2015 TEAM CAPTAIN
2015, 2014 ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN
2014 BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR
2015
Solo team captain, Penn State's first since 1978 ... Appeared in 12-of-13 contests as a defensive midfielder ... Notched an assist against No. 16/11 Penn (2/28) ... Scooped up six ground balls, with a season-best two coming in the season opener against Vermont (2/7) ... Caused a turnover at Michigan (4/25) ... Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner ... Academic All-Big Ten pick.
2014
Played in all 13 games for the Nittany Lions, picking up a career-best 11 ground balls and causing four turnovers ... Took two shots ... Collected 11 ground balls ... Caused four turnovers, including two against Denver (3/10) ... Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
2013
Appeared in all 17 contests, scoring eight goals and two assists with six ground balls ... Scored two goals twice: a 15-12 win over No. 9 Denver (2/17) and a 13-7 win at Delaware (4/20) ... Tallied lone goals against Notre Dame (2/24), UMass (3/16, 5/1) and Binghamton (3/19) ... Earned assists vs. Hofstra (4/27) and Towson (5/1) ... Picked up a career-high two ground balls against Ohio State (3/2).
2012
Made seven appearances, scoring one goal and two assists ... Scored against Michigan (2/18) ... Recorded assists vs. Lehigh (3/20) and Villanova (3/31) ... Added a ground ball and caused turnover.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Four-year member of Eden High School's boys' lacrosse team (2008-11) ... Earned US Lacrosse All-America status as a senior ... Named All-ECIC and All-WNY ... Served as team captain ... Led team to the section finals ... Helped guide team to the 2010 division championship.
PERSONAL
Born Jan. 12, 1993, in Buffalo, N.Y. ... Parents are Bill and Terry Zittel ... Father, Bill, played football at Cornell ... Has two brothers, Jason and Michael, and a sister, Kimberly ... Majoring in pre-medicine.