Hopewell Valley Student Podcasting Network
Show Name: I-95
Episode Title: Zach Wheeler
You are listening to I-95 the podcast with your host(s) Charlie Mott.
In this episode of Zach Wheeler the Podcast we discuss: his early life, career with the phillies and his rise to the majors.
Segment 1: Early life
- Zachary Harrison Wheeler was born on May 30, 1990
- Wheeler was born to a baseball-playing family in Smyrna, Georgia, but moved to Dallas, Georgia, shortly before the start of high school.
- Wheeler's father played amateur baseball for 15 years, while his mother continued playing competitive softball even after having children, going so far as to placing a playpen in the dugout during weekend tournaments.[3]
- Zack was the youngest of three brothers, all of whom grew up playing baseball.
- he pitched for East Paulding High School, where he played baseball and basketball.
- He led the team to a state playoff appearance in 2009 and pitched a no-hitter against Mill Creek High School.
- As a junior in 2008, Wheeler posted an 8–3 win–loss record, with a 1.31 earned run average and 127 strikeouts and was named the