KNOXVILLE, Tenn_ Zakai Zeigler becomes the first player in conference history to earn four SEC All-Defensive Team selections….
WATE, KNOXVILLE, TENN. — On Monday, beloved Tennessee basketball player Zakai Zeigler made history in the SEC with yet another outstanding defensive season. Three Tennessee Volunteers were named conference honorees in the SEC’s All-SEC voting results, which were announced by the league’s head coaches on Monday. In addition to making the All-SEC First Team and SEC All-Defensive Team, Zeigler was selected SEC
Chaz Lanier was named to the Second Team All-SEC and won the first-ever SEC Newcomer of the Year award, which is given to a transfer student-athlete who has never participated in SEC competition. Zeigler was joined on the SEC All-Defensive Team by Jahmai Mashack.
Zeigler receives four choices to the SEC All-Defensive Team, making him the first player in conference history to do so. In addition, he is only the third player to win more
In SEC play, the product of Long Island, New York, averaged 14.1 points, 7.0 assists, 2.6 rebounds, and 2.1 steals per game. He is one of five nominees for the Bob Cousy Award and has the fifth-highest assists average in Division I.
