Our guest speaker for next meeting will be Professional and UNC Basketball player, Tyler Zeller. As a freshman at UNC he played on the 2009 national championship team, and as a senior was an All-American and the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year. Following college, Zeller was a first-round draft pick of the Dallas Mavericks then traded that same night to the Cleveland Cavaliers. He played 2 seasons with Cleveland, 3 seasons with the Boston Celtics, and had stints with the Milwaukee Bucks, the Atlanta Hawks, the Memphis Grizzlies and the San Antonio Spurs. He was named to the NBA’s All- Rookie team following his first season in Cleveland.
While at UNC, Zeller averaged 9.3 points per game his sophomore year, 15.7 points per game his junior year, and 16.5 points per game his senior campaign. He posted a 3.97 GPA and was third in his senior class academically. Volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, Read Across America and the United Way.
In high school, he was selected Indiana’s Mr. Basketball in 2008 and won the “Gatorade Player of the Year” honors, as well as a McDonald’s All-America. Zeller averaged 33.1 points and 11.0 rebounds per game as a senior and shot 69 percent from the floor and 82 percent from the free throw line • He led Washington High School to 2005 and 2008 3-A state titles and four sectional crowns, scoring 43 points in the state finals in the win over Fort Wayne Harding – the most ever scored in any Indiana state title game.
His older brother, Luke, was a 2005 McDonald’s All-America and played at Notre Dame. His younger brother, Cody. was also a McDonald’s All-America and played basketball at Indiana University. All three brothers earned Indiana’s Mr. Basketball honors.
Mark Your Calendar
2/15/23 – Chris Pollard, Head Baseball Coach, Duke
3/1/23 – Miles Wolff, Founder of the Durham Bulls
3/15/23 – Dave Odom, College Basketball Guru