Zach went to Omaha Northwest High School. In his senior year he went 4-5 with a 3.42 ERA and led the state with 90 strike outs in 53 innings. Team One Baseball rated him in the top 200 players in the country. He chose to go to Nebraska after looking at Kansas and Winthrop.\n', '

Kroenke played at Nebraska for 3 years. He was one of the Big 12\'s best freshman pitchers in 2003. He made 10 starts in 15 appearances going 6-2 with a 2.72 ERA in 59.2 innings striking out 35 batters and walking 19. As a sophomore, he went 7-5 with a 3.03 ERA averaging 7 innings in 15 starts. He struck out 73 batters in 104 innings. Zach helped the huskers reach the 2005 College World Series as a junior going 7-2 with a 2.78 ERA and a save in 20 appearances and 97 innings. He started in 16 games including 4 complete games. He struck out 88 and walking 28 opponents. He was drafted in the 5th round by the New York Yankees in the 2005 Major League Baseball draft.\n', '

In 2005, he started his professional career appearing in 11 games with Class-A Staten Island and made one start for the Gulf Coast Yankees, going 1-2 with a 2.63 ERA with both teams. he was placed on the disabled list on August 28 with an injury to his right hand and missed the New York–Penn League playoffs.\n', '

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