Sydney Zimmerman

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-6
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Rockford, Mich.
High School:
Rockford
Major:
Integrated Design Engineering (Business Minor)

Awards:

2024 CSC Academic All-District At-Large
2023 IWLCA Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll

CAREER HIGH:
Goals: 3 vs. Kent State (4/14/24)
Assists: 2 vs. Northwestern (2/22/24)
Points: 3 vs. Kent State (4/14/24)
Ground Balls: 3 vs. Northwestern (2/22/24)

CUMULATIVE CAREER STATS:
Goals: 31
Assists: 15
Points: 46
Ground Balls: 24
Caused Turnovers: 3
Shots: 72 (.431)
Shots on Goal: 58 (.806)

2024 (SENIOR):

Played in all 19 games of the season and started four contests
Tallied 18 goals, 10 assists, 10 ground balls and three caused turnovers
Recorded a career-high three goals at Cal (Mar. 23) and matched this high against Kent State (April 14)
Scored at least one goal in 11 of 19 games
Reached a career-high in assists with two and groundballs with three against Northwestern (Feb. 22)
Scored two goals in the Pac-12 Tournament – one in a 12-9 win over USC (May 2) and one in an 11-8 loss to Stanford (May 4)

2023 (JUNIOR):

Played in all 19 games of the 2023 season
Tallied seven goals, three assists and five groundballs
Had a season-high two goals in a 17-13 loss at #18 USC (Mar. 24), and matched this high in a 19-9 win at Cal (April 23)
Scored a goal in the first game of the Pac-12 Tournament, a 16-10 win over Oregon (May 3)

2022 (SOPHOMORE):

Saw action in eight games
Tallied four goals, two assists and five ground balls
Picked up a season-high two ground balls at Oregon (Mar. 18)
Had one assists and one goal against UC Davis (Mar. 6) and produced the same line at USC (Mar. 11)

2021 (FRESHMAN):

Saw action in five games – Denver (Feb. 28), against Cal (Mar. 22), at Denver (April 29), vs. USC (May 6) and at Stanford (May 8)
Totaled two goals (one free-position goal) and four ground balls
Scored her first goal, a free-position goal, against California (Mar. 22) and recorded her first career ground ball in the win over the Bears
Her second goal was against USC in the Pac-12 Tournament semi-finals on May 6, which helped the Buffs earn the 9-8 win to advance to the championship game
Recorded a season-high two groundballs at Stanford (May 8)

HIGH SCHOOL:

Graduated from Rockford High School in 2020.
Earned four letters as a midfielder on the lacrosse team.
In 2019, she helped the team record a 17-4 record with 65 goals, 28 assists, 99 draw controls and 39 ground balls.
The team was 16-3 her sophomore year and again she played a solid role with 46 goals, 30 assists, 69 draw controls and 47 ground balls.
In 2017, RHS finished 17-2.
Zimmerman tallied 58 goals, 28 assists, 40 draw controls and 28 ground balls.
All three of those seasons, RHS was the D1 MHSAA State Champions.
Earned numerous honors in those three seasons.
As a junior, she was named all-state, all-conference and All-American, in addition to team MVP and the Midwest Player of the Month by U.S. Lacrosse Magazine.
Three-time academic All-American.
Played club for Summit Elite.
Was selected to play on the Under Armour Midwest Team in 2016 and ’17.
Made Team Illinois – Brine NLC in 2015.