Zach Wiese

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Wiese Zach, Close Justen, Bartoszkiewicz Owen

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Position:
Goaltender
Ht./Wt.:
5-10 / 210
Class:
Junior
Shoot/Catch:
L
Hometown:
Owatonna, Minn.
High School:
Owatonna HS
Previous Team:
Rochester (NA3HL)

PRONUNCIATION

2024-25 | JUNIOR
Academic All-Big Ten
• Did not make an appearance in his third season with the Gophers
• Part of Minnesota's Big Ten Conference regular season championship, the second of his career
• Earned third letter

2023-24 | SOPHOMORE
Academic All-Big Ten
• Did not make an official appearance for the Gophers during his second season with the team
• Made 12 saves in his unofficial Minnesota debut in an exhibition outing against Bemidji State (Oct. 8), playing the final 34:43 to get the win in relief
• Earned second letter

2022-23 | FRESHMAN
• Did not see any game action during his first collegiate campaign
• Part of the Gophers runner-up finish at the 2023 NCAA Frozen Four and a Big Ten Conference regular season championship
• Earned first letter

JUNIOR/HIGH SCHOOL
• Posted a 20-2-2 record, 1.70 goals against average and a .927 save percentage during the 2021-22 regular season for the Rochester Grizzlies of the North American 3 Hockey League
• NA3HL Goalie of the Year for the Grizzlies in 2021-22 leading the team to their first-ever national championship backstopped by his 29-save shutout in the finals
• Selected to the All-NA3HL First Team in his second season of junior hockey
• Went 13-3-1 with a 1.83 GAA, .920 save percentage and three shutouts for Rochester in the 2020-21 campaign
• Named Owatonna High School's Junior Male Athlete of the Year in 2019 and the Oldenburg Senior Male Athlete of the Year in 2020
• Set an OHS record for wins as a goalie during his prep career
• Big Nine All-Conference goaltender during his junior and senior seasons of hockey
• Two-time Minnesota Class 5A state champion (2017 & 2018) as a three-year letter winner on the football field for the Huskies as a starting offensive lineman
• Earned Big Southeast District Lineman of the Year as a senior after landing on the Big Southeast All-District Team his final two years of high school
• Was a Big Nine All-Conference Honorable Mention selection in baseball during his junior year earning two letters playing baseball

PERSONAL
• Son of Marc and Sara Wiese
• Has an older brother, Mitch