TYLER ZELLER

[louk703]

congrats tyler on being named 1st team academic all-american!!!

[whsfan]

Congrats again on a nice finish. Lucky to win game but Tyler scoring last 8 after teammates went nuts on 3's. Way to survive and move on. Better show up tomorrow. Also just came across this:

Zeller named recipient of the ACC’s Skip Prosser Award
GREENSBORO, N.C. – North Carolina junior forward Tyler
Zeller has been named the recipient of the 2011 “Skip” Prosser Award,
emblematic of the top scholar-athlete in men’s basketball, ACC
Commissioner John Swofford announced today.
Wake Forest head basketball coach George Edward “Skip”
Prosser passed away on July 26, 2007. Prosser compiled a 291-146
career record in 14 seasons as a head coach, including a 126-68 mark
in his six years with the Demon Deacons. The 2003 ACC Coach of the
Year, Prosser won 20-plus games and led Wake Forest to the NCAA
Tournament in each of his first four seasons in Winston-Salem and
brought the school its first outright ACC regular season title in
2003. Every Wake Forest senior he coached graduated, and the Deacons
placed nine players on the annual All-ACC Academic Basketball Team
during his tenure.
In order to be nominated for the award, a student-athlete
must be an upperclassman with a grade-point average of 3.0 or better –
both in his career and in the previous two semesters. Sixty percent of
the award is based on academic achievement and 40 percent on athletic
accomplishments.
In addition to being a three-time honoree on the All-ACC
Academic Basketball team and a two-time member of the ACC Academic
Honor Roll, Zeller was named UNC’s 2010-11 Athletic Director
Scholar-Athlete of the Year for Men’s Basketball. The business
administration major from Washington, Ind., is also a 2011 Capital One
Academic All-American and was a Capital One Academic All-District
First Team selection. Zeller has earned Dean’s List honors three times
at UNC and is a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative.
A second-team All-ACC selection this season, Zeller played
integral part in the sixth-ranked Tar Heels’ finish atop the ACC
regular-season standings. Zeller enters the 2011 ACC Tournament
leading the conference in field goal percentage (.541) while ranking
eighth in scoring (14.6 ppg) and in rebounding (7.1 rpg).
Zeller has earned UNC’s defensive player of the game honor
nine times this season and has scored 24 points-or-more on three
occasions, including a career-high 27-point effort in a win over
Kentucky on Dec. 4.
“Tyler is so deserving of this award because it recognizes his
exceptional talent and dedication both in the classroom and as a
basketball player,” North Carolina head coach Roy Williams said. “He
is gifted, but he excels because of the work he puts into both areas.
He is our leading scorer, yet he is often one of the last players to
leave the court after practice. He is obviously a smart young man, but
he spends additional time studying.
“We are certainly proud to have him represent the University of North
Carolina and college basketball and I am particularly proud to have
him win the award named for Skip Prosser, a friend that we lost way
too soon.”

[hawk]

Nice game tonight. Good job Tyler!

[louk703]

tyler played well tonight!!!

[hawk]

Tyler played good again today. Too bad they couldn't pull it out. Kentucky's tough!