Mimi Van Zanten

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Mimi Van Zanten
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Van Zanten with Florida State in 2024
Personal information
Full name Amelia Donna Van Zanten
Date of birth (2005-01-25) January 25, 2005 (age 20)
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Outside back, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Florida State Seminoles
Number 17
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Florida State Seminoles 36 (4)
International career‡
2018 United States U-15
2023 Jamaica U-20 3 (1)
2024– Jamaica 1 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 4, 2024

Amelia Donna Van Zanten (born January 25, 2005) is a college soccer player who plays as an outside back or midfielder for the Florida State Seminoles. Raised in the United States, she has represented Jamaica internationally. She won the 2023 national championship with the Seminoles. She is the sister of soccer player Kiki Van Zanten.

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Early life and college career

Van Zanten was raised in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, one of three daughters born to Priscilla and Kent Van Zanten. Her father played college football at Illinois Wesleyan; her sister Brianna played college soccer for Case Western Reserve; and her sister Kiki played for Notre Dame before being drafted by the Houston Dash. [1] Van Zanten began playing soccer when she was two years old but also played other sports growing up including gymnastics and basketball. [2]

Van Zanten attended Stevenson High School, where she was named the conference player of the year in 2022. [1] She played club soccer for Chicago FC United before joining Eclipse Select SC, where she helped win the ECNL under-18/19 national championship in 2021. [1] [3]

Florida State Seminoles

Van Zanten played in all 23 games for the Florida State Seminoles, starting 13 of them, in her freshman season in 2023, earning Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) all-freshman honors. [1] She scored her first college goal in the last seconds against then-No. 1-ranked North Carolina, saving the team's undefeated record with a 3–3 draw. [4] She started every game in the postseason, helping the Seminoles keep clean sheets through the first five rounds of the NCAA tournament before defeating Stanford 5–1 in the final, capping an undefeated season. [1] She played in all 21 games, all but one as a starter, and scored 4 goals as a sophomore in 2024, earning third-team All-ACC honors. She helped Florida State win their fifth ACC tournament in a row. [1] [5]

International career

Van Zanten trained with the United States youth national team from the under-14 to under-17 level. She was one of the youngest players selected to the under-15 squad that won the 2018 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship. [3] [6]

Van Zanten represented Jamaica at the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, scoring one goal in a 4–1 win over Panama in the group stage. [7] She received her first call-up to Jamaica's senior team in May 2024. [8] She made her senior international debut for Jamaica on June 4, 2024, coming on as a 77th-minute replacement for her Florida State teammate Jody Brown in a friendly against Brazil, which Jamaica lost 4–0. [9]

Van Zanten was called into training camp with the United States under-23 team, practicing alongside the senior national team, in March 2025. [10]

Honors and awards

Florida State Seminoles

United States U-15

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mimi Van Zanten". Florida State Seminoles . Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  2. ↑ Hood, Justin (August 28, 2023). "Amelia Van Zanten makes her collegiate debut as a Seminole". FSUNews.com. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "U14 GNT opens up 2018 with camp in Norco". United States Soccer Federation. February 23, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  4. ↑ Williams, Jack (September 28, 2023). "Freshman status not limiting Florida State soccer newcomers from making a major impact" . Tallahassee Democrat . Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Florida State Wins 2024 Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship". Atlantic Coast Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ "US U17 WNT Camp Roster – October". United States Soccer Federation. October 7, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  7. ↑ "Jamaica 4–1 Panama". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on May 20, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Reggae Girlz World Cup players return to national squad". Radio Jamaica News. May 10, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  9. ↑ Mimi Van Zanten at FBref.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  10. ↑ "24 Players Called Up for U.S. U-23 Women's National Team Training Camp in Los Angeles". United States Soccer Federation. March 26, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
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