Bio
High School
Named 2009 Iowa Miss Basketball ... earned Class 3A Player of the Year honors from 2007-09 ... four-time Iowa Newspaper Association All-State Basketball Class 3A First-Team honoree ... led Ballard to 2009 state championship with a 26-1 overall mark ... team finished as state runner-up in 2006 with a 26-1 record ... prep squad went 100-7 in her four seasons ... started every game of her high school career ... four-time all-district first-team member ... a McDonald’s All-America nominee ... set school records for career points (1,886), career rebounds (730), career blocks (303), single-game points (33) and single-season points (496) ... named all-district and honorable-mention all-conference in softball in 2008 ... placed fourth at state as a team in golf in 2008 ... all-conference golfer (2007) and qualified for state track meet in 2006.
Personal
Plans on majoring in communication studies ... full name is Amanda Marie Zimmerman ... born Oct. 7, 1990, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa ... parents are Annette and Jeff Zimmerman ... has one brother, Travis ... played her freshman year at Ballard with fellow Cyclone Alison Lacey during her year as a foreign exchange student.
