Lindsey Zeltwanger

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Photo by: Judy Stapleton

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Photo by: Judy Stapleton

Position:
Midfield
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
William Mason HS
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
2018 All-Southern Conference Academic Team
2018 Academic Honor Roll2018 All SoCon Preseason Team
SoCon Offensive Player of the Month (March)
2018 All-SoCon First Team
2018 SoCon All-Tournament Team

2018 (Senior):

Saw action in all 20 games, including 19 starts.
Leads the Bears with 87 points and 52 assists, totaled 35 goals, 93 shots, 67 shots on goal,30 groundballs, 15 caused turnovers and 44 draw controls for the season.
Recorded a career-high nine draw controls against Louisville (3/14/18) and six assists against Detroit Mercy (3/31/18), and a season-high four goals against Furman (4/6/18).
Registered a .720 shots on goal percentage.
Elected as captain for the season.

2017 (Junior):

Named Player of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors.
Zeltwanger became Mercer’s first player to score 100 career goals.
Saw time in all 19 games and earned 18 starts.
Added 47 goals for the season including ten free positions goals, adding a career-high of nine goals against Kennesaw State. Her nine goal performance ranks second in the ASUN’s single-game record book and is also second in the nation for single-game highs in 2017.
Averaged a .776 percentage for shots on goal.
Led the team with 51 assists, including a season-high of six assists against Detroit Mercy. Zeltwanger became the first player to record 100 career assists.
Totaled 42 ground balls.
Contributed 23 caused turnovers, including a career-high of five caused turnovers against Central Michigan.
Won 41 draw controls.
Named to the ASUN Preseason All-Conference Team
Elected as a captain for the season.
Named the ASUN Player of the Week three times (2/28/2017) (3/28/2017) (4/4/2017)
Recorded a nation-wide single-game high for 13 points against Gardner-Webb. Noted as ASUN’s all-time single-season leading scorer with 87 points.
Zeltwanger notched her 200^th career point against Furman.
Named to the ASUN First Team.
Voted to the All-Academic team.

2016 (Sophomore):

Started all 18 games for Mercer.
Led the Bears with 33 goals, 28 assists and 61 points.
Became the first player in program history to reach 100 career points.
Is Mercer’s career leader in points (111), goals (59) and assists (52).
Finished the season second in ground balls (37), draw controls (31) and caused turnovers (13).
Is Mercer’s career leader in caused turnovers (25) and is second in draw controls (51) and ground balls (66).
Recorded a .704 shots on goal percentage.
Ranked third in the league and 34^th nationally in total assists and third in the ASUN and 33^rd nationally in assists per game (1.56).
Finished the year fourth in the conference and 48^th nationally with 3.39 points per game.
Named to the ASUN All-Conference Second Team and ASUN All-Academic Team.

2015 (Freshman):

Played in all 14 games and logged 13 starts for Mercer in her rookie season.
Named both a Second Team All-Atlantic Sun and Atlantic Sun Freshman Team selection.
Led Mercer with 50 points and 24 assists, while ranking second on the team with 26 goals.
Also notched 29 ground balls, 20 draw controls and 12 caused turnovers.
Was second for the Bears in caused turnovers and fourth in both ground balls and draw controls.
Averaged 3.57 points per game and notched a .796 shots on goal percentage for the season.
Went 2-of-6 on free position shots.

BEFORE MERCER:

Three-year letterwinner at William Mason, where she was coached by Paul Limpert.
2014 and 2013 First Team All-District selection.
2014 First Team All-American.
2014 All-State First Team honoree.
Helped her team to an appearance in the state championship semi-finals.
Graduated Summa Cum Laude.
Honor Roll member.
Also played for the Velocity club under coaches Natalie Starvaggi and Sara Kuhlman.

PERSONAL: