*** 2018 Academic Honors Candidate ***

Career: He enters his senior season with 27 catches, 24 of them coming as a junior in. He also had 17 of his 18 career punt returns in 2017. Eagle has averaged 13.1 yards per catch and 6.8 per punt return in his career.

2018: Listed as a starter at wide receiver on the preseason depth chart. He will face his former EWU and Camas High School teammate Reilly Hennessey when the Eagles host Central Washington to open the season on Sept. 1. Eagle won the Golden Eagle Award as the game’s MVP after he helped the White shut out the Red 17-0 in EWU’s annual Red-White Game. Eagle had the day’s first touchdown on a 45-yard reception from sophomore wide receiver Johnny Edwards IV, and finished with 94 yards between receptions and punt returns. In a total of three spring scrimmages, Eagle led the team with eight catches for 155 yards and two scores.

2017: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Started EWU’s last nine games of the season as a wide receiver and played in a total of 11. Thanks to a career-long 33-yard return in EWU’s final game of the season against Portland State, he ranked 31st in FCS with an average of 6.8 yards per punt return. He made his first start as an Eagle wide receiver against Fordham (9/6/17) and caught a pass for 14 yards and had two punt returns. Eagle had season highs with five receptions for 57 yards against Sacramento State (9/30/17), and had his first career touchdown on a 4-yard catch. One game earlier versus Montana (9/23/17) he also had 57 yards on four receptions. He caught four passes for 67 yards in three spring scrimmages, including a touchdown in EWU’s Red-White spring game.

2016: Played sparingly as a non-lettering squad member and did not catch a pass. He had 14 catches for 159 yards in three spring scrimmages, including 10 catches for 105 yards in the second scrimmage of spring.

2015: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He finished the season with three catches for 68 yards, including a non-scoring 53-yarder in his second game for Eastern against Northern Iowa (9/12/15). He also caught passes versus Sacramento State (9/26/15) and Northern Colorado (10/24/15).

2014: Redshirted. He was the team’s offensive scout team player of the week once.

HS: Graduated from Camas HS in 2014. He had 179 catches for 3,006 yards and 28 touchdowns in his final three years playing for the Papermakers with his father as head coach, including the last two as the main target for fellow EWU signee Reilly Hennessey (now at Central Washington). Eagle was selected to the Seattle Times All-State team as a wide receiver and one of only 11 players selected to the offense. Was also named to the Tacoma News Tribune’s All-State team for all classifications as a first team wide receiver. In addition, he was selected to the Associated Press 4A All-State team as a first team wide receiver. Named by the Seattle Times as a “Red Chip” selection as one of the top 17 prospects in the state of Washington. Eagle was also named to The Vancouver Columbian All-Region squad as a wide receiver. He earned All-4A Greater St. Helens League honors as a first team wide receiver, first team defensive back and first team kick returner. He finished his senior season by catching 65 passes for 1,282 yards and 13 touchdowns. He also rushed four times for 27 yards and a touchdown. Eagle and Hennessey led the Papermakers to a perfect 13-0 record before falling to Chiawana 27-26 in the championship game of the State 4A Playoffs. Eagle was injured in the first quarter of the title game after a 29-yard reception and did not play in the rest of the game, then watched as Chiawana scored two touchdowns in the final minute. Eagle had three touchdown catches in a 49-21 semifinal win over Bellarmine Prep. Prior to the season, Eagle was named to the Seattle Times preseason All-State team for all classifications as a wide receiver. He was also a first team selection on the Max Preps preseason All-State team (all-levels). As a junior, Eagle was named to the Seattle Times All-State team, as well as by the Associated Press as a first team 4A pick. Eagle and current EWU receiver Nic Sblendorio were the two wide receivers named to the AP first team. Eagle was also named as the 4A GSHL co-Offensive Player of the Year and was selected to the All-4A GSHL first team as a defensive back. He had 77 catches for 1,074 yards and nine touchdowns to help Camas advance to the semifinals of the State 4A Playoffs. As a sophomore in 2012, Camas also advanced to the semifinals, as Eagle finished with 37 catches for 650 yards and six scores. He lettered a total of four times in football, and also lettered in basketball and track and field. Besides Hennessey, Eagle teammate Roldan Alcobendas (’13) also attended Camas.

Personal: Exercise science major and has a 3.90 grade point average thus far at EWU. Born 8/12/95 in Portland, Ore. Full name is Zachary Jon Eagle. His parents are Jon and Debbie Eagle. Jon was Zach’s head coach at Camas, and is a graduate of Linfield where he played quarterback.


 

Year	GP	PC	Hi	Yds	Apr	Apg	TD	Lg
2015	6	3	1	68	22.7	0.5	0	53
2016	3	0	-	0	---	---	0	--
Totals	11	3	1	68	22.7	0.3	0	53

 Punt Returns: 2017/17-116-6.8 (long of 33), 2015/1-6-6.0, Total/18-122-6.8


Zach Eagle Long Plays of 40+ Yards (1)
53 yard reception (from Jordan West) – Northern Iowa – 9/12/15