Nicola Maree Zagame (born 11 August 1990), nicknamed Ziggy[1] and Nicky,[2] is an Australian water polo centre back/driver.
[4][5] Currently[needs update] residing in Gymea Bay, New South Wales,[1][3][6] the 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) tall[1][3] 73 kilograms (161 lb) right handed[3] Zagame is a water polo coach.
[3] She started playing water polo as a thirteen-year-old in Sutherland, New South Wales[3] having been recruited from Cronulla SLSC where was involved with surf lifesaving.
[12] She has twice set season goal-scoring records while playing in the league, with the second time coming in a 2010 game when her team beat Adelaide at home in the Sutherland Leisure Centre.
[2][3][20] In 2009, she was part of the Australian side that finished third at the FINA World League Super Finals in Kirishi, Russia.
[2] Zagame was a member of the 2010 Stingers squad that competed at the FINA World Cup in Christchurch, New Zealand where Australia finished second.
[8] In May 2010, she was a member of the team that competed at the FINA World League Asia-Oceania zone held in Osaka, Japan and Tianjin, China.
[19] This test series was the first time she had played an international match in her home swimming pool, Sutherland Leisure Centre.
[4] She was part of the Stingers squad that competed in a five-game test against Great Britain at the AIS in late February 2012.