Ethan Zohn
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[edit] Ethan Zohn
Originally from Lexington, Massachusetts, Ethan Zohn currently lives in New York City. He is a professional soccer player, having been employed as a goalie for the Highlanders Football Club (Zimbabwe), Cape Cod Crusaders (Cape Cod, Massachusetts) and the Hawaii Tsunami (Oahu, Hawaii). Zohn also played for the 1997 and 2001 U.S. National Maccabiah Team (Israel). Off the field, he has been the assistant coach for the Fairleigh Dickinson University Men's and Women's Soccer Team in Teaneck, New Jersey since 1998. Additionally, since 1999 Zohn has worked freelance as a brand name strategist/developer, responsible for creating names for newly invented products.
Zohn attended Vassar College, where he graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology. Following graduation, he traveled for six months in Australia and New Zealand, where he bungee jumped from one of the highest jumps in the world (400 feet).
Since being declared the winner of SURVIVOR: AFRICA, Ethan Zohn has founded "Grassroot Soccer," a non-profit organization which trains Africa's professional soccer players to teach children about HIV/AIDS prevention (www.grassrootsoccer.org). Additionally, he is a national spokesperson for America Scores, an organization that helps inner city kids participate in educational soccer programs. He has done extensive charity work for the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric Aids organization and YouthAids, along with the Colon Cancer Alliance. He has participated in numerous speaking engagements, appeared in a Hewlett Packard commercial, hosted numerous MTV specials and appeared in various other television and print media. He most recently served as the coach of the U.S. National Maccabiah Team at the Pan American Maccabi Games in Chile.
In 2002, Ethan hosted "Ethan Zohn's Zone," an online journal summarizing the events of the 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan. His accounts provided fans with a behind-the-scenes look inside the U.S. Soccer Team and the event itself. He also competed in Eco-Challenge Fiji with fellow SURVIVOR alumna, Jenna Lewis.
Originally from Lexington, Massachusetts, Ethan moved to New York, where he attended Vassar College, graduating in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology. He eventually became a professional soccer player, having been employed as a goalie for the Highlanders Football Club (Zimbabwe), Cape Cod Crusaders (Cape Cod, Massachusetts) and the Hawaii Tsunami (Oahu, Hawaii). Ethan also played for the 1997 and 2001 U.S. National Maccabiah Team (Israel). Off the field, he was the assistant coach for the Fairleigh Dickinson University Men's and Women's Soccer Team in Teaneck, N.J. from 1998-2002. Additionally, since 1999 he has worked freelance as a brand name strategist/developer, responsible for creating names for newly invented products.
Ethan is currently single and living in New York City but is originally from Lexington, Massachusetts. He has two brothers, Lenard and Lee. His birth date is November 12, 1973.
[edit] Survivor: Africa
As part of the Boran tribe, Zohn did not become an immediate target in the game, he was seen as a strong player who could potentially help to win many tribal immunities. When his tribe lost two back-to-back immunity challenges, he joined the majority to vote off Diane Ogden and Jessie Camacho in Episodes 1 and 2. Over the next few days, Ethan would form a long-term alliance with Lex van den Berghe and Tom Buchanan from his Boran tribe.
But a twist in Episode 5 of the game saw both of Zohn's alliance members switch from Boran to the Samburu tribe, leaving Ethan alone with old Boran members Kim Johnson and Clarence Black. Two of the new Boran members from the Samburu tribe, Teresa Cooper and Frank Garrison, had an old misunderstanding with younger old-Samburu member Silas Gaither. So, in Episode 5, a consensus was reached in which Ethan's tribe threw the immunity challenge in order to vote out the unpopular Silas. Both of Ethan's alliance members Tom and van den Berghe remained safe on the Samburu tribe, carrying all three into the merge.
Ethan's alliance soon began to control the game, with other members Kim Johnson and Kelly Goldsmith, all from the original Boran. They immediately targeted old-Boran member Clarence Black due to his physical strength and he was voted out. But,unbeknowst to Lex, he had received another vote at tribal council, who he believed had come from Kelly, but which actually came from Teresa. This led Lex on a witch-hunt against Kelly which almost led to the demise of Ethan's alliance when Kelly possessed the power with the other four ex-Samburu members, Teresa, Frank, Kim Powers and Brandon Quinton. But at the last minute, Brandon switched his vote, saving van den Berghe, and voting out Kelly. But this move came back to haunt Brandon, when Ethan's alliance saw him as untrustworthy and voted him out at the next tribal council.
Zohn, van den Berghe, Tom and Kim Johnson regained control of the game, outing previous Samburu members Frank, Kim Powers and Teresa in the next three tribal councils, carrying them into the Final 4. At the Final 4 immunity challenge, Kim Johnson, the next target to be voted out, won immunity, leading to the alliance having to resort to voting one of their own out. Ethan joined Lex and Kim Johnson in voting out Tom, carrying them into the Final 3. However, the Final 4 immunity challenge contained some controversy.
At the Final 3 immunity challenge, older tribe member Kim Johnson outlasted the two young, fit men to win immunity in an endurance challenge. With Johnson holding the power to choose who she would sit next to in the Final 2, she chose Zohn, believing that she could not win against either van den Berghe or Zohn and she thought Zohn deserved the money more than van den Berghe did.
In the end, Zohn beat out Kim Johnson in a 5-2 vote to become the Sole Survivor, gaining the votes of Kelly Goldsmith, Frank Garrison, Teresa Cooper, Tom Buchanan and Lex van den Berghe.
[edit] All-Stars
Zohn was invited to participate in Survivor: All-Stars, which he gladly accepted. Originally part of the Saboga tribe, Zohn was immediately targeted as a previous winner, along with Survivor: The Australian Outback winner Tina Wesson. When Saboga lost immunity, the rest of the tribe decided to vote out Tina first, needing Zohn's strength to win future challenges. When Saboga lost immunity once again, Zohn was spared once more over physical liability Rudy Boesch, who had hurt his ankle previously.
In Episode 5, Zohn and the rest of the Saboga tribe were disbanded after losing a challenge. Zohn and Jerri Manthey joined the Mogo Mogo tribe, while Jenna Lewis and Rupert Boneham joined Chapera. Later in that episode, Zohn joined the rest of his new tribe to vote out Survivor: Borneo winner Richard Hatch. In episode 7, Zohn was on the outs when the alliance of Manthey, Lex van den Berghe, Shii Ann Huang and Kathy Vavrick O'Brien left him out in their decision to vote out Colby Donaldson. Zohn was shocked at the decision, feeling betrayed by old Survivor: Africa alliance member van den Berghe.
In Episode 8, Mogo Mogo lost immunity once again, and Zohn, the last former winner, was voted out in 11th Place overall, by a vote of 4-1. He was the most successful of the four previous winners who competed on All-Stars, lasting longer than Tina Wesson, Richard Hatch, and Jenna Morasca did.
[edit] Tribal Council Voting History
[edit] Africa
| Episode | Voted For | Received Votes From |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | Diane | None |
| Episode 2 | Jessie | None |
| Episode 5 | Silas | None |
| Episode 7 | Clarence | None |
| Episode 8 | Kelly | None |
| Episode 9 | Brandon | None |
| Episode 10 | Frank | None |
| Episode 11 | Kim P | None |
| Episode 12 | Teresa | None |
| Episode 13 (First TC) | Tom | None |
| Episode 13 (Second TC) | N/A | None |
| Episode 13 (Jury) | N/A | Lex, Tom, Frank, Teresa, Kelly |
[edit] All Stars
| Episode | Voted For | Received Votes From |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | Jenna | None |
| Episode 2 | Rudy | Rudy, Rupert |
| Episode 5 | Rich | None |
| Episode 7 | Jerri | None |
| Episode 8 | Jerri | Jerri, Lex, Kathy, Shii Ann |
[edit] Memorable Moments
- Confronting Lex about his eventual boot
- Winning Survivor: Africa
- His alliance with the two other Boran Boys
- Winning "Most Deserving Winner" at the All-Star Reunion.
- Being the last winner standing in the All-Star cast
[edit] Trivia
- Created a fundraiser, "Grassroots Soccer"
- Dated Jenna Lewis
- Dated Amber Brkich (Currently Married to Rob Mariano
- Dating Jenna Morasca
- Competed on Eco-Challenge, Fear Factor, and was part of the Kill Reality cast alongside Jonny "Fairplay" Dalton and his former romances.
- Born in Lexington, Massachusetts (lives in New York)
