*** 2016 Honors Candidate ***

Career: He has a career total of 248 tackles in his 40-game career (33 as a starter), which ranks 16th in school history. If he has his third-straight 100-tackle season in 2016, he will finish with 348 tackles and rank fourth in school history behind fellow linebackers Greg Belzer (399 from 1997-00), J.C. Sherritt (432 from 2007-10) and Ronnie Hamlin (Big Sky record 473 from 2011-14). Zamora’s four career forced fumbles are one away from ranking in the top eight in school history, and three from the school-record of seven. He enters his senior season with the most starts among defensive players with 33.
 
2016: Listed as a starter at middle linebacker on the preseason depth chart.
 
2015: Zamora was selected as EWU’s 2015 Defensive Player of the Year. He started all 11 Eastern games at middle linebacker, and finished with his second-straight 100-tackle season. He had 101 to rank 27th in school history and his 102 tackles in 2014 are ranked 25th. Zamora finished the season ranked 48th in the FCS and 10th in the Big Sky with an average of 9.2 stops per game. He finished with a career-high 16 tackles and a sack in Eastern’s 14-13 win over Weber State (10/31/15), eclipsing his previous high of 14 tackles by two. He had 12 of his tackles in the final three quarters in which the Eagles held the Wildcats to a single field goal. His sack in the first quarter helped forced the Wildcats to settle for a field goal. He followed that performance with nine tackles and a forced fumble on a sack against Northern Arizona (11/7/15), eight tackles at Montana (11/14/15) and closed the season with nine stops versus Portland State (11/21/15). He was the team’s defensive player of the week after both the Weber State and Montana games.
 
2014: Earned honorable mention All-Big Sky honors. Was second on the team in tackles with 102, and also had 1 1/2 sacks, an interception, three passes broken up, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. He played in all 14 games, starting in 12. He was the team’s co-defensive player of the week versus Northern Arizona (10/25/14) when he finished with nine tackles (one for a loss of 3 yards), a pass broken up and a quarterback hurry. He was also special teams player of the week following games against Montana Western (8/30/14) and Montana (11/8/14). He nearly doubled his previous career-best output of six with 11 tackles in EWU’s opener against Sam Houston State (8/23/14). He followed that with 10 against Montana Western (8/30/14), giving him a team-leading 21 in EWU’s first two games. In all, he had five performances of at least nine tackles, with 11 versus Montana (11/8/14) and nine to end the season versus Illinois State (12/13/14) in the FCS Playoffs. Zamora’s lone sack of the season came versus Northern Colorado (10/18/14) and his lone interception was against North Dakota (11/1/14).
 
2013: Expected to be the backup at middle linebacker, Zamora ended up starting 10 games at weak-side outside linebacker. He made the first start of his career against Weber State (10/5/13) and responded with five tackles (1 1/2 for loss) and had his first career interception, which led to an EWU touchdown. He had five or more tackles in five games, including a season-high six against Montana (10/26/13). He also had a sack against Portland State (11/23/13). He earned EWU’s special teams player of the week award against Sam Houston State (9/28/13). 2012: Redshirted. Was selected as Eastern’s Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year. Was selected as the team’s defensive scout team player of the week three times, and special teams twice.
 
HS: Graduated from Chiawana HS in 2012. Selected to play in the 4A/3A East-West All-State Game. Earned first team 4A All-State honors as a defensive back from Associated Press as selected by sportswriters and broadcasters. Named by the Seattle Times as a “White Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington. Also selected to Ron Siegel’s pre-season All-State team (seniors only). He was the Columbia Basin Big Nine League Defensive Player of the Year in 2011 as senior, and was a unanimous first team selection as both a wide receiver and defensive back on the All-CBBN team. He was named to the Tri-City Herald All-Area team as a first team selection as both a wide receiver and defensive back. He had 40 receptions for 602 yards (15.1 yards per catch) and five touchdowns as a senior. His average of 14.4 yards per punt return ranked second in the CBBN. He helped lead Chiawana to an 8-0 regular season record and the CBBN 4A title, but the Riverhawks lost 24-0 to Central Valley in a play-in game for the State 4A Playoffs to finish 8-1. He was also a first team All-CBBN selection as a junior in 2010 as a wide receiver, defensive back, kick returner and all-purpose player. He had 27 catches for 431 yards (16.0 yards per reception) and three TDs, and led the CBBN in punt returns at 14.6 yards per return. Chiawana finished 13-1 in 2010 and won the league title with a 6-0 record. Its undefeated season came to an end with a 13-7 loss to Ferris in the quarterfinals of the State 4A Playoffs. A four-year starter while at Pasco (2008 & 2009) and Chiawana (2010 & 2011) high schools, he was a first team All-CBBN selection as a defensive back and a second team pick as a wide receiver in 2008 as a freshman. His football coach at Chiawana was former Eagle Steve Graff (1981-82), who previously coached at Pasco. Zamora also played for Chiawana’s basketball team. His Eagle teammate Dre’ Sonte Dorton (’15) also attended Chiawana, as did his cousin, Joe (’14), who was with the Eagles in spring of 2016 after walking-on as a transfer from Western Oregon.
 
Personal: Interdisciplinary studies (liberal arts) major. Born 8/30/93 in Moses Lake, Wash. His mother is Polly Anna Fisher. First name is pronounced “muh-kie-uh.”
 

Year	GP	TT	Hi	S	TL-Yds	FF-FR	PBU	I-Yds
2013	15	54	6	1	8-29	1-0	1	1-0
2014	14	102	11	1.5	5-9	2-1	3	1-0
2015	11	101	16	2.5	7-19	1-0	3	0-0
Totals	40	257	16	5.0	20-57	4-1	7	2-0

Top Tackling Performances (6 with 10+)
16 tackles – Weber State – 10/31/15
14 tackles – Cal Poly – 10/10/15
11 tackles – Montana – 11/8/14
11 tackles – Sam Houston State – 8/23/14
10 tackles – Montana State – 9/19/15
10 tackles – Montana Western – 8/30/14