David Zalzman

Photo by: Michael Wade

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Position:
M
Ht./Wt.:
5-9 / 160
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Maracay, Venezuela

Academic Honors:
- Fall 2015 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean's List
- Spring 2016 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean's List; Tiger Academic 30
- Fall 2016 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean's List
- Spring 2017 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean's List
- Fall 2017 Tiger 3.0 Club
- Spring 2018 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean's List; Tiger Academic 30
- Fall 2018 Tiger 3.0 Club
- 2017 AAC All-Academic Team
- 2018 AAC All-Academic Team
- 2018 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Region First Team
- 2018 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American

Athletic Honors:
- 2017 Second-Team All-American Athletic Conference
- 2018 First-Team All-American Athletic Conference
- 2018 United Soccer Coaches All-East Region Team

2018 (Senior):
Started each of the 17 matches in which he appeared, logging 1375 minutes … scored four goals on the season, including two on PKs … scored his first goal in the season opener against SIUE (8/24) … scored goals in back-to-back matches against Belmont (9/15) and UAB (9/18) … converted his second PK of the season against South Florida in the AAC Championship quarterfinal … was named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll on Sept. 24 … Zalzman was awarded All-AAC First Team for his senior season.

2017 (Junior):

Was named Second-Team All-American Athletic Conference after starting in all 14 matches he played in … led the Tigers in points for the season at seven … scored two goals, including the penalty kick equalizer in the 89th minute against UMKC (9/8) and the game-winner against Central Arkansas (10/18) … registered three assists, coming against Cincinnati (9/23), Lipscomb (10/11), and on the game-winner against UConn (10/28) … took a season-high eight shots against Lipscomb (10/11).

2016 (Sophomore):
Was one of four players to start in all 17 matches ... finished second on the team with 32 shots and led Memphis with four assists ... owned a 0.438 shots on goal percentage ... logged a total of 1362 minutes ... played in every minute of eight matches.

2015 (Freshman):
Did not see game action.

Prior to Memphis:
Played for the U17 Venezuela National Team ... started all three matches for Venezuela at the 2013 U17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates ... played for Deportivo Anzoategui in Venezuela ... team finished fourth in the Venezuelan Primera División in 2013/14 season ... featured in 21 of the team’s 36 games in his final season ... played twice in the Copa Sudamericana ... member of team that won 2012 Copa Venezuela and Torneo Apertura ... graduate of Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy ... played three years for Barcelona U13, U14 and U15 teams.

Personal:
Son of Joel Zalzman and Maria Alejandra Geuvara ... birthday is March 4, 1996.