2026 (Senior): All-EIVA First-Team (
April 21)... EIVA All-Academic Team (
April 21)... EIVA Defensive Player of the Week (
March 23)... AVCA National Collegiate Player of the Week (
March 3)... Two-time EIVA Offensive Player of the Week (
March 2 and
April 13)... Appeared in 101 sets across 29 matches…Recorded 971 assists on 9.61 assists per set... Had 69 kills with 0.69 kills per set…A hitting percentage of .426 with 24 service aces…Recorded 152 digs, seven solo blocks and 53 total blocks…Had a career best of six kills vs Princeton on
April 10, 2026… Recorded career best of 14 digs at FDU on
Feb. 21, 2026... Led the team in assists (971), was second in digs (152) and service aces (34)... Led the EIVA in assists and was second in assists per set... Eclipsed 2,000 career assists on
April 10... 2026 Provost Scholar (
February 27)
2025 (Junior): Appeared in 26 sets across 13 matches played…150 assists with 11 kills on 0.333 hitting…30 digs with a total of 14 blocks…Season high of 28 assists against King (TN) on 1/25/2025…Season high of 11 digs vs Princeton on 4/4/2025
2024 (Sophomore): Appeared in 41 sets across 17 matches…Had a 0.367 hitting with 14 kills…255 assists to his name and 9 service aces…Recorded 50 digs with 14 total blocks…Recorded a season high of 42 assists vs Mount Olive on 1/6/2024
2023 (Freshman): EIVA All-Conference Second Team... EIVA Defensive Player of the Week (March 20)... Appeared in 92 sets across 27 matches... Led the team with 816 assists with a career-high 54 against Harvard on April 19... Double-digit assists in all but one match, eclipsing 40-or-more assists seven times... Led the team with 30 service aces, registering a career-high four twice against Charleston (WV) and NJIT... Second on the team with 148 digs, notching a career-high 11 against Purdue Fort Wayne (Feb. 4) for his first-career double-double (43a, 11d)... Second on the team with 55 total blocks with a career-high four in five matches... Tallied 51 kills, notching a personal best four on four occasions.
Prep: Attended Geo Milev, a profiled secondary high school for math and science… Named captain of U19 and U20 VC Beroe 2016 team… Former Bulgarian Junior Volleyball National Team player… Winner of the Balkan Volleyball Championship in July 2019.
Personal: Son of Milena and Atanas Zachariev… Has one sibling, Darina… Hobbies include skiing, swimming and cycling… Majoring in computer science.
Career Highs
Kills: 6, vs. Princeton (
4/10/26)
Assists: 59, vs. Princeton (
4/11/26)
Service Aces: 5, vs. Mount Olive (
3/16/24)
Digs: 14, at FDU (
2/21/26)
Blocks: 6, at Charleston (WV) (
2/14/26)
