Vassar grad and ‘Survivor’ champ set for more
From Poughkeepsie Journal
By Rebecca Rothbaum
Ladies, set your VCRs.
”Survivor: Africa” heartthrob Ethan Zohn is set to compete once again in ”Survivor: All-Stars,” which airs Sunday after the Super Bowl on CBS.
”Survivor” fans will likely remember Zohn, a 1996 Vassar College graduate, as the affable player who palled around with Lex van den Berghe, won hearts and, ultimately, the $1 million title of ‘’sole survivor.”
”I’ve had so much fun,” Zohn said of life as ”Survivor” celebrity in a 2003 telephone interview with the Journal. ”I’m in circles I never would have dreamed of before.”
”Survivor: All-Stars” brings together 18 castaways, including four champions and the reality series’ best-known personalities, to vie for $1 million. The setting is the island off Panama that served as the location for the last ”Survivor.”
Started organization
Since winning ”Survivor: Africa,” Zohn, 30, founded Grassroot Soccer, a nonprofit organization that trains Africa’s professional soccer players to teach children about HIV/AIDS prevention.
He also serves as a national spokesman for America Scores, an organization that helps inner-city kids participate in educational soccer programs.
Most recently, he coached the U.S. National Maccabiah Team at the Pan American Maccabi Games in Chile.
Oh, and there was that nod from People magazine: Zohn, still single, was named one of America’s 50 most eligible bachelors.