Cornell University Athletics

As a fifth-year senior (2019)

• Served as kickoff specialist vs. Georgetown, averaging 64.5 yards on two attempts with one touchback.
• Had a pair of touchbacks among five kickoffs at Harvard.
• Made the travel roster as a backup kicker for the first two games.
• Missed the final six games of the season due to injury.
 

As a senior (2018)

• Saw action in all 10 contests during the season.
• Took over as the team's primary place-kicker early in the season, making a field goal and 14-of-15 PATs. 
• Kicked off in the opener against Delaware, booting one of his three kicks for touchbacks.
• Had a pair of touchbacks and averaged 61.8 yards on eight kickoffs in the win over Sacred Heart.
• Made all four PATs and had three touchbacks on five kickoffs in the win over Harvard.
• Booted a career-long 43-yard field goal into the win and made all three PATs against No. 23 Dartmouth.
• Had 15 touchbacks in 34 kickoffs, averaging 58.7 yards per attempt.

As a junior (2017)

• Was 5-of-7 on field goals and scored 23 kicking points in six games.
• Blasted 13 of his 21 kickoff attempts through the end zone for touchbacks.
• Made both of his PATs and pushed his lone kickoff attempt (one on-sides kick) out of the stadium in the 2017 opener at Delaware.
• Four of his five kickoffs at Yale were touchbacks, while also going 1-for-2 on field goals.
• Made one PAT and had one touchback on two kickoffs against Colgate.
• Connected on the game-winning 27-yard field goal with 9:58 remaining in the win over Harvard.
• Kicked a field goal and made his only extra point with two touchbacks on three kickoffs against Bucknell.
• Booted a pair of field goals and placed 3-of-4 kickoffs through the end zone for touchbacks in the win over Brown.
• Missed the final four games of the season due to injury.
 

As a sophomore (2016)

• Was leading Ivy League kickers in scoring (7.3 ppg.) and tied atop the conference with his 4-of-4 field goals and 10-of-10 PAT kicks before missing the team's final seven games of the season.
• Was pacing the Ancient Eight in kickoff touchbacks (12) and kickoff average (63.5 yard per kick).
• Named Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week in each of the first two weeks for his efforts in wins over Bucknell and Yale.
• Was instrumental in the 2016 season-opening win over Bucknell, connecting on a 41-yard field goal, hitting all three PATs and punching all five of his kickoffs through the end zone for touchbacks.
• Hit a pair of field goals, all three PAT kicks and had touchbacks on 4-of-5 kickoffs in the win over Yale.
• Had a 29-yard field goal, was 4-of-4 on extra-point kicks and had 3-of-7 touchbacks in the win at No. 25 Colgate.
 

As a freshman (2015)

• Kicked in seven games for the Big Red, scoring 16 points.
• Made 2-of-4 field goals and connected on 10-of-12 PAT kicks.
• His 35-yard field goal against Columbia proved to be the game winner in a 3-0 shutout of the Lions.
• Scored the team’s lone points on a 30-yard field goal at Dartmouth.
• Made all three PAT kicks against both Princeton and Penn.
• Made both PAT attempts for his first varsity points against Bucknell.
• Hit a pair of PAT attempts in the loss at Yale.
• Won the starting place-kicking job with a strong fall camp.
 

At Centennial HS

• Was an all-league place-kicker and punter at Centennial HS.
• Ranked the 11th-best kicker in his class by Kohl's and Sailer.
• Named a Silver State All-Season kicker as a senior.
• Earned first-team all-league honors as a kicker in each of his last two seasons.
• Was a second-team punter as a senior.
• Made 12 career field goals with a long of 45 yards.
• Also connected on 75-of-86 PAT kicks, scoring 111 career kicking points.
• Had 47 touchbacks on 63 kickoffs his senior year.
• Was a three-sport athlete who also competed in track and soccer.
• Was a regional finalist in the 110 and 300 meter hurdles as a senior.
 

Personal

• Zachary Richard Mays is the son of Todd and Dawn Mays and has a younger brother.
• He is enrolled in the College of Engineering.