Gannon University Athletics

Career Accolades

• ACWPC All-America First Team (2017, 2018)
• MAWPC-West Region First Team (2017, 2018)
• MAWPC-West Championship Second Team (2018)
• MAWPC Player of the Week (9/5/16, 10/31/18)
• CWPA DII Championship MVP (2017)
• MAWPC-West Region MVP (2017)
• CWPA DII Championship All-Tournament Team (2016, 2017)

 
Zarko Sadikovic finishes his Gannon career sixth on the all-time Gannon goals list (155), 11th in assists (64) and 22^nd in steals (96).
 
2018 (Sr.): Played in all 21 matches as a senior… ACWPC All-America First Team selection… MAWPC-West Championship Second Team selection… MAWPC-West Region First Team honoree… Led team in shots (134), goals (72) and points (106)… Scored on over 50% of his shots… Added 38 steals and 22 drawn exclusions… Scored 22 goals in five conference games to lead the team to a 4-1 mark in MAWPC-West play… Opened the season with five goals and two assists against Penn State Behrend (9/1/18)… Scored multiple goals in 16 games… Was the Golden Knights primary offensive force with eight goals and five assists against Salem (W. Va.) (10/13/18)… Fired home nine goals against Mercyhurst (10/27/18)… Handed out four assists against MIT (9/15/18)… Had multiple assists in eight games.

2017: Was one of six Golden Knights to play in all 26 matches … named to the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-America first team … selected Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) Western Region MVP … landed a spot on the MAWPC Western Region first team … finished second on the team with 58 goals, representing the eighth-highest single-season total in program history … led Gannon in points (70) … ranked third among Golden Knights in steals (37), fourth in drawn exclusions (18) and eighth in assists (12) … named Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division II Championship MVP after recording five goals, one assist, two drawn exclusions and one steal en route to a 3-0 record and team title … secured a spot on the CWPA Division II Championship All-Tournament Team as a result of his play … had a hat trick during a 15-7 victory against McKendree (Ill.) during the second match, before adding two goals and one assist during a 16-12 win against Mercyhurst in the title bout … selected MAWPC Player of the Week on October 26 after producing 11 goals, one assist and seven steals during a perfect 3-0 conference weekend … started the week with season-highs in goals (6) and steals (6) during an 18-6 victory against NCAA Division I La Salle … named MAWPC Western Region Championship Tournament MVP after generating eight goals, two assists, two steals and one drawn exclusion en route to a 3-0 record and team championship … opened the championship event with four scores, one assist, two steals and one drawn exclusion during a 17-2 win against Washington & Jefferson … added multiple goals against NCAA Division I La Salle and Mercyhurst to capture the title … named to the MAWPC Western Region Championship All-Tournament first team as a result of his performance … recorded 10 hat tricks … scored multiple goals in a match 18 times … matched his season-high scoring mark with six goals, one assist, two drawn exclusions and one steal against Johns Hopkins at the Bison Invitational … dished out a season-high three assists to go along with four goals, two steals and one drawn exclusion during a 15-11 victory at Penn State Behrend … secured multiple steals in a match nine times, including three or more five times … equaled his season-high in steals with six during a 20-9 win against McKendree (Ill.) … added four goals and three drawn exclusions against the Bearcats … had multiple drawn exclusions in a contest five times … netted the game-winning goal with 2:09 left in triple overtime during a 13-12 victory against Mercyhurst at the MAWPC Championship Tournament.

2016: Finished third among Golden Knights in goals (29), third in points (45), third in steals (22) and fourth in assists (16) … added eight drawn exclusions … named to the MAWPC Western Region first team … recorded a goal and drawn exclusion during his Gannon debut against NCAA Division I Iona in the season opener at the Navy Open … generated a season-best four steals to go along with a goal and two assists against Fordham the next day … named MAWPC Player of the Week on September 15 after producing 10 goals, one assist, 11 points and two drawn exclusions during three victories at the Mercyhurst Invitational … posted a pair of hat tricks during those three matches, capping the weekend with five scores during a 15-9 victory against Salem … exploded for a season-high six goals and two assists during a 17-13 win against Monmouth at a CWPA Weekend hosted by Salem … scored multiple goals in a match six times … dished out a season-best three assists during an 18-8 victory against NCAA Division I La Salle at a CWPA Weekend hosted by Washington and Jefferson … added two goals, two steals and his first career field save against the Explorers … had multiple assists in a match six times … named to the CWPA Division II Championship All-Tournament Team after recording two goals, two assists, four points, three steals and two drawn exclusions during the two-match event … generated multiple steals in a match six times.

2015: Redshirted.

High School: Played for head coach Marko Blagojevic at GTS Neimar in Nis, Serbia.

Personal: Entrepreneurship and Marketing major … is the son of Miroslav and Bojana … has two brothers, including former Gannon men’s water polo standout and current assistant coach Marko.

Career Highs
Goals: 8 vs. Salem (W. Va.), 10/13/18
Assists: 5 vs. Salem (W. Va.), 10/13/18
Points: 13 vs. Salem (W. Va.), 10/13/18
Shots: 13 vs. Salem (W. Va.), 10/13/18
Drawn Exclusions: 4 vs. Salem (W. Va.), 10/13/18
Steals: 6 vs. La Salle, 10/21/17; vs. McKendree (Ill.), 9/24/17
Field Blocks: 2 vs. McKendree, 11/3/18
Sprint-Off Wins: 1 vs. La Salle, 10/21/17
 

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Season	GP	Sh	G	A	PTS	ShPCT	EX	DEX	STL	FB	Sprint
2016	17	62	29	16	45	.468	21	8	22	3	1-0
2017	26	113	58	12	70	.513	24	18	37	1	1-0
2018	21	129	68	36	104	.527	29	23	37	5	0-1
Career	64	304	155	64	219	.510	74	49	96	9	2-1