Angel Zapata was hired in the Winter of 2014 as the assistant men’s baseball coach and will assist Head Coach Joe Milazzo with all facets of the program. His duties will include scouting, recruiting, practice and game preparation along with day-to-day operations in the office.
Zapata is a 2013 graduate of Utica College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Arts and was a Deans List honoree in 2011, 2012 and 2013 as well as Presidents list in 2013. He was a four year member of the baseball team serving as captain and earned Sportsman of the Year as a Senior in 2013.
Zapata comes back to UC after a stint working with the NBC Sports Group where he was a freelance production assistant and a digital sponsorship manager. He also worked as a camp instructor over the summer for the Camp Wayne for Boys in Preston, PA.
Originally from Bronx, NY, Angel currently resides in Utica and is studying for his Master’s degree here at UC.
