Quick Facts
Biography
Camille Zimmerman (born December 22, 1995) is an American basketball player who attends Columbia University in New York City. She has been named one of the top college women's basketball players in the country, a leader in the Ivy League in rebounding and scoring, and ranks 10th nationally in points scored (2016-17 Season).
Early life
Zimmerman was born in Tempe, Arizona to Dr. Maureen Zimmerman, a nutrition professor at Mesa Community College, and Jeffrey Zimmerman, a small-business owner. She has two sisters and two brothers. In Camille's early life she played club soccer and started playing basketball at the local YMCA.
High school
Camille attended Tempe Preparatory Academy, where she was two-time captain and Division IV women's basketball state champion in 2011-12, her sophomore year.
In her senior year, she was rated as their #3 overall prospect in Arizona's 2014 class. After several recruiting visits to Division I universities, she chose to attend Columbia University in New York City, an Ivy League school.
College career
Camille attends Columbia University in New York City (class of 2018) majoring in economics.
On April 26, 2017, Camille received the All-Met Division I women's college basketball Player of the Year award from the Met Basketball Writers Association (MBWA). She is the first women's player from Columbia to receive the award.
In her record-breaking junior year, she led the Ivy League in seven categories, ranking among the top 50 nationally and setting season records for Columbia, making her one of the school's top all-time scorers. She scored double digits in every game of the 2016-17 season and became the seventh player in Ivy League women's basketball to score at least 600 points in one season, making her the sixth on the full list with 608 points.
That same season, Camille was simultaneously named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association's (USBWA) Ann Myers Drysdale National Player of the Week while also being featured on the NCAA's Starting Five Players of the Week.
Following her junior year, Camille was named First team All-Ivy League, the sixth player in the program's history.
College Stats
| Season | GP | PTS/G | FG % | 3PT % | FT % | REB/G | A/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 27 | 22.5 | 43.4 | 32.2 | 81.0 | 9.6 | 2.5 |
| 2015-16 | 29 | 14.4 | 46.8 | 37.8 | 78.9 | 7.3 | 1.8 |
| 2014-15 | 28 | 13.7 | 35.6 | 28.3 | 82.6 | 6.2 | 1.5 |
Awards and honors
College
- William V. Campbell Female Athlete of the Year (2017)
- All-Met Division I women's college basketball Player of the Year: 2017
- First Team All-Ivy League: 2017
- Women’s Div. I Player of the Week: 2017
- Ann Myers Drysdale Women’s National Player of the Week: 2017
- Ivy League Player of the Week (November 23, 2016)
- Co-Player of the Week on (December 21, 2016)
- Second team All-Met by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA)