University of Wyoming Athletics

Sophomore: Zans participated in nine events for the Cowgirls. She added depth for the Cowgirls on the diving boards and improved on all of her dives from a year ago.

Freshman: Zans made vast improvements as a freshman on the diving boards for the Cowgirls. She competed in the 2007 MWC Championships and earned her first letter award. She had a great year in the classroom and was an MWC Scholar Athlete and was an Academic All-Conference selection.

High School: Zans was a multi-sport star at Rock Springs High School, earning four letter awards each in diving, gymnastics and track. She was a Wyoming All-State diver in 2005 and an All-Conference selection in 2004. She set records in both the one-meter (six and 11 dive) events. She was an All-State gymnast in 2006 and was the 2006 Wyoming State floor exercise champion. She helped lead the Tigers to the state gymnastics championship her senior year. She was a diving and gymnastics team captain. She was also an excellent student and was a four-year member of the honor roll and was a National Honor Society member. She was the Key Club vice president, was a National Merit Science Scholar and was a Rotary student of the month.

Personal: She was born on April 3, 1988 in Rock Springs. She is the daughter of Dave and Jan and has a younger brother, Garrett. She is majoring in Biology.

Top Marks: one-meter (6 dives)-209.05; three-meter (6 dives)-202.98; platform (5 dives)-117.85.