Bio
Balogun's Honor Roll
2010 ACC All-Tournament Team
2007 SoccerBuzz Freshman All-American Third Team
2007 SoccerBuzz All-Mid-Atlantic Freshman Team
2007 ACC All-Freshman Team
In The Record Book:
First in career goals-against average (0.98)
Sixth in career goalie minutes played (4,038)
Seventh in career saves (150)
Tied for seventh in career shutouts (10)
Tied for 23rd in career assists (10)
Fourth in single-season goals-against average (0.84 in 2004
Fifth in single-season goals-against average (0.86 in 2010)
Tied for eighth in single-season shutouts (5 in 2007)
As a redshirt junior (2010): Made her first start since Sept. 2008, making one save, in 6-0 season-opening win over Iona (8/20) ... one save in 3-2 win over Missouri (8/22) ... did not make a save in 3-1 win at Tennessee (8/27) ... two saves in 77 minutes of action in 4-0 win over Kennesaw State (8/29) ... did not face a shot in 75 minutes in 2-0 win over Stony Brook (9/5) ... made two saves in 3-2 win at Seton Hall (9/8) ... one save in 4-1 win over Delaware (9/12) ... three saves in 2-1 overtime win over George Mason (9/17) ... five saves in 1-1 tie with No. 14 Duke (9/26) ... five saves in 3-2 win over No. 6 Virginia (9/30) ... three saves in 1-0 loss at Virginia Tech (10/3) ... season-high seven saves in 2-1 win at No. 2 Boston College (10/7) ... made two saves to earn her seventh career shutout in 1-0 win at NC State (10/10) ... made two saves to earn her eighth career shutout in 4-0 win over Clemson (10/14) ... two saves in 2-1 loss at Wake Forest (10/21) ... five saves in historic 2-1 win over No. 2 North Carolina (10/24) ... earned her second career assist on Sade Ayinde's first goal with a huge goal kick that bounced over the Tar Heel backline ... four saves in 2-1 win over No. 8 Florida State (10/28) ... made five saves, including a one-handed save on a 1v1 with Brittney Steinbruch, in 2-1 win over Miami (10/31) ... four saves to earn her ninth career shutout in 1-0 win over Duke (11/3) in the ACC quarterfinals ... six saves to earn her 10th career shutout in 1-0 overtime win over No. 18 Boston College (11/5) in the ACC semifinals ... made four saves in 1-1 tie with Wake Forest (11/7) in ACC championship game ... one save in 4-1 win over High Point (11/12) in first round of NCAA tournament ... six saves in 1-1 tie with Georgetown (11/14) in second round of NCAA tournament.
As a junior (2009): Redshirt season.
As a sophomore (2008): Only had to make one save to earn her sixth career shutout, a 5-0 win over George Mason (8/23) ... three saves in 3-2 loss to Bucknell (8/29) ... one stop in 1-0 loss to Elon (8/31) ... played the second half, making two saves, in 10-0 win over Mount St. Mary's (9/21) ... three saves after relieving an injured Mary Casey in final 39 minutes of 2-0 loss at No. 14 Wake Forest (9/25) ... six saves in 5-0 loss at No. 3 North Carolina (9/28).
As a freshman (2007): Earned the start in the season opener, making three saves in 0-0 tie with Eastern Kentucky (8/31) ... one save in 2-1 win over Fairleigh Dickinson (9/2) ... six saves in 2-1 overtime loss to No. 13 USC (9/7) at Hoosier Classic ... picked up the shutout in 3-0 win over Loyola Marymount (9/9) at Hoosier Classic ... seven saves in 1-0 double-overtime win over Dartmouth (9/14) ... three saves in 1-0 win over George Mason (9/16) ... one save in 1-1 tie with Kent State (9/22) ... two saves in 1-0 double-overtime loss at No. 14 Clemson (9/27) ... became the first Terp goalkeeper to earn an assist since 1998 with her assist of Kaila Sciascia's second goal in 2-0 win over Lehigh (9/30) ... also made three saves vs. the Mountain Hawks ... six saves in 1-0 loss to No. 18 Wake Forest (10/5) ... eight saves in 2-1 overtime loss to No. 12 North Carolina (10/7) ... four saves in 2-0 loss at No. 15 Florida State (10/11) ... career-high nine saves in 1-0 loss at Miami (10/14) ... made six saves in 2-2 tie at Duke (10/21) ... three saves in 3-0 loss at No. 3 Virginia (10/25) ... did not give up a goal in 32 minutes of play before leaving the game due to a foot injury ... missed final three matches of the season.
Before Maryland: One of the nation's top goalkeeping recruits hailing from Roosevelt High School in Bowie, Md. ... invited to the 2007 U20 National Camp ... U14-U17 U.S. women's national team pool selection for her age group ... two-time NSCAA/adidas Youth All-American ... 2006 NSCAA/adidas High School All-American ... two-time Washington Post first team All-Met ... 2006 first team all-state after being a second-team honoree in 2005 ... three-time first team all-county ... two-time first team all-Examiner ... selected team captain as a senior ... helped lead the Raiders to the 2003 Maryland state 4A state championship ... member of the Maryland state ODP team and the Region 1 ODP team from 2002 to present ... selected for the 2005 US Youth Soccer ODP U17 adidas All-Star team.
Personal: Daughter of Tajudeen Balogun and Florence Munis ... full name is Zainab Yewande Omoyiola Balogun .... younger sister of Dami ... older sister of Harif and Khalid ... four-year member of the National Honor Society ... four-year winner of a Minds-In-Motion Academic Award ... majoring in marketing.