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Mark Zaki

Running back who rushed for 1,000 yards in 1997–98 and scored both touchdowns of the College Bowl XII win over Leeds. Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 1997–98.

Mark Zaki: feature

BCAFL Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year
1997–98[1][2][3]
Rushing yards
1,355[4][5]
183 carries, 7.4 a carry, 16 touchdowns in 1997–98
All-College First Team
1997–98[1][2][3]
running back
Hurricanes Offensive Player of the Year
1997–98[6][1][7]
All-Time Team
Running back[8][9]
the club’s 10th-anniversary team, 2002

Career with the Hurricanes

  1. 1997–98 · 2 November 1997

    Offensive MVP in the 42–0 season-opening win over Leicester, with three rushing touchdowns.[6][10][11]

  2. 1997–98 · 30 November 1997

    Game MVP in a 28–6 win over UEA. He rushed 24 times for 194 yards and three touchdowns, the best single-game rushing total of the season.[6][10]

  3. 1997–98 · February 1998

    Game MVP in the 41–0 win over Bristol and offensive MVP in the 38–0 win at Kent a week later.[6][11]

  4. 1997–98

    Finished the unbeaten season with 1,355 rushing yards and 16 rushing touchdowns, three more touchdowns among his 186 receiving yards, and a team-high 116 points. With Vincent Fremont, under running backs coach Surjinder Johal, he made the Hurricanes the first team in league history with two 1,000-yard rushers.[4][5][12][13][14]

  5. 1997–98 · 15 March 1998

    Scored both Hurricanes touchdowns in College Bowl XII, a 42-yard catch from Mark Agnew in the third quarter and a 21-yard run in the fourth, as the Hurricanes beat Leeds Celtics 16–7 at Saffron Lane for their first national title.[11][15][16]

  6. 1997–98

    Named BCAFL Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year, All-College First Team running back and the Hurricanes’ Offensive Player of the Year.[1][2][3][6]

  7. 2002

    Named at running back in the club’s 10th-anniversary All-Time Team.[8][9]

Beyond the Hurricanes

  • Southern Conference Wildcats (BCAFL all-star team), starting running back · 1997–98[1][3][5]
  • London Blitz (senior league), before joining the Hurricanes[5]
  • GB Crusaders (youth football)[5]

Sources for this feature

  1. Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), awards.txt: club annual awards, All-College, Wildcats and GB selections, and 1999–2000 and 2000–01 squad lists, compiled by webmaster Neil White (Sep 2002)
  2. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeAccolades.htm
  3. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): All-Time Accolades (2002)
  4. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/SeasonStats.htm
  5. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/profiles/players/mzaki.htm
  6. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/Awards.htm
  7. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): 1997–98 awards
  8. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeTeam.htm
  9. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): All Time Team (2002)
  10. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/TeamSuper.htm
  11. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/season.htm
  12. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/HallofFame.htm
  13. Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), halloverview.txt: Hall of Fame 2002 inductee citations and presenters
  14. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/PastStaff.htm
  15. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): 1997–98 season
  16. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): History (2005)

Honours

Hurricanes All-Time Team

  • RB

All-Star

Club award

  • 1997–98 — Hurricanes Offensive Player of the Year

Other honours

  • 1997–98 — BCAFL Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year
Sources (13)
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/1997Roster.htm
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeTeam.htm
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/season.htm
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeAccolades.htm
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeRoster.htm
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), team/HallofFame.htm
  • Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), awards.txt: club annual awards, All-College, Wildcats and GB selections, and 1999–2000 and 2000–01 squad lists, compiled by webmaster Neil White (Sep 2002)
  • Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), halloverview.txt: Hall of Fame 2002 inductee citations and presenters
  • Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), hof.htm: Hall of Fame 2002 inductee list
  • Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), roster.txt: all-time roster to c. 1998 (surname, first name, position, years)
  • Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): All-Time Accolades (2002)
  • Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): All Time Team (2002)
  • Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): Hall of Fame biographies (2002)

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