| Grant Zimmerman |
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General: One of the most athletic goalkeepers in the country...has very quick hands...two-year returning starter at the position for the Tar Heels...was the co-starting goalkeeper as a redshirt freshman in 2006 with Trey Sheain as Zimmerman started nine of the 14 games...suffered a serious knee injury his senior year in high school, tearing an anterior cruciate ligament in one of his knees...that led to him redshirting during the 2005 season after coming to Carolina in the fall of 2004... spent most of the 2005 season in rehabilitation...is the younger brother of former UNC midfielder Lance Zimmerman who played at Carolina from 2001-05...won campus intramural flag football championship...also an excellent student at Carolina.
2007 Season: Started all 16 games for the Tar Heels in 2007 and played all but 51 minutes of the season at the position...ranked third on the team in ground balls with 61...made 157 saves during the season and had a goals against average of 9.94 per game...compiled a 10-4 goalkeeper record...recorded his career high for saves in a game with 15 in the 13-10 win over Johns Hopkins and 15 in the 10-9 overtime loss at Virginia...named to 2006-07 ACC Academic Honor Roll...earned membership on the spring semester Dean's List at UNC...ranked No. 49 in the nation in ground balls per game, one of the leading goalie total in the nation...had a career-high eight ground balls in a game versus Johns Hopkins...saved 57 percent or more of the shots against him versus Denver, Dartmouth, Notre Dame, Duke (regular season), Johns Hopkins, Virginia, Fairfield and Navy in the NCAA Tournament...had his best save percentage of the season versus Dartmouth (.684).
2006 Season: Started eight of the 11 games he played in as a red-shirt freshman...played 445 plus minutes...recorded a season-high 11 saves against Hofstra and Johns Hopkins...made 11 saves and allowed only six goals against the Pride...had 15 ground balls, including a season-high four against Johns Hopkins...came on in relief role against Fairfield and played the last 11:40 of the game, facing 16 shots and making seven saves while not allowing a goal.
Prep: A phenomenal high school goalkeeper at the Gilman School...graduated from there in June 2004...played three years of varsity lacrosse, four years of varsity football and one year of varsity basketball for a total of eight high school letters...first team All-County selection in lacrosse...first-team All-Metro selection in both lacrosse and football as named by the Baltimore Sun...an honor roll student.
