
• Ranks third all-time at Holy Cross with a career average of
25.0 yards per kickoff return.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2011:
• Played in all 11 games at cornerback and on special teams,
while starting four times.
• Totaled 34 tackles, an interception and two pass breakups
on the season.
• Averaged 22.5 yards on 19 kickoff returns.
• Ranked third in the Patriot League and 60th in the nation
in kickoff returns.
• Had a team-high nine tackles and a 97-yard interception
return for a score in the win over Harvard, to be named AT&T
Crusader of the Week.
• Led the team with 11 tackles and a pass breakup against
Massachusetts.
• Totaled six tackles and pass breakup in the victory over
Colgate.
• Recorded four tackles and a quarterback sack at New
Hampshire.
• Returned four kickoffs for 105 yards against
Georgetown.
• Selected to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2010:
• Played in all 11 games as a backup defensive back, running
back and on special teams.
• Made three solo tackles on the year.
• Returned 12 kickoffs for 349 yards and a touchdown,
averaging 29.1 yards per return.
• Placed second on the Holy Cross single-season record list
with his average of 29.1 yards per kickoff return.
• Had a 93-yard kickoff reutrn for a score in the win at
Colgate, while totaling 140 yards on four kickoff returns and
rushing twice for 10 yards.
• His 93-yard return at Colgate was the fifth-longest in
school history.
• Named the Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week
and Patriot League Rookie of the Week following his performance at
Colgate.
• Brought back five kickoffs for 132 yards against
Lehigh.
• Placed eighth and 10th on the Holy Cross single-game list
for kickoff return yards, with his games against Colgate (140) and
Lehigh (132).
HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD:
• Competed in sprints during the 2010-2011 season.
• Placed 10th in the 60-meter dash and 15th in the 200-meter
dash at the 2011 Patriot League indoor championship, and ninth in
the 200-meter dash at the 2011 New England indoor championship.
• Came in ninth in the 100-meter dash and was on the
sixth-place 4x100-meter relay team at the 2011 Patriot Leauge
outdoor championship.
HIGH SCHOOL:
• Played for head coach D.J. Dota at Warren G. Harding High
School.
• Named All-Trumbull County as a senior.
• Selected honorable mention All-Northeast Ohio in 2009.
• Also lettered in track, twice earning All-State honors.
• During his junior year, placed fourth in the state in the
200-meter dash, and fifth in the 100-meter dash.
• Member of National Honor Society.
PERSONAL:
• Son of Edward and Ruth Zitnik.
• Has one brother (Eddie) and three sisters (Mary, Anna and
Katie).
• Majoring in Russian.
| ZITNIK'S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS | ||||||||
| YEAR | GP-GS | UT | AT | TT | SACK | TFL | INT | PBU |
| 2010 | 11-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 11-4 | 24 | 10 | 34 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-97 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 22-4 | 27 | 10 | 37 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-97 | 2 |









