Zack Velasquez Moving on to Northern Illinois
Zack Velasquez - Ponderosa HS
Ponderosa’s Zack Velasquez is moving along to Northern Illinois. The 2015 CIF State champion spent last season at Grand Canyon University but unfortunately decided to drop their program. Since the news Velasquez began the search for his new home. Zack decided to go where his original 2nd choice was a year ago, NIU, and join fellow Californian’s McCoy Kent (Enochs HS) and Angel Velasquez (Pitman HS). Zack was a CIF state champion in 2015 at 154 lbs. and then went on to finish 6th place at Senior Nationals in Virginia. Also during his senior season Zack was a Doc Buchannan Invitational and a Temecula Valley Battle for the Belt champion. After winning his State Championship Velasquez finished the CIF season with an incredible — and perfect — 55-0 record. Here is his CIF State finals match where he took on Justin Thomas from Santiago HS (SS).
