6 romp over Presbyterian College the next day...Extended his hitting streak to six games, setting a new career high, with a singles at Ole Miss on April 2 and 3...The streak increased to eight games with an RBI single in the series finale against the Rebels and another base knock against Western Carolina on April 7 before finally coming to an end against Florida on April 9....Tallied a pair of base knocks in the series finale against the Gators two days later...Posted a 3-for-6 effort and scored a career-high four runs in a 16-7 victory over Lipscomb on April 13...Was 2-for-3 with his first triple of the year and an RBI at Mississippi State on April 17....Tied his career high with three hits in an 18-8 romp over Western Carolina on the road....Was 2-for4 with a home run and three runs scored versus Belmont....Had two hits and scored a pair of runs in an 8-6 triumph over Kentucky on May 1....Was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored in UT's series-clinching, 25-5, win at Georgia...Spent his summer with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the prestigous Cape Cod League...Played in 39 games, hitting .209 with 27 hits, five RBIs and three stolen bases.

2009 - FRESHMAN
One of the most consistent and everyday freshmen on the team, he was named to the 2009 SEC All-Freshman team...Appeared in 55 games and made 54 starts at shortstop...Collected 18 multi-hit games and another nine multi-RBI games...Batted a team-high .325 in SEC play with 37 hits, four doubles, four home runs and 24 RBIs...Had a .255 average against left-handers, a .291 average against right-handers, .381 average with runners on base and a .522 average with runners in scoring position...Broke out of early-season slump by hitting 10-for-17 (.588) in five games the week of March 9, with four walks, two RBIs, three doubles and six runs...During the Ohio series (March 6-8), he batted a team-high .692 (9-for-13) with three doubles, six runs, four walks and two RBIs...Scored two runs in Vols' 7-1 victory over Auburn on March 15...Went 2-for-3 with two RBIs against Tennessee Tech March 18...Drove in season-high two RBIs with 2-for-4 performance in series finale against Florida March 22...Went 1-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored against UNC Asheville on March 25...Had the top average for UT during Georgia series (March 27-29), going 6-for-11 (.545) with a double and three RBIs...Had top average for Vols against Alabama (April 3-5), going 3-for-7 (.429) Including a 2-for-3 performance April 5...Went 1-for-4 with a run scored against Lipscomb on April 8...Hit first career home run in eighth inning of Vols' 6-1 victory over Mississippi State on April 10...Went 3-for-4 on April 12 with an RBI...Went 2-for-5 with a double and three RBIs against Belmont on April 14...Scored a career high three runs in a 2-for-5 performance vs. MTSU on April 15...Went 2-for-4 with a run in the series finale against LSU April 19...Collected four hits in 14 at-bats in Arkansas series (April 24-26)...Hit second home run of season in series-opener...Went 1-for-5 with two RBIs in series opener against Kentucky May 1...Also collected a hit and scored a run May 3...Went 1-for-3 with his first career grand slam in series-opener against South Carolina on May 8...Homered for a second time in the series on Sunday May 10...Three-run shot was his fourth home run of the year...Named SEC Freshman of the Week after a stellar performance against Vandy...During series May 14-16, he went 7-for-16 (.438) with a double and six RBIs...Six of his seven hits against Vanderbilt drove in runs (five RBI singles and an RBI double)...He went 7-for-8 (.875) with runners in scoring position while also going 4-for-6 (.667) with two outs in the inning...The freshman drove in three two-out RBIs and ended weekend with a .500 slugging percentage and .438 on-base percentage...His RBI single in the top of the seventh on Sunday tied the game at 7-7 and allowed Tennessee the chance to win the game 9-7 in 10 innings.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Pleasure Ridge Park High School in Louisville, Ky., where he was coached by Bill Miller... Helped lead the Panthers to a 38-4 record, a state championship and a No. 15 final national ranking by Rivals.com as a senior in 2008...Was a member of the Louisville team that won the 2002 Little League World Series, and he was named MVP.

PERSONAL
Full name is Zachary J. Osborne...Born April 2, 1990, in Louisville, Ky....Son of Troy and Lisa Osborne...Has an older brother, Corey...Recipient of the David & Patti Wilder Scholarship and Elizabeth Aytes Elliott Trust...Academic major: American studies.

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