AS A FRESHMAN (2011) Earned a start as the team's setter in all 33 matches during her first collegiate season...totaled 1,227 assists and 283 digs...chipped in 71 blocks, 65 kills and 53 aces...ranked second in the Big East in aces per set (0.44) and 21st among the NCAA Division I national rankings...tied for third overall in single-season aces with Diana Andreyko (2005)...aided the Panthers to the most aces in a single season since 1994 (206)...was two shy of tying the single-match school record with six service aces against Eastern Kentucky on Aug. 26...ranked third on the team in digs...placed among the top five assist leaders in the Big East...named Big East Freshman of the Week on both August 29 and September 19...registered her first double-double against Delaware with a career-best 65 assists and 18 digs...posted 50 or more assists in six matches...tallied a career-high eight blocks at St. John's...averaged 10.14 assists, 2.34 digs and 1.31 points per set...named to the All-Pitt Invitational Team, collecting 88 assists in three matches.
HIGH SCHOOL A 2010 First Team All-Ohio honoree...assisted her team in four-straight conference and district championships...also a part of two consecutive regional championships and a two-time state runner-up squad...garnered Suburban Publications 2010 Fall Athlete of the Year, OCC- Central Division 2010 Player of the Year...an AVCA Under Armour Girls' High School All-America Watch List member...named a Prepvolleyball.com High School All-American...one of only two student-athletes to win 100 or more varsity contests at Dublin Coffman...earned first team all-conference honors four times, all-district honors on three occasions and is a two-time all-state selection...played for the Columbus Volleyball Academy club team under the guidance of former Division I assistants Gwen Zechman and Zach Colston...aided her 17-Open team to a 22nd-place finish at last year's USAV National Tournament in Reno, Nevada and were winners of the 2010 Mid East Qualifier (Club Division) in Indianapolis...her CVA team qualified for USAV Nationals four times...earned three letters in basketball...won three conference titles and was recognized as an all-conference performer inbasketball...a member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL Born January 29, 1993...daughter of Sandy and Richard Zitzke...has an older sister, Christy, who played volleyball at Ashland (Ohio)...enrolled in the College of Education.
Zitzke's Career Highs Kills: 5 Two times, last was vs. USF (11-13-11)
Attempts: 14 vs. Ohio (9-13-11)
Digs: 23 at West Virginia (10-15-11)
Assists: 65 vs.Delaware (9-17-11)
Service Aces: 6 vs. Eastern Kentucky (8-26-11)
Solo Blocks: 1 Nine times, last was at St. John's (11-4-11)
