Zakai Zeigler will exit Tennessee as an All-American. The Tennessee point guard was named to the third-team All American group today by the Associated Press.
Tennessee shooting guard Chaz Lanier was listed in the honorable mention section, just missing out on making the cut.
Zeigler is finishing up his final season in Knoxville, going from a truly overlooked prospect to one of the best players in the nation. Rick Barnes and his staff ended up stumbling upon Zeigler at Peach Jam, where Zeigler showed out. With one open scholarship left, Barnes pulled the trigger. Even he probably wouldn’t believe how well that decision turned out.