General - One of the top players in the nation ... A member of the 2011-12 U.S. Women's Senior National Team, one of seven current or former Tar Heels on the squad ... UNC team tri-captain for 2012 (along with Becky Lynch and Emily Garrity) ... Named a 2012 preseason first-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse's Face-Off Yearbook ... One of the nation's top offensive threats ... At her best in big games at big moments ... Has 30 points in 10 career NCAA Tournament games, leading the Tar Heels in scoring in NCAA Tournament play in both 2010 and 2011 ... Is the only player in UNC history to be named to the All-NCAA Tournament Team three times (2009-10-11) ... Strong All-America and All-ACC candidate as a senior after earning both honors as a junior in 2011 ... A Veteran Leader in the Carolina Leadership Academy.
Junior (2011) - Earned All-ACC honors despite missing the first three games of the season with a hamstring injury ... Named All-America by WomensLax.com ... Named third-team All-South by the IWLCA ... Named to the All-NCAA Tournament Team for the third year in a row and is the only three-time honoree in UNC history ... Had 11 goals and three assists for a team-high 14 points in three NCAA Tournament games (3g1a vs. Virginia, 4g1a vs. Loyola and 4g1a vs. Northwestern) ... Her 11 goals were five more than the next-highest scoring Tar Heel in NCAA Tournament play (six by Kara Cannizzaro) ... Tallied seven goals and four assists for 11 points in three ACC Tournament games (2g1a vs. Virginia, 4g2a vs. Duke and 1g1a vs. Maryland) ... Had seven goals and two assists in five ACC regular season games ... Had a season-high six points, one off her career high, in two separate games (3g3a vs. Cornell, 4g2a vs. Duke in the ACC Tournament semifinal) ... Also had five points against Georgetown (4g1a), High Point (4g1a), Loyola (4g1a) and Northwestern in the NCAA Tournament (4g1a) ... Led Carolina in shots with 105 ... Third on the team in points with 58 on 43 goals and 15 assists ... Second among Tar Heels in goals and third in assists ... Fifth on the squad with 20 draw controls, including a career-high five against Virginia Tech ... Tied with Corey Donohoe for the team lead with three game-winning goals (vs. Georgetown, Boston College and Loyola in the NCAA quarterfinal) ... Scored at least one goal in 16 of 18 games on the season, missing the back of the net against only Penn and Maryland in the regular season ... Scored multiple goals 13 games, including a season-high four against Georgetown, Duke in the ACC Tournament, High Point, Loyola and Northwestern in the NCAA Tournament ... Dished out a career-high three assists against Cornell ... Member of the 2011 All-ACC Academic Team.
Sophomore (2010) - Carolina's fourth-leading scorer with 52 points on 35 goals and 17 assists ... Fourth on the team in both goals and assists ... Named to the All-NCAA Tournament team for a second consecutive year ... Led the Tar Heels with 10 goals in three NCAA Tournament games on 12 shots, a shooting percentage of 83.3 percent ... Second on the team with 11 points in the NCAA Tournament ... Second on the team with 33 draw controls ... Fourth among Tar Heels with 74 shot attempts ... Started all 20 games as an attacker ... Scored goals in 16 of 20 contests ... Scored a career-high five goals with two assists for a career-high seven points in the win at Northwestern, earning ACC and National Player of the Week honors the next day ... Tallied four goals and two assists for six points against Oregon ... Also scored four goals in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinal victory over Virginia ... Had three or more goals in seven games, including all three NCAA Tournament games ... Had three goals and one assist against Navy in the NCAA first round, four goals against Virginia in the quarterfinals and three goals against Northwestern in the semifinals ... Tallied 17 assists after not recording an assist as a freshman ... Dished out two assists six games (Denver, Oregon, Penn, Georgetown, Maryland in the regular season and Northwestern in the regular season) ... Controlled a career-high four draws against Boston College and had multiple draw controls in 11 games ... Named to the Dean's List, the All-ACC Academic Women's Lacrosse Team and the 2009-10 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Freshman (2009) - Developed into one of the top freshmen in the nation as the season progressed ... Named to the WomensLacrosse.com All-Rookie Team ... Scored a season-high three goals, including the game-winner with 8:22 left in the second half of the NCAA Tournament semifinal victory over Maryland ... Scored five goals in UNC's four NCAA Tournament games, also tallying scores against Towson and Notre Dame ... Named to the All-NCAA Tournament Team ... Posted a shooting percentage of 48.0 on the season, connecting on 12 of 25 shot attempts ... Scored single goals in six consecutive games from March 28 against Boston College to April 19 against Stanford ... Gathered a season-high two ground balls on three occasions (Old Dominion, Duke in the regular season and Maryland in the NCAA Final Four) ... Controlled a season-high two draws versus Ohio State and Towson in the NCAA first round ... Caused a season-high two turnovers in the NCAA quarterfinals against Notre Dame ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
High School - Played four years of varsity lacrosse at Westhill High School in Syracuse, N.Y. ... First-team All-America as a senior ... Voted team captain, team MVP, first-team all CNY and first-team all-conference as a senior ... Led Westhill in total points her sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... Finished her career with 186 goals and 91 assists ... Team captain of the 2007 and 2008 Empire State Central Girls lacrosse team, winning a bronze medal each year ... Also played three years of varsity soccer and three years of varsity indoor track (55M, 300M, 600M, 800M, 1000M, 1500M, long jump, triple jump, 4x200M relay and 4x800M relay) ... Soccer team captain and MVP as a senior ... Three-time first-team all-conference choice in soccer, leading her team in scoring her last two years ... Track team captain and MVP as a senior and team MVP as a junior ... Three-time qualifier for state championships in track ... A two-time lacrosse high school academic All-America ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Named Section III Scholar-Athlete as a senior for excellence in academics and sports ... Named 2008 Outstanding Female Athlete at Westhill HS.
Personal - Born Laura Burns Zimmerman on September 27, 1990, in Syracuse, N.Y. ... Is the daughter of Joe & Sheila Zimmerman ... Her grandfather, Chuck Zimmerman, played football at Syracuse University from 1956-58, participating in the Cotton Bowl and Orange Bowl ... Business administration major.
Laura Zimmerman's Career Statistics Year GP/GS Sh G A Pts GB CT DC
2009 17/0 25 12 0 12 12 6 8
2010 20/20 74 35 17 52 18 11 33
2011 18/17 105 43 15 58 23 9 20
Total 55/37 204 90 32 122 53 26 61
