Zapata enters his third year as a volunteer assistant coach for Centenary in 2022. He played for the Gents from 2015-18 and finished his career as one of the top players in program history. A first team All-American catcher, he ranks first in four different categories and in the top five in four others.

He finished his superb career with a .346 batting average, a .417 on-base percentage, and a .549 slugging percentage. He played in 167 career games, second all-time, and his 23 career home runs and 169 RBI are most in program history in the division III era. His 650 at-bats, 225 hits, and 53 doubles all rank first. He also had 22 stolen baes and five triples in his career along with 121 runs scored.

Zapata helped lead the Gents to one of their finest seasons in program history in 2021 as they went 30-11 overall and 14-7 in conference play. Centenary, which won 30 games in a season for just the second time in the Division III era (2012-present) and 10^th time in school history, set a D3 era single-season record for home wins (17) and won their first 16 at Shehee Stadium. They swept five opponents at home this past season and are 20-3 in their last 23 home games dating back to the beginning of last season. Centenary also won a program-record 18-straight games from March 4-April 6 as the Maroon and White went unbeaten for six-consecutive weeks and at the time owned the longest winning streak in the nation in Division III. The Gents were ranked for eight straight weeks in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA poll and peaked at No. 14. Centenary secured the No. 4 seed in the 2021 SCAC Championship in Cleburne, Texas.

Senior P/1B Preston Ludwick (Pflugerville, Texas) was named the SCAC Pitcher of the Year as he entered the championship after recording a stellar regular season, going 8-1 with a 3.54 ERA. He led the league in wins and was second in ERA. Ludwick also earned a spot on the All-SCAC First Team along with senior RF Cody Crowder (Shepherd, Texas), and sophomore RHP Parker Primeaux (Lake Charles, La.).

Five Gents were recognized with Second Team and Honorable Mention honors. Junior CF Gary Hewitt (Cedar Park, Texas), junior SS Brady Robinson (Jacksonville, Texas), and senior LF/DH Tyler Welch (Alexandria, La.) each collected Second Team honors. Junior C/1B Ben Bridges (Beckville, Texas) and senior C/2B Tyler Erickson (Houston, Texas) earned Honorable Mention recognition. Welch represented the Maroon and White on the SCAC Championship All-Tournament Team, and Crowder, Ludwick, Primeaux, and Welch all earned West All-Region honors by either ABCA/Rawlings or D3Baseball.com.