2024: Named U SPORTS Player of the Year... Becomes first Lion to win the award since Jonathan Lao in 2016... Is the third Lion all time to win the award, joining Lao and Francesco Bruno (2008)... Named the OUA West Player of the Year for a second consecutive season, becoming the first Lion to win the award on multiple occasions since Bruno in 2008 and 2009... Is the fourth player to win OUA Player of the Year multiple times, along with Lao (2013, 2016) and Adam Pena (2010, 2012)... Started all 12 regular season matches, leading the team with nine goals, good for third-most in the province country... Also added a team-best eight assists, which ranks him atop the OUA and second in the nation... His 17 points rank him tied for first in the OUA and U SPORTS... Of the 12 games Zeppieri played, he scored goals in seven of them, had a pair of multi-goal efforts and posted points in eight of the 12 regular season matches... Started all six playoff matches for the Lions and scored a pair of goals in the U SPORTS championship – the winning goal in the 65th minute of the 2-1 semi-final win over St. FX, and the insurance goal in a 3-1 bronze medal win over the McGill Redbirds... Earned OUA silver medal and U SPORTS bronze medal... Was named a U SPORTS championship all-star....Won York University's Men's Athlete of the Year Award for his impressive season.Â
2023: Appeared in 12 games and started 12 as a rookie midfielder scoring four goals… Appeared in five post-season games, starting in two OUA playoff games and all three U SPORTS championship games, scoring a goal in the Lions OUA semi-final win over Ontario Tech… Recorded a season total 24 shots and 20 shots on goal… Won OUA Silver medal and finished fifth at the U SPORTS Championships… Was named a U SPORTS First-Team All-Canadian, OUA First-Team All-Star and OUA West MVP in his rookie campaign.Â
Club/provincial: Spent four years playing for the Toronto FC Academy... Spent a year playing club soccer in Italy.Â
High school: Attended Bill Crothers S.S. in Markham, Ont.Â
