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A Morris County native, Zach Racusin is the owner and director of player development at Rax Hax Pro Performance. Racusin’s playing career has taken him through 8 professional seasons, an accoladed season in the Big East at Georgetown University, a strong career at Marist as a .320 hitter in the MAAC and an All-American NJCAA season at CCBC-Essex in Baltimore. Racusin’s professional career has included stops in all three of the MLB Partner Leagues; Atlantic League, Frontier League, and American Association. As a coach and trainer, 70+ of Racusin’s former academy clients have moved on to collegiate programs since 2017. 52 of these players have earned scholarships at Division 1 or Division 2 institutions. Racusin has had over 20 NJ All-State / All-County athletes and numerous all-conference and division players train in his programs. 17 RaxHax hitters have signed professional contracts. Racusin has 5 years of collegiate coaching experience, including assisting with the recruiting at CCBC-Essex and as a hitting and defensive coach at the County College of Morris. Prior to joining the CCM staff, Racusin recruited over half of the starting position players that appeared on the 2018 CCBC-Essex roster, a 2018 NJCAA D2 World Series team.  With CCM, Racusin was part of multiple Garden State Athletic Conference championships and appearances in the NJCAA Region 19 tournament. At CCM, over 15 positional players moved on to 4-year college programs during that time. 

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In 720 starts between collegiate and professional baseball, Racusin has amassed 783 hits, a .304/.381/.425 slash line, 159 stolen bases, 150 extra base hits, over 360 runs scored, over 320 runs batted in, and 59 outfield assists while starting at all three outfield positions and three infield positions. Through 8 years of professional baseball, years in the MAAC, Big East, and elite summer collegiate baseball, Racusin has struck out only 243 times in over 3000 plate appearances. 

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Racusin was one of 6 players in the Frontier League to register over 100 hits, 20 extra base hits, and 25 stolen bases in the 2021 season, and the only player to do this playing 5 positions. Racusin also led the league in outfield assists while playing errorless defense at 2nd and 3rd base. In 2019, Racusin became the 8th player to register 100 hits in a calendar season in Lake Erie franchise history. A .291 hitter in professional baseball, Racusin has appeared alongside over 100 ex-MLB players and competed against 140 pitchers with MLB time. In the Covid-Shortened 2020 season for the New York Boulders, Racusin won the batting (.475) OBP (.529), and OPS (1.129) titles in the 6 team AABC Pro League.

 

Racusin’s senior offensive season at Georgetown remains in the record books, including registering the 6th most single-season hits of all time at GTown. Racusin led the NCAA East District in hits and outfield assists that season, was named a CoSida Academic All-District CF for his efforts, and was the second toughest hitter in all of college baseball to strike out (10k in 285 plate appearances). In his summer collegiate career, Racusin re-wrote the record books for the Silver Spring Thunderbolts of the Cal Ripken Collegiate League, setting franchise records in single-season hits, runs, outfield assists, and placing top 5 in franchise records in those categories as well as on-base percentage and batting average. Racusin was twice named a CRCBL All-League player, made two All-Star game appearances, and was named a league Top Draft Prospect in 2015 by Perfect Game.

 

Racusin attended Gill St. Bernard’s School and Salisbury School during his prep years, earning NJ All-State/All-Area/1st team All Somerset County honors in 2011 as a utility player, and first team all New-England honors as a senior at Salisbury in 2012. At Gill in 2011, Racusin hit .508 and led Somerset County in ERA, wins, and strikeouts. Racusin was named to the Central Jersey HS All-Decade team for 2010-2019. In 2012, Racusin was a starting CF on an undefeated Salisbury team that won a New England championship and finished nationally ranked in the high school baseball polls.

 

Racusin earned his undergraduate degree in history at Marist, his Master's in Sports Management at Georgetown, and has an extensive background in strength and conditioning, TPI-certified movement instruction and sports-based data analysis. Racusin's work has been featured in the Star-Ledger, Men's Health Magazine, the ABCA, and he has been a guest on a number of baseball related podcasts and interview platforms discussing his unique background as a player and a coach.