Evan Zinn

TIFFANY ON ZINN
2023 – “Evan is intellectually and emotionally dialed in to take on the full-time role as a defensive midfielder this spring. Having studied our defensive schemes extensively through on-field experiences and film, Evan has quickly become one of our louder voices during settled 6v6 scenarios. Possessed with this knowledge and a ferocious chip, Evan is poised to have a breakthrough season as he makes our team defense more stable and ignites our offensive transition with his blinding speed.”

2023

• Appeared in all 17 games as a short-stick defensive midfielder
• Recorded 24 ground balls and seven caused turnovers along with nine goals and six assists
• USILA All-American Honorable Mention (May 25)
• Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American (May 17)
• USA Lacrosse Magazine Honorable Mention All-American (May 9)
• Tallied a career-high five ground balls and scored one goal against No. 3 Maryland (March 18)
• Signed with PLL’s Chaos as an undrafted free agent
• Drafted 15th in the sixth round (No. 104 overall) of the 2022 NLL Draft by Colorado
• All-ACC Academic Team
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2022

• Appeared in all 16 games as a two-way midfielder
• Scored seven goals and dished out six assists
• Enrolled at Virginia as a graduate transfer from Johns Hopkins
• Scored two goals against North Carolina (April 9), his first career multi-goal game
• With one goal and two assists, tied his career-high three points in UVA’s season-opening win over Air Force (Feb. 5)
• His pair of assists against the Falcons was his second career multi-assist performance

CAREER SUMMARY AT JOHNS HOPKINS

• Played in 35 games with seven starts on the Blue Jays’ first midfield
• Totaled 12 goals and eight assists and added 32 ground balls and six caused turnovers
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection

2021

• Played in all 13 games with one start
• Played offensive midfield and worked into a role as a SSDM late in the season
• Scored one goals and added one assist, 12 ground balls and three caused turnovers on the year
• Named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team

2020

• Started all six games on Hopkins’ first midfield
• Tied for fourth on the team in goals (6) and tied for fifth in points (11) and assists (3)
• Rang up two goals and one assist for a career-high three points in 15-7 season-opening win against Towson
• Matched career high with one goal and two assists in the loss at Loyola and added one goal against UNC
• Ran point and goal-scoring streaks to four games with two goals at Princeton before streak came to an end against Syracuse
• Named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team

2019

• Played in all 16 games at midfield and as a wing on faceoffs
• Counted five goals, four assists, 20 ground balls and three caused turnovers to his credit
• Picked up first career point – an assist – in the season opener at Towson
• Notched first career goal in a 14-12 win at Princeton.
• Punched up first multi-goal game of career with two goals against ninth-ranked Virginia
• Added one assist and two ground balls in a 14-8 win at Michigan
• Scored once – the second goal in a 6-0 game-opening run – in JHU’s 15-13 win over Rutgers
• Totaled one assist and one GB in a 16-11 come-from-behind win at second-ranked Maryland.
• Nabbed a career-high four ground balls in a 12-7 win over Maryland in the B1G Semifinals.
• Scored once and added one assist and three ground balls in the Big Ten Championship game against top-ranked Penn State
• Ranked the No. 7 freshman in the nation by Inside Lacrosse
• Ranked as the No. 3 freshman midfielder in the nation by Inside Lacrosse

HIGH SCHOOL

• Played lacrosse and basketball
• Four-year varsity player in lacrosse
• Totaled 122 goals and 86 assists over four seasons
• Graduated as the second-leading scorer in school history
• Under Armour and US Lacrosse All-American as a senior, when he totaled 30 goals and 13 assists despite missing
• first eight games of the season
• Western Connecticut Lacrosse Association (WCLOA) Player of the Year as a senior
• First Team All-Fairfield County Interscholastic Conference (FCIAC) and First Team All-State as a senior
• First Team All-FCIAC and Second Team All-State as a junior, when he led team in scoring with 40 goals and 35 assists
• All-FCIAC West as a sophomore and freshman

PERSONAL

• Son of Kenny and Jill Zinn
• Has one younger sister, Jackie