Colgate University Athletics

Career Stats

Senior Year (2016): Named the 2016 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year, NSCAA second team All-Northeast Region and first team All-Patriot League…anchored a Colgate defense that secured nine shutouts, good for a shutout percentage of 0.41 that ranked 37th in all of Division I…Tamen and the Colgate backline held their opponents to just 5.0 shots on goal per game…also recorded five points behind two goals and an assist…earned a spot on the Patriot League All-Tournament team for his efforts in Colgate’s championship run…scored the game-winning goals in victories over Monmouth and Lehigh…assisted the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Navy…picked up two Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week awards throughout the season.

Junior Year (2015): Appeared and started in 18 of Colgate's 19 games this season ... Finished with four season points from two goals against Air Force and Lafayette ... Recorded eight shots on the year, three of which were on frame ... Played a season-high 110 minutes in the Raiders' opener at Northwestern on Aug. 29 ... Was third in minutes played with 1,601 ... Named to the All-Patriot League First Team.

Sophomore Year (2014): Started and played in 16 of the Raiders 18 games ... Finished the year with two assists in contests against Siena and Holy Cross ... Compiled five shots, three of which were on frame, from the defensive position ... Played 1,482 minutes on the year, which was good for fifth on the team ... Saw action in a season-high 110 minutes twice on the year in 1-1 draws with Albany and Bucknell.

Freshman Year (2013): The only rookie to have started in all 20 games this season ... Earned 15 shots from the defensive line, seven of which were on frame ... Recorded a season-high two shots five times throughout the season ... Was also fourth on the team with 1,770 minutes played ... Registered a season-high 110 minutes played three times.

Before Colgate: Attended Maret School ... Played Club Soccer with AC Bethesda, competing in the USYSA National League ... Four-year player and three-year varsity starter at Maret School ... Team captain in 2011 and 2012 ... All-MAC during his junior and senior seasons ... All-Met as a senior ... Scored 15 goals and 16 assists in his final year.

Personal: Full name is Zachary Nairro Tamen ... Parents are Emmanuel Tamen and Deborah Powell-Tamen of Washington, D.C. ... Has one brother and two sisters ... His mother Deborah attended Colgate from 1981-85 ... Born in Alexandria, Va. ... Major is Environmental Economics