AT SJSU: Has completed four seasons of competition with the Spartans.
2021: Made 15 appearances out of the bullpen ... Finished with 22.1 innings of work ... Held opponent batters to a .364 clip ... Tallied season-high three strikeouts at Air Force (5/15) ... Finished season with 12 strikeouts.
2020: Did not see the field ... Season was canceled after 17 games due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019: Made five appearances in relief duty before an injury sidelined him for the rest of the season ... Season-high 4.0 inning-saves in back-to-back games to start the year with four strikeouts in each at Santa Clara (2/17) and vs. UC Riverside (2/22) ... Finished the year with a 1.38 ERA, two saves and nine strikeouts while walking just three batters ... Just two earned runs against in 13.0 innings.
2018: Appeared in 13 games with five starts…Four of five starts were midweek non-conference games… Pitched a season-high 4.2 innings at Cal Poly (5/9)…Season-high three strikeouts against Dartmouth (5/19) to pick up his first win of the season…Recorded a 6.30 ERA with 17 strikeouts to eight walks in 30.0 innings.
2017: Appeared in 15 games, starting in one... Picked up a win in his Spartan debut against BYU (2/25)... Made his lone start against Pacific (3/21)... Pitched a season-high 3.0 innings against Grand Canyon (5/10) holding the Antelopes scoreless... Posted a pair of three strikeout games against Air Force (4/21) and Grand Canyon (5/10).
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2016 graduate of Palma High School in Salinas, Calif. … Two-time letter winner playing for coach Pete Ruiz… Posted a senior year record of 4-1 with a 0.86 ERA… Credited with two saves… Struck out 54 batters in 57.0 innings while walking just 13… Held opponents to a .148 batting average… Named first team All-Monterey Bay League (MBL) pitcher… Co-Pitcher of the Year in the MBL.
GET TO KNOW JOSH: Majoring in Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems… Enjoys golfing, camping and spending time with family and friends… Parents are Charles and Jonene Zanger… Has four siblings: Zach, Carly, Ben and Quin… Native of Hollister, Calif. … Now calls Gilroy, Calif., his hometown.