Zachary is the son of Christopher and Heather Niswonger. Zachary is a 4-year player for the Trojans as an offensive and defensive lineman. He holds a GPA of 4.581 and received a perfect score of 36 on the ACT. Zach is a member of the Troy National Honor Society, and is a Troy Reading Buddy at Concord Elementary School, and has been a Scholar Athlete all four years. He is the recipient of the Bausch + Lomb Science Award, the Rensselaer Math Medal and the Honda Math Medal. He plans on attending either Stanford, Ohio State or the University of Michigan to pursue a degree in Chemical Engineering.