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...Zimmerman, though, was not completely foreign to the level of play in college. Throughout high school, he played on a club team-- Daisy--in a summer program which completed against the top summer teams around the country...
...played against the best players on both coasts, Zimmerman found it difficult to gain the respect his play merited. Traditionally, the best water polo players are found in California and on the West coast. In fact, all of this year's first and second Team all-Americans are from Californian universities. Consequently, upon hearing that Zimmerman was from the Midwest, many water polo experts refused to believe he could play with the best...
...playing at the collegiate level, Zimmerman has discovered the competition is raised a notch. Like it was during the summer, when he played against the best polo programs, Zimmerman must play exceptionally night in and night out for Harvard...
However, his teammates are not the only ones who know this. The opposing teams are well aware of Zimmerman's importance and constantly throw double teams at him, making him the focus of their defensive effort. Zimmerman has responded well, even with this increased intensity...
Judging from his stats this past season, Zimmerman might have understated just how good a job his team did at opening things up for him. Zimmerman scored a Harvard record 101 goals and had team highs for assists (21) and steals (26). By reaching triple digits in scoring, Zimmerman broke his brother's old record (99) for most goals in a season. Besides being recognized as Harvard's MVP, Zimmerman also was named to the First Team all-EWPA and received the Ivy League Player of the Year award (sharing it with Kevin O'Sullivan from Brown...