2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)
Beach: Helped the Dons win 13 games… Partnered with Madaline LaFollette all year long… mostly played in the 2s pair, finishing with a record of 4-8… Finished with a 4-3 record as the 3s pair and 3-3 as the 4s pair… helped the Dons to finish 4th in the WCC tournament…
Indoor: One of the Dons' primary attackers and front-line players in her second year on the Hilltop, starting all 29 matches and playing in 105 of 109 sets ... Second on the team with 232 kills (2.21 per set) while hitting .183 for the season ... Was also the second-best blocker on the team with 82 total blocks (75 assists, seven solo) ... Had double-digit kills in eight matches, including a streak of six straight such performances from Aug. 25-Sept. 8 ... Notched a season-high 15 kills and hit over .400 in back-to-back matches, first at Army on Aug. 25 (.433 hitting percentage) and again on Aug. 31 versus American in Fresno, Calif. ... Had multiple blocks in 18 matches, including five or more six times ... Posted a season-high eight blocks twice, first against Southern Utah in the Dons' five-set victory over Southern Utah (Sept. 8), then again in the season finale versus Pacific (Nov. 20) ... Hit over .300 with at least six kills eight different times, with a season-best .471 clip (nine kills, one error, 17 attempts) on Sept. 20 versus Santa Clara.
2017-18 (FRESHMAN)
Beach:
Indoor: Played in 10 matches her freshman year ... Had a high of three digs against Santa Clara.
PRIOR TO USF: Four-year letterwinner in both volleyball and basketball for the Little Elm Lobos … First-team all-district volleyball player and team MVP as a senior … Basketball blocks leader as a junior … Played club sports with Texas Advantage Volleyball 17 Blue and 18 Blue, and Lonestar 16 Nationals … Academic all-district selection in volleyball and basketball three straight years … Academic all-state (basketball) as a senior.
PERSONAL: Planning to major in kinesiology at USF … Daughter of Amy and Travis Zinger … Born in 1999, in Largo, Fla.
Get To Know Emily Zinger
All-time Favorite Movie: Finding Nemo
Last TV Show You Binged: Stranger Things
Go-To Emoji: 
Favorite breakfast food: Anything sweet, pancakes, French toast
Favorite dessert: All of them
Next Place You Want to Travel To: Jamaica
Instagram or SnapChat - Pick One: Instagram
Favorite "Follow" on Social Media: Any dog accounts
Most awesome class you've taken at USF: Learning and memory for my neuroscience minor. It was tough but I learned the most and have applied it the most.
Best volleyball memory of all-time: Winning our first WCC game in a while
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