2024 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Jaz Zanelli
- Position:
- Goalie
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- North Caldwell, N.J.
- High School:
- Seton Hall Prep
2025 (Junior): Played in six games, making five starts ... totaled 49 saves with a .480 save percentage ... matched career-high 18 saves against Hobart ... made 10 saves against Dartmouth and Holy Cross.
2024 (Sophomore): Played in 11 games with seven starts in the cage ... tallied 76 saves and finished with a .455 save percentage and 11.65 goals-against average ... best game of the season came in a 7-5 win over Le Moyne, when he made 18 saves with just the five goals allowed ... made 12 saves at Navy, nine at Loyola, and eight each against Lafayette and Boston University.
2023 (Freshman): Served as the team’s primary goalie, starting all 13 contests … finished the season with a 12.53 goals-against average and a .486 save percentage … registered 139 saves, ranking fifth in the Patriot League in saves per game (11.0) … tallied double-digit saves over each of the final 10 games, including a season-high 14 saves three times … made 14 saves against 54 shots faced at Harvard (2/25) … also recorded 14 saves against Boston U. (3/11) and at No. 12/11 Army (4/1) … posted a season-high .643 save percentage and allowed just five goals in season-opening win over Mercer (2/4).
Before Bucknell: Lettered in lacrosse and football at Seton Hall Prep … 2022 NJ.com Second Team All-State and Goalie of the Year, First Team Super Essex Conference, American Division, First Team All-New Jersey Indoor Lacrosse League and Fitch-Pitt First Team All-State … 2021 Fitch-Pitt Second Team All-Conference selection and Super Essex Conference Honorable Mention … two-time Nike N.J. National All-Star Team member … named IMG 2022 Standout Honorable Mention in 2020 … served freshman captain in 2019 … 2019 Under Armour All-American … helped lead team to 2022 Essex County Tournament Championship title and two Super Essex County American Division titles … 2021 N.J. State semifinalists … also played for Leading Edge Lacrosse club program.
Personal: John Anthony Zanelli … born Jan. 16, 2004 … son of Cindy and Paul Zanelli … has one sibling: Abby … mother, Cindy Barbosa Zanelli ‘87, played field hockey and lacrosse at Bucknell ... majoring in political science.
