Pronunciation
zuh-CAR-o
Zaccaro's Cal Career Game Highs
Goals: 3 (three times, last at Oregon, 2021)
Assists: 5 (vs. Liberty, 2022)
Points: 7 (vs. Arizona State, 2018)
Shots: 8 (vs. Arizona State, 2018)
Shots On Goal: 7 (vs. Arizona State, 2018)
Free Position Goals: 2 (twice, last at Arizona State, 2022)
Free Position Shots: 3 (three times, last at Arizona State, 2022)
Ground Balls: 7 (vs. Arizona State, 2018)
Caused Turnovers: 3 (vs. Fresno State, 2021)
Draw Controls: 5 (vs. USC, 2018)
Cal Career (2018-22)
• Finished her Cal career as the school's all-time leader in games played (79), assists (93) and assists per game (1.18)
• Played in 79 of 80 games possible over five seasons
• Added other career totals of 68 games started, 71 goals, 164 points (155), 211 shots and 139 shots on goal, while compiling a .336 shot percentage, a .659 shots on goal percentage, one game-winning goal, 85 ground balls, 15 caused turnovers and 44 draw controls, while she was 13-of-46 (.283) on free position shots
• Started 31 straight contests beginning with a contest at Oregon on Apr. 12, 2019 and extending until she missed her only Cal contest entirely at Virginia on Feb. 13, 2021
• Three-time member of the Pac-12's annual academic recognition on the Spring Academic Honor Roll as a 2020 junior and 2021 senior after she was a first-team Pac-12 All-Academic selection as a 2019 sophomore (Pac-12 honor roll replaced Pac-12 All-Academic in 2020)
Senior (2022)
• Became the first Cal lacrosse student-athlete to earn CoSIDA Academic All-American honors when she was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I Women's At-Large second team after having earlier picked up the second CoSIDA Academic All-District®-8 Women's At-Large honor in her collegiate career
• Also became the first Cal lacrosse student-athlete to be named the Pac-12 Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Played in 17 of 18 games with starts in all 17 and contributed 17 goals, a team-high 20 assists (#6 Pac-12), a career-high-tying 37 points, 43 shots, a .395 shot percentage, 27 shots on goal, a .628 shots on goal percentage, 10 ground balls and one draw control
• at Navy (L, 10-18) – 2 shots
• at No. 11 Virginia (L, 5-18) – Did not play ... missed a game for the first time in her collegiate career
• San Diego State (L, 6-15) – 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points, 5 shots, 2 shots on goal, 0-2 free position shots
• No. 15 Denver (L, 5-15) – Played but did not have any notable statistics
• UC Davis (L, 5-16) – 1 goal, 1 point, 3 shots, 1 shot on goal
• at Stanford (L, 8-20) – 1 goal, 1 point, 2 shots, 1 shot on goal
• Liberty (L, 13-17) – 1 goal, career-high 5 assists, 6 points, 2 shots, 2 shots on goal, 3 ground balls
• No. 15 USC (L, 9-19) – 1 assist, 1 point
• Arizona State (L, 18-21) – 1 goal, 1 point, 4 shots, 2 shots on goal, 0-2 free position shots, 1 ground ball
• at Oregon (L, 9-12) – 2 assists, 2 points, 1 ground ball
• at Colorado (L, 10-16) – 1 goal, 3 assists, 4 points, 3 shots, 2 shots on goal, 1-2 free position shots, 1 draw control ... became Cal's all-time leader in assists by passing Colleen O'Mara (83, 2001-04) with her second assist of the game
• Oregon (W, 14-12) – 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points, 2 shots, 1 shot on goal, 1 ground ball
• Colorado (L, 9-17) – 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points, 2 shots, 1 shot on goal, 1-1 free position shots, 1 ground ball
• at USC (L, 11-20) – 2 goal, 2 points, 3 shots, 3 shots on goal, 0-1 free position shots, 1 draw control ... tied Ella Annest (75, 2017-21) as Cal's all-time leader in games played by playing in her 75th contest at Cal
• at Arizona State (L, 10-18) – 2 goals, 2 assists, 4 points, 3 shots, 3 shots on goal, 2-3 free position shots, 1 ground ball ... became Cal's all-time leader in games played by playing in her 76th contest at Cal to move out of a tie with Ella Annest (75, 2017-21)
• UC Davis (W, 16-15) – 3 goals, 3 points, 6 shots, 4 shots on goal, 2-3 free position shots, 1 ground ball ... became Cal's all-time leader in games played by playing in her 76th contest at Cal to move out of a tie with Ella Annest (75, 2017-21)
• at Stanford (L, 11-18) – 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points, 1 shot, 1 shot on goal
• at Arizona State – Pac-12 Championships (L, 8-17) – 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points, 3 shots, 3 shots on goal, 1-1 free position shots, 1 ground ball, 1 caused turnover
Senior (2021)
• Earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors to be recognized with a yearly athletic award from the conference for the first time as well as a spot on the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll for the second consecutive season and honored academically by the conference for the third year in a row (Pac-12 replaced its All-Academic teams with an Honor Roll beginning in the fall of 2019)
• Appeared in and started all 18 games and paced the squad with 19 assists that was 12 more than anyone else on the team while adding a career-high 18 goals for a team-high-tying and career-high-tying 37 points
• Cal's nominee for the Pac-12's Lacrosse Student-Athlete of the Year
• Seventh in the Pac-12 in assists
• Also contributed career highs of 56 shots, 35 shots on goal and eight caused turnovers, as well as a .321 shot percentage, a .625 shots on goal percentage, 19 ground balls and one draw control, while she was 2-of-12 on free position shot attempts
• Had a season-high-tying five points both at Oregon and vs. Fresno State, scoring a career-high-tying three goals and contributing two assists against the Ducks while picking up one goal and a season-high four assists vs. the Bulldogs
• Picked up three assists and four points at USC as well as three points on two-assist/one-goal contests vs. UC Davis, Arizona State and Stanford
• Also had a pair of goals vs. San Diego State and a single goal on 10 other occasions also with a single assist at Fresno State, the first road game at UC Davis, vs. Colorado and vs. Arizona State in the Pac-12 Championship quarterfinals, as well as without an assist at Colorado, at San Diego State, at Arizona State and the second road game at UC Davis
• Was held scoreless all also without an assist on three occasions vs. USC, at Stanford and vs. Oregon
• Picked up her free position goals at Oregon and vs. Stanford
• Other notable season highs included seven shots and three free position shots vs. San Diego State, four shots on goal vs. UC Davis and at Oregon, four ground balls and a career-high three caused turnovers vs. Fresno State, and one draw control at Stanford
Junior (2020)
• Picked up CoSIDA Academic All-District®-8 Women's At-Large honors and was a member of the inaugural Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll that replaced its previous All-Academic teams
• Started all seven games in a season abbreviated by the COVID-19 pandemic and led Cal with 23 points and 11 assists while ranking third on the team with 12 goals
• Ranked third in the Pac-12 with an average of 1.57 assists per game, while her 3.29 points per contest were eighth
• Added 31 shots, 23 shots on goal, a .387 shot percentage, a .742 shots on goal percentage, 10 ground balls, two caused turnovers and four draw controls, while she was 4-of-9 on free position goal attempts
• Contributed a season-high-tying four points in a trio of games at Mercer (career-high 3 goals, 1 assist), San Diego State (1 goal, season-high 3 assists) and at Arizona State (2 goals, 2 assists), as well as three points in a trio of others at UC Davis (2 goals, 1 assist), Winthrop (2 goals, 1 assist) and USC (2 goals, 1 assist), while adding a pair of points on two assists at Virginia
• Had season highs of seven shots and six shots on goal against Arizona State, as well two free position goals and three free position shots at USC, three ground balls at Winthrop, a single caused turnover twice (at Mercer, at Winthrop) and one draw control in each of the first four games (at UC Davis, Virginia, at Mercer, at Winthrop)
Sophomore (2019)
• First-team Pac-12 All-Academic selection who paced the squad with a career-high 23 assists that ranks sixth in school single-season history while adding 13 goals for a total of 36 points, also a career high
• Ranked fourth in the Pac-12 in assists with an average of 1.21 per game
• Appeared in all 19 games with 18 starts and also contributed 39 shots, 24 shots on goal, a .333 shot percentage, a .615 shots on goal percentage, 24 ground balls, two caused turnovers and 18 draw controls, while she was 0-of-5 on free position shot attempts
• Posted a season-best six points at George Washington on two goals and a season-high-tying four assists while earning an NCAA Play of the Week honor on one of her goals
• Scored all four of her points on a season-high four assists vs. Oregon, while she also had four points in a regular-season home contest vs. Arizona State on two goals and two assists
• Had three points on four occasions at Mount St. Mary's, in the regular season at Arizona State when she was credited with the game-winning goal in a 12-11 victory at Colorado and in the Pac-12 Tournament vs. Arizona State
• Had a pair of points three times (vs. UC Davis, vs. Colorado, vs. Stanford) and one on two other occasions (vs. USC, at Stanford)
• Had a season-high-tying two goals on five occasions (UC Davis, at George Washington, at Mount Saint Mary's, Stanford, vs. Arizona State in the regular season), while her other season highs included six shots and four shots on goal at Mount Saint Mary's, two free position shots vs. Fresno State, three ground balls three times (vs. Colorado, at Arizona State, vs. Arizona State in Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals) and three draw controls twice (vs. San Diego State, vs. Stanford)
• Made Cal's Dean List in the spring of 2019
Freshman (2018)
• Appeared in all 18 games and made all nine of her starts over the final 10 contests
• Totaled 31 points on 11 goals and a team-best 20 assists while also contributing 42 shots, 30 shots on goal, a .262 shot percentage, a .714 shots on goal percentage, 22 ground balls, two caused turnovers and 20 draw controls, while she was 2-of-8 on free position shot attempts
• Had her two highest-scoring games against Arizona State, amassing a career-high seven points on a career-high-tying and season highs of three goal and four assists in the Berkeley meeting when she also had career highs of eight shots and seven shots on goal before scoring four points (2 goals, 2 assists) when the teams squared off in Tempe
• Seven-point performance against Arizona State at home earned her a spot on the All-HEADstrong team with that contest serving as a charity game to benefit the HEADstrong Foundation, a non-profit organization that offers financial, residential and emotional support ot families affected by cancer
• Added three points on three occasions (at Stanford, vs. Fresno State, vs. Colorado)
• Posted a career-high seven ground balls at Arizona State that tied for second in school single-game history
• Had a career-high five draw controls against USC
Lauralton Hall (Class Of 2017)
• A four-time All-State and All-Conference selection who set career state and school records for either boys or girls with 495 points on 333 goals and 162 assists, earning first-team All-State honors each of her final three seasons after a second-team nod as a 2014 freshman and first-team All-Southern Connecticut Conference (SCC) also for her final three campaigns after being a second teamer in the All-Patriot Division of the Southwest Conference in her rookie prep season
• Also named to the New Haven Register All-Area squad and tabbed the team MVP in each of her final three campaigns, while she was her team's Offensive MVP as a freshman
• Had a huge senior season and set school records in points (154) and goals (109) while contributing 45 assists while serving as team captain
• Helped lead her team to a school-record 15 wins as a 2016 junior when she set school records for goals (97), points (144) and draw controls (135) to go along with 47 assists before surpassing the goals and points marks as a senior
• Also set a school record for assists (51) in her sophomore campaign when she finished 116 points and 65 goals
• Totaled 81 points on 62 goals and 19 assists as a freshman when she was named her squad's offensive MVP and was an All-Patriot Division selection in the Southwest Conference
• The founder of a Physics in Sports club
• Also played three seasons of varsity prep volleyball and one campaign of field hockey
• Academic honors include High Honor Roll, National Honor Society and SCC Scholar-Athlete
Club Lacrosse
• Played for NewLax Lacrosse Club from 2013-17
Other
• Born January 21, 1999
• Daughter of Michael and Joan Zaccaro
• Older brother, Michael, played collegiate lacrosse at Fordham and was a two-year captain
• Uncle, Justin Hyland, played football at Rice
• Coaches for club team Gold Coast Lacrosse, an elite summer lacrosse team based in Connecticut
• Avid skier, along with enjoying mountain biking and hiking in Utah
• A film buff who has attended the Sundance Film Festival every year since 2008
• Co-founder of the Go Bears Go Vote initiative that encouraged voter registration and educated people about it with the majority of her work being done during the 2020 fall semester
• Graduated from Cal in May of 2021 with Distinction in General Scholarship (Cal's equivalent to cum laude) with a pair of bachelor's degrees as a double major in political science and film & media before adding a graduate certificate from the Berkeley Haas Global Access Program in May of 2022
Last Updated
June 15, 2022
