USA Baseball
Zimmerman started at third base for the 2004 USA Baseball National Team that won the gold medal in the FISU II World University Baseball Championship. Zimmerman's summer with Team USA included starting 18 of 24 games and leading the team in batting average (.468), hits (36), RBI (27), runs (25), doubles (12), home runs (4), slugging percentage (.805) and total bases (62). He also posted a .933 fielding percentage and won the team Triple Crown. In his sophomore year in college he batted over .400 in the 9th inning with 2 runners on base.
Zimmerman's .468 batting average set a national team single-season record and was a factor in his earning the World University Championship tournament MVP.
Zimmerman's performance with Team USA led to him being named the 2004 Dick Case Athlete of the Year by USA Baseball.
Zimmerman also played on the same AAU team as B.J. Upton and David Wright.
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