Eastern Washington University Athletics

HS: Graduated from Castle Rock HS in 2009.Selected to play in the 2A/1A/2B/1B East-West All-State Game. Hecaught a team-high four passes for 91 yards in the West's 31-13victory. The son of a pair of former Eastern student-athletes, hewas the MVP of the 1A Trico League as a senior. He was also theleague's Defensive Player of the Year and was a first teamAll-Trico selection as a tight end. He had 125 tackles with sixsacks on defense, and scored 17 touchdowns on offense with 550receiving yards and 250 rushing. Gehring helped lead Castle Rock toa 10-2 record, including a 34-21 victory over Orting in the firstround of the State 1A Playoffs. Castle Rock fell 35-12 to eventual1A runner-up Cascade Christian in the quarterfinals. As a junior,he earned first team All-Area honors as a wide receiver from theLongview Daily News. He had 42 receptions for 631 yardsand three touchdowns in 2007 and also earned all-league honors as asophomore receiver. He played basketball as well, and as a juniorearned first team All-Trico honors and was MVP of the SeasideHoliday Classic. He also played baseball as his Castle Rock teamsappeared at the State 1A tournaments in all three sports hecompeted in, including four appearances in football. His father,Mark Gehring, was a backup tight end at Eastern (1984-85) and wenton to play in the NFL with San Francisco, Minnesota, Washington andHouston (Oilers).

Personal: Born 10/23/90 in Longview, Wash. Willturn 19 the day before Eastern plays Montana State. His mother,Kristy King (formerly Cristy Cochran when she played basketball atEWU from 1983-86) was a first team All-Big Sky Conference selection(Mountain West Conference at the time) in 1986. A 6-foot-1 postplayer, Cochran had 706 rebounds to currently rank eighth in schoolhistory. Zack's brother Aaron is currently a tight end atWashington State. Is considering physical therapy as his major.Name is pronounced "gare-ing."