Annie Zinkavich Position: Assistant Coach Years: 3rd Season

3rd Season

Annie Zinkavich enters her third season as an assistant coach at Penn State. A former goalkeeper with the Nittany Lions, she works primarily with the goalkeepers and also assists in the day-to-day operations of the field hockey program.

Last year, Zinkavich's work with the goalies helped the Nittany Lions record 10 shutouts, including nine by Jen Beaumont and two big shutouts in the NCAA Tournament against a pair of top five teams. Beaumont also ranked among that nation's leaders in goals against average and save percentage while being named All-Region for the second straight season. Two years ago, Beaumont, then a first-year starter, had an outstanding year between the pipes for the Lions as she was named first team All-Region and a second team All-American while finishing fifth in the country and tops in the Big Ten in goals against average.

Zinkavich was a four-year letterwinner for the Nittany Lions from 2000-2003. She recorded eight shutouts in 2002 to anchor the defense of the squad that advanced to the NCAA National Championship game. In 2002, she ranked 16th nationally in goals against average with 1.41 per game. She earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors six times in her career, including three honors in 2001. In 2002, Zinkavich set a Bigler Field record for saves in a game with 10 in a 2-1 upset victory over No. 6 North Carolina. She was named to three consecutive All-Mideast teams, garnering first team honors in 2001 and 2003 and second team honors in 2002. She started 85 out of the 87 games she played in her career. She had 22 shutouts in her career, which ranks fifth all-time at Penn State.

Zinkavich is currently pursuing her masters degree in college student personnel from Bucknell University.

Prior to returning to her alma mater, Zinkavich served for two years as the graduate assistant coach at Bucknell, also working with the goalies. Under her tutelage, Bucknell's senior keeper Liz Jordan was named the Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year and the East Coast Athletic Conference Goalkeeper of the Year. Jordan was also a second team All-Mideast Region selection.

She currently plays club field hockey for Red Rose and helped the team win the Club Cup in Virginia Beach in April of 2006.

Zinkavich received her Bachelor of Science in psychology from Penn State in 2003. She hails from Kingston, Pa. and graduated from Wyoming Seminary in 1999.

Zinkavich is currently pursuing her masters degree in college student personnel from Bucknell University.

Prior to returning to her alma mater, Zinkavich served for two years as the graduate assistant coach at Bucknell, also working with the goalies. Under her tutelage, Bucknell's senior keeper Liz Jordan was named the Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year and the East Coast Athletic Conference Goalkeeper of the Year. Jordan was also a second team All-Mideast Region selection.

She currently plays club field hockey for Red Rose and helped the team win the Club Cup in Virginia Beach in April of 2006.

Zinkavich received her Bachelor of Science in psychology from Penn State in 2003. She hails from Kingston, Pa. and graduated from Wyoming Seminary in 1999.