Name: Maddie Zimmer
Position: Striker/Midfielder
Caps: 15
Sport: Field Hockey
DOB: 9/28/2001
Hometown: Hershey, Pa.
High School: Hershey
College: Northwestern (2024)
Team/Club: Alley Cats
World Championship Experience
  • Bronze - 2021 Junior Pan American Championship (Santiago, Chile)
  • 4th - 2022 Pan American Cup (Santiago, Chile)
  • 9th - 2021-22 FIH Pro League (worldwide)
Other Career Highlights
  • 2022: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (July)
  • 2021: At Northwestern, named Preseason All-Big Ten Team, First Team All-Big Ten, NCAA Division I National Champion, All-NCC Tournament Most Valuable Player, NFHCA All-West Region First Team, NFHCA Division I First-Team All-American
  • 2021: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (June)
  • 2021: Named to the U.S. U22 Junior Pan American Championship Training Squad
  • 2020: Named to the U.S. U-21 Women's National Team
  • 2019: Invited to play in series against Canada (Lancaster, Pa.), Recorded first cap September 27 against Canada
  • 2019: Named to the U.S. U-21 Women's National Team, 3 National Invitational (Monchengladbach, Germany)
  • 2018: Named to the U.S. U-17 Women's National Team, Uruguay Tour (captain)
  • 2017: Named to the U.S. U-17 Women's National Team, Ireland Tour
Personal: Daughter of Scott and Erin Zimmer...Has a brother, Ben...Game Day Mantra: Visualization while listening to music...Favorite Sports Quote: “Great moments are born from great opportunities.” - Herb Brooks...Best Words of Advice: Don’t be afraid to make mistakes, just bounce back from them and work harder to get it right next time.
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Zimmer started playing field hockey when she was seven years old for her local youth team. Her mom signed her up because she had played in college and wanted her to learn the sport too.