Elena Zang

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cumming, Ga.
High School:
South Forsyth HS
Prev School:
UFA Norcross

Senior (2018)

COSIDA Academic All-District First Team ... SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll … Played in 15 games on the season and made ten starts…saw 81 minutes of play action against TCU (Aug. 17)…took one shot for 61 minutes against North Texas (Aug. 19)…saw 40 minutes of action play off the bench against FGCU (Aug. 24)…fired one shot on goal for 21 minutes of play against Kennesaw State (Aug. 25)…saw 70 minutes of play against RICE (Sept. 2)…had 79 minutes of play off the bench against South Alabama (Sept. 6)…fired on shot on goal for 33 minutes of action against Troy (Sept. 9)…45 minutes of action play against Ole Miss (Sept. 13)…saw 51 minutes of action play against DePaul (Sept. 16)…in a double OT matchup against Florida, saw 110 minutes of action off the bench (Oct. 14)…saw 14 minutes of play against Texas A&M (Oct. 18)…saw 14 minutes of play at Georgia (Oct. 21)…had 77 minutes of action play off the bench against in-state Rival Auburn (Oct. 25).

Junior (2017)

SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll ... played in 13 games on the season and made three starts ... played 19 minutes against Jacksonville State (Aug. 18) ... played 16 minutes against Samford (Aug. 20) ... started at South Alabama and played 22 minutes (Sept. 1) ... played 15 minutes off the bench against Troy (Sept. 3) ... played 14 minutes at Kennesaw State (Sept. 7) and 10 minutes against Tennessee Tech (Sept. 10) ... played 33 minutes in the win over Chattanooga (Sept. 17) ... saw 12 minutes off the bench at No. 6 Florida (Sept. 24) ... took two shots against No. 25 Tennessee (Sept. 28) ... started and played 36 minutes against Mississippi State (Oct. 15) ... came off the bench for 16 minutes against Missouri (Oct. 22) ... played eight minutes at Ole Miss (Oct. 29).

Sophomore (2016)

Earned a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll ... played in 17 games and started 13 ... started in five of the Tide’s six shutouts and came off the bench for a career-high 90 minutes in the scoreless tie against LSU.

Freshman (2015)

Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll ... made seven starts during the season ... earned her first collegiate start against a ranked opponent at then-No. 17 South Carolina (Sept. 27) ... played in 18 of 19 games during the season, which included contributing to all six shutouts that Alabama earned.

High School

Came to Tuscaloosa after a highly decorated career at South Forsyth High School, under head coach Tom Braun, in Cumming, Ga ... a four-year member of the varsity squad, Zang verbally committed to the University of Alabama following her sophomore season ... helped lead the South Forsyth Eagles to three consecutive appearances in the state playoffs ... was selected as the team captain in both her junior and senior seasons ... earned the War Eagle MVP award in 2013 after leading her team to the final four in the state playoffs ... named to the First Team All-Region and earned Best Defensive Player honors during her senior season ... also spent time playing for Coach Roberto Sibaja of the respected Norcross Soccer Academy.