It took many miles traveled for Zach Wagner to decide he was going to stay in Hays, KS.  The Hays High senior signed his National Letter of Intent to play soccer at Fort Hays State University on Wednesday morning.

Along with thanking his Hays High teammates and coaches, Wagner passed along a big thank you to his parents and family as well.  Wagner plays club soccer out of Kansas City which requires large amounts of windshield time.  He mentioned the hours spent as a family in the car, even though he spent trips home catching up on sleep.

Zach Wagner

 

The all-time assist leader in program history, Wagner visited several school before deciding on Fort Hays State.  He helped lead the Indians to a state quarterfinal berth this past season, just the second such appearance in school history.

Picked as a captain for the 2017 season, Coach Silas Hibbs said it is a rare combination to have one of your most skilled players also be the vocal leader and a high character kid that the team can rally around.

Coach Silas Hibbs

 

Wagner led the team in assists this past season with 16 and also contributed 17 goals which ranked second.  He finished his career with 47 total assists.  Nearly double the second spot on the career list which his held by fellow senior and career goal record holder Ethan Nunnery.  Wagner finished tied for third in number of goals scored in a career at 40, just one behind current Indian head coach Silas Hibbs.

Wagner and Nunnery set a record pace for the Indians.  Nunnery finished as the career goal record holder at 57.  Wagner tied for third with 40.  The two also stand atop of the career points column.  Nunnery at 139 and Wagner at 127, both passing their Coach Hibbs this past season.  The two combined for more career points than any duo in Hays High soccer history.

Wagner is an All-Conference Western Athletic Conference selection and a First Team 4A State selection as well.

Wagner plans on majoring in pre-engineering.