Lauren Zimmerman returns to the field hockey staff at Wesleyan for her fourth season in 2024. The Connecticut native hails from Newtown and graduated from Newtown High School in 2017.
The 2023 season saw Wesleyan wrap up its most-successful season in well over a decade. The Cardinals were ranked as high as No. 16 nationally, garnering a national ranking for the first time since 2010. Wesleyan defeated No. 5 ranked Tufts, 2-1 in overtime in Medford, signaling the first time the Cardinals defeated a Top 5 ranked team on the road in team history. Wesleyan earned a spot in the NESCAC Tournament for the first time since 2013 and had a single-season team record three First Team All-NESCAC selections.
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A four-year letterwinner for Bryant University in Rhode Island, Zimmerman played in 52 career games (29 starts) as a defensive midfielder for the Bulldogs. Zimmerman was a two-time Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll honoree while she held an executive board role for the Student Athletic Advisory Committee in her undergrad years.
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Zimmerman has spent the last four years as a coach for the HTC Field Hockey Club where she coached practices, games and tournament across multiple locations in Connecticut. During the summer of 2021, she coached for the All American Field Hockey Camp where coaches travel from across the country and work with high school teams to prepare for the season.
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During her time as an undergrad at Bryant, Zimmerman was a volunteer physical therapy aide for Church Hill Physical Therapy where she assisted physical therapists with patient exercises and helped patients move throughout their individual exercises while teaching proper technique.
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She graduated from Bryant with a bachelor’s degree in pre-health with a minor in psychology and human resource management.
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