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.
