Nikki Zaino
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- Height:
- 5-6
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- Weight:
- 0
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- Hometown:
- Elk Grove Village, IL
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- Position:
- F
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- Year:
- SR
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- High School:
- Elk Grove
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- Years Coached (at Taylor):
- Elk Grove
Bio
2016 at Taylor: Appeared in and started all 17 of Taylor’s games as a junior…Was first on the team in shots (56), shots on goal (32) and points (18), while tying for first on the team with a career-high seven goals and ranking second on the team with four assists…Ranked 12th in the Crossroads League in points and goals, as well as 11th in assists…Had a hand in all three of Taylor’s goals in a 3-0 win over then-receiving votes Marian as the forward scored two goals and assisted on the third…Netted two scores in the 3-1 victory over then-receiving votes Indiana Wesleyan on senior night…Was voted Crossroads League Offensive Player of the Week twice (October 3-9 and October 10-16)…Earned All-Crossroads League Honorable Mention honors.
2015 at Taylor: Played in 18 of Taylor’s 19 games, starting in all of them as a forward…Ranked third on the team in total shots with 42, placing 22 of them on goal…Ranked second on the team in points with 14 after scoring five goals on the season and recording four assists…Assisted on Taylor’s game-tying goal in the 83rd-minute to force a 1-1 draw with Aquinas…Assisted on the game-winning goal in the 3-2 win over Bethel…Scored twice in the 6-4 loss against National Champions, Spring Arbor.
2014 at Taylor: Played in all 19 games and started in ten as a forward…Scored two goals in her first season with TU.
Prep: Zaino’s hometown is Elk Grove Village, Illinois where she attended Elk Grove High School…Lettered all four years in soccer…Named All-Mid-Suburban League in both her junior and senior season while earning all-area and all-sectional honors as a senior…Played club soccer for Academy United.
Personal: Daughter of Joe and Patty Zaino…Older brother Michael previously attended Taylor and was a member of the men’s soccer team…Majoring in exercise science at Taylor.
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