Academic Notes: Majoring in marketing…2010 Big Sky All Academic selection…2010: Named offensive most valuable player and newcomer of the year at team banquet…All-Big Sky second team selection…Rushed for 1,059 yards on the season, setting the school freshman rushing mark and recording the 14^th 1,000-yard season in school history (11^th-best single-season total)…Scored 16 touchdowns on the season to lead the Big Sky….Fourteen rushing touchdowns are the second-best single season total in school history…Among the top freshmen in the country in rushing yards per game, listing third among five freshmen in Division I to average more than 90 yards per game…Overall, he ranked 25th overall in the Football Championship Subdivision in rushing per game, second among FCS freshman and fifth in the Big Sky Conference in rushing yards per game (96.3 per game)…Had six games with 100 or more yards rushing…Had 167 yards and four touchdowns in his collegiate debut against Western New Mexico. It was the most yards by a freshman under Jerome Souers in a debut and most by a freshman at NAU since Deonte Williams rushed for 194 yards against Idaho State in 2008…Earned a pair of national awards for his performance in the season opener against Western New Mexico, garnering The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS National Freshman of the Week and Division I FCS Performer of the Week by the College Football Performance Awards…Recorded a 152 yards with two touchdowns in season finale against Portland State…Season-best 82-yard rush from scrimmage for a touchdown against the Vikings was the fourth-best in school history…High School: A 2010 graduate of Hamilton High School…Played for Coach Steve Belles…Two-time all-region selection and second team all-state…Two-year letter winner and starter…Helped team to back-to-back state championships…Set school single season record for touchdowns and scoring…Also lettered in basketball and track…Personal: Zachary Jordan Bauman on July 24, 1992 in Chandler, Ariz…Son of Ricardo and Lisa Bauman…Has one sister, Alexis…Cousin, Rashad Bauman, played at Oregon and for the Washington Redskins (2002-03) and Cincinnati Bengals (2004-05)…Also was an assistant coach at Oregon…Cousin Greg Pruitt played in the NFL from 1973-84, playing in four Pro Bowls…He was a member of the Redskins Super Bowl XVIII winning team and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.