Van Zanten was raised in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.[1] She began playing soccer at age two and also played other sports growing up including gymnastics and basketball.[2] She 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] She committed to Florida State shortly before head coach Mark Krikorian stepped down and was replaced by Brian Pensky, but she remained committed to the program.[4]
College career
Van Zanten played in all 23 games for the Florida State Seminoles as a freshman in 2023, starting 13 and earning Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) all-freshman honors.[1] She scored her first college goal in the dying seconds against No. 1-ranked North Carolina, saving the team's undefeated record with a 3–3 draw.[5] She started every round in the NCAA tournament and helped keep clean sheets through the first five games.[1] In the final, she had an assist to Beata Olsson as the Seminoles won 5–1 against Stanford, capping an undefeated season with the program's fourth national title.[1] In her sophomore year in 2024, she scored a career-high 4 goals in 21 games, starting 20, and earned third-team All-ACC honors.[1] Florida State won their fifth consecutive ACC tournament and earned a one seed in the NCAA tournament but were upset in the second round on penalties.[6][7] She returned for her junior year in 2025, playing in 19 games with 18 starts and scoring 1 goal, and was named third-team All-ACC for the second time, though she missed several games with a broken toe. In the NCAA tournament, she had a goal and assist against Georgetown in the third round and played a complete match in the 1–0 shutout win over the nation's top offense in Stanford in the final, winning her second national championship.[1][8] After her junior season, she announced that she would give up her remaining college eligibility and turn pro.[4]
Club career
The NWSL's San Diego Wave announced on December 29, 2025, that they had signed Van Zanten to her first professional contract on a two-year deal with options to extend another two years.[9]
Van Zanten was called into training camp with the United States under-23 team, practicing alongside the senior national team, in March 2025.[14] Two months later, she played for Jamaica in a senior friendly against the United States on June 3, 2025, starting in a 4–0 loss.[15]
Personal life
Van Zanten is one of three daughters born to Priscilla and Kent Van Zanten.[1] 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]
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