Leigh-Ann Zimmer

Position:
Midfield Midfield
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
High School:
Farmingdale
Hometown:
Farmingdale, NY

Senior Year: Career point total of 233 ranked first on Syracuse’s record list at the time of her graduation … IWLCA All-America First Team selection … BIG EAST Co-Attack Player of the Year … All-BIG EAST First Team selection … IWLCA All-North Region First Team honoree ... Three-time BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week … Womenslacrosse.com National Player of the Week (March 1) … Started in 15 games… Credited for 52 goals and 22 assists…Collected 18 ground balls…Registered 15 draw controls…Caused five turnovers … North/South Senior All-Star Game participant

Junior Year: IWLCA Division I North Region first-team All-American … Earned first-team All-BIG EAST honors … Started all 16 games … Led the team with 54 points … Warrior/Inside Lacrosse Player of the Week for the week of March 3, 2003 … BIG EAST Co-Offensive Player of the Week for the week of March 24, 2003 … Finished the year second on the single-season goals-scored chart with 43 and fourth on the single-season points list (54) … Tied her career-high with six points against Boston College, Connecticut and Dartmouth … Notched five goals versus Dartmouth, matching her career-high and tying her for seventh on SU’s single-game goals ledger … Scored four goals against Boston College, Connecticut, Colgate and Notre Dame … Tallied hat tricks versus Virginia and Northwestern … Registered at least four points in eight games and at least two points in 15-of-16 contests … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring … BIG EAST Academic All-Star …

Sophomore Year: Second-team IWLCA All-American … Named to the IWLCA Division I North Region All-America First Team … Second-team All-BIG EAST selection … Started all 16 games … Second on the team in scoring with 56 points … Recorded at least two points in 15 games, including at least one goal in every contest … Tied her career best with six points versus Connecticut, New Hampshire and Virginia Tech … Tallied hat tricks against Stanford, Georgetown and Boston University … Recorded four-goal games against Dartmouth and Connecticut … Tied her career high with five goals against Virginia Tech and New Hampshire … Member of the Fall Athletic Director’s Honor Roll …

Freshman Year: Named to the IWLCA Division I North Region All-America First Team … Awarded second-team All-BIG EAST honors … Selected as the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week for the week of April 16, 2001 … Started all 15 games … Recorded two goals and an assist in her first collegiate game versus Virginia … Scored a career-high five goals against Virginia Tech … Tallied a personal-best six points against Boston College and Duquesne … Notched a career-best four assists against Boston College … Had seven three-goal games, including four in a row …

High School: Earned All-America honors in 1999 and 2000 … Three-time all-county selection … Named to the all-tournament team at the Empire State Games in 1999 … Two-time Empire State Games participant … Team MVP as a junior and senior … Team captain as a senior …

Personal: Born September 1982 … Daughter of Ronald and Mary Ann Zimmer … Two sisters … Sister, Megan, played lacrosse at Hofstra … Majoring in physical education.