Highlights: Scored 1501 points, had 788 rebounds and 130 blocks in four years
at the University of North Carolina … Named 2012 Capital One Men's Basketball
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North Carolina
TYLER ZELLER Forward
PTS 16.3
7-0
REB 9.6
250
BLK 1.5
1/17/90
MIN 28.2
2011-12 averages with the University of North Carolina
Highlights: Scored 1501 points, had 788 rebounds and 130 blocks in four years at the University of North Carolina … Named 2012 Capital One Men’s Basketball Academic All-America of the year … Named 2012 ACC Player of the Year … Joins Duke’s Shane Battier (2001) as the only players to win ACC Player of the Year and Academic All-America of the Year in the same season … Named to the 2012 Wooden All-America Team.
20112011 -12: 12: Appeared in 38 games (all starts), averaging 16.3 points, 9.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in 28.2 minutes … Led the Tar Heels in field goal percentage (.553) and was second in scoring (16.3), rebounds (9.6), free-throw percentage (.808) and blocks (58) … Named to the Second-Team by the Associated Press, NABC, Sporting News, USBWA and Basketball Times and to the Third-Team by CBS Sports.com … Named the USBWA’s District Player of the Year … Named to the NABC all-district selection … Finalist for the John R. Wooden Award. 20102010-11: 11 : Appeared in 37 games (36 starts), averaging 15.7 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 28.1 minutes ... Led the ACC in field-goal percentage in all games (.547) and ACC games (.580) … Tied with Harrison Barnes for the team lead in points per game (15.7) … Scored in double-figures in 32 of 37 games, including 17 of the last 18 games … Earned First-Team All–ACC Tournament Honors.
20092009-10: Appeared in 27 games, averaging 9.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 0.9 blocks in 17.4 minutes ... Ranked fourth on the team in scoring per game (9.3) … Carolina’s defensive player of the game seven times.
20082008-09: Appeared in 15 games (two starts), averaging 3.1 points, 2.0 rebounds and 0.2 blocks in 7.8 minutes … Member of the 2009 National Championship Team.
High School: Played at Washington High School in Washington, Ind. … Averaged 33.1 points and 11.0 rebounds per game as a senior … Led Washington to the 2005 and 2008 3-A state titles and to four sectional crowns … Selected as Indiana’s Mr. Basketball in 2008.
Personal: Full name is Tyler Paul Zeller … Born in Washington, Ind. … Son of Steve and Lorri Zeller … Uncle Al Eberhard played four seasons with the NBA’s Detroit Pistons. SEASON
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