Zinaich is back at Soles, ex Nacional

Soles de Mexicali (LNBP) signed 29-year old American forward Connor Zinaich (201cm-91kg-1997, college: Nova SE). It is actually his comeback to Soles as he has played here before. He played last season at Nacional in Uruguayan LUB league. In 28 games he was the league's fifth-best scorer with an impressive 16.0ppg and averaged 9.5rpg (leader!!!), 2.1apg, 1.6spg, and 1.4bpg. A good season as he was named League Player of the Week (2 times). He also played 9 games in BCL Americas where he had very remarkable stats: 17.6ppg, 9.7rpg, and 1.2apg. Zinaich helped them to make it to the semifinals. The 2025-26 season was great as he was voted Latinbasket.com BCL Americas Import Player of the Year, Latinbasket.com BCL Americas Defensive Player of the Year, and Latinbasket.com BCL Americas Player of the Year.
He is quite an experienced player. Zinaich has played in six different countries on three different continents (Europe, Latin America, and North America). He has played professionally in Chile (CD Espanol Osorno), Malta (Mellieha), Mexico (Halcones de Ciudad Obregon), ECBL (Hub City Hogs), and Ecuador (Zamora Jaguars).
Among many awards, his team won the Mexican LNBP Regular Season in 2025. Zinaich was also selected as the Latinbasket.com All-Mexican CIBACOPA Player of the Year in 2025.
Zinaich graduated from Nova Southeastern University in 2020 and is entering his seventh season as a professional player. He also played for Marion Military Institute and St. Andrews University.