Ross Zimmerman Class: Senior Hometown: Utica, MI High School: Brother Rice Height / Weight: 6-2 / 189 Position: Defense Birthdate: 12/12/1985

HONORS & AWARDS

All-Great Western Lacrosse League First Team (2008)

All-Great Western Lacrosse League Second Team (2007)

A two-time all-GWLL selection ... named to the first team as a senior and was a second-team pick as a junior ... four-time monogram winner ... played in 58 career games, including 45 starts, with 106 ground balls ... notched one point on an assist ... prep All-American while at Brother Rice ... first Utica native to ever be a student-athlete at Notre Dame.

AS A SENIOR: Named to the all-GWLL first team ... started all 17 games in the Irish defense ... key cog in an Irish defense that ranked fifth among all NCAA Division I teams with a 7.06 goals-against average ... picked up a single-season career-high 39 ground balls ... picked up three or more ground balls in eight games during the season ... matched a career-high number with six ground balls in helping the Irish to the GWLL tournament title in a 9-2 win over #10 Ohio State ... scooped up five ground balls in a 16-6 league win over Quinnipiac ... had four ground balls in back-to-back wins over Air Force (13-5) and #9 Ohio State (17-12) during the regular season ... whistled for two penalties, which resulted in one minute of penalty time.

AS A JUNIOR: Started all 15 games ... earned second-team all-GWLL recognition ... helped the Notre Dame defense rank fourth nationally with a school-record goals-against average of 6.66 ... picked up 34 ground balls and attempted one shot ... tallied his first collegiate point with an assist in a 14-9 road victory at Quinnipiac in the regular-season finale ... picked up a season-high five ground balls in a 14-6 league win over Denver ... collected four ground balls against both #20 Ohio State and Quinnipiac ... had three ground balls on three occasions ... whistled for one penalty, which resulted in 30 seconds of penalty time against Denver.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in all 15 games, making four starts ... picked up 23 ground balls ... key member of Irish defense that ranked 11th nationally by allowing just 7.67 goals per game ... collected a career-high six ground balls against both Brown and Ohio State ... had three ground balls in an 8-4 season-opening victory over #14 Penn State ... picked up two ground balls against #5 Hofstra and Lehigh.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 11 games, making nine starts in the Irish defense ... collected 10 ground balls ... called for one penalty ... started his first collegiate game, a 14-6 victory at #21 Penn State, where he picked up two ground balls ... also picked up two ground balls versus Denver and Fairfield ... had a season-high three ground balls in a 9-8 double-overtime win at #13 Hofstra ... only games he did not start where against North Carolina and Butler.

PREP AND PERSONAL DATA: Decorated two-sport athlete at Brother Rice, garnering four varsity letters in lacrosse and three in football ... part of two state championship teams in lacrosse and one in football ... combined to win seven conference and seven regional titles in his scholastic career ... lacrosse team was ranked nationally during his freshman and junior seasons, as they captured the state title both of those years ... received All-America honors as a defenseman in lacrosse his senior season ... two-time all-conference, all-city, and all-state selection in lacrosse ... team MVP and captain during his final campaign, as he set school records for most takeaways and ground balls ... had 60 takeaways, the top mark in the state, and was most valuable defenseman at the Boys' Latin Invitational in 2003 ... played for the west squad in the All-American allstar game ... all-city and all-conference linebacker his senior season ... collected 150 tackles during that campaign en route to being tabbed team MVP ... member of the National Honor Society ... grew up in the same area as former Irish lacrosse player Nick Petcoff ... son of Karen and Larry Zimmerman ... father played collegiate football at Central Michigan ... has one younger brother ... born Dec. 12, 1985, in Detroit, Mich. ... graduated from the Mendoza College of Business in May of 2008 with a 3.025 cumulative GPA.

ZIMMERMAN'S CAREER STATISTICS