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Long Island Product Zakai Zeigler Commits to Tennessee

PG Zakai Ziegler has officially enrolled as a freshman with Tennessee and is eligible to play this season

Jack Foster

The Long Island, New York native comes to Knoxville rounding out a top-five ranked 2021 Volunteer signing class that includes Kennedy Chandler, Jonas Aidoo, Brandon-Huntley-Hatfield, Jahmai Mashack, Quentin Diboundje, Handje Tamba and Auburn transfer Justin Powell. 

The Tennessee Basketball Twitter page officially announced Zeigler's commitment with the tweet below:

via Twitter.com

The 5'10", 165-pound PG was offered by UT on August 9, followed it up with an official visit on August 22, and now is an official Volunteer. Zeigler will look to continue his impressive play in Knoxville, building off of his impressive showing with his AAU team, the New York Lightning. With the Lightning, Zeigler played six games at the Peach Jam in July and averaged 15.3 points and 5.5 assists per game, shot 50% from beyond the arc and maintained a 4.7 assist-to-turnover ratio. 

Zeigler will not see the court with the first-team, as five-star PG Kennedy Chandler is his fellow teammate, but Zeigler should still see a good amount of action on a talented Rick Barnes squad.

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Jack Foster
JACK FOSTER

Jack is a sophomore at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville majoring in Journalism/Electronic Media. Jack grew up in Paris, Tennessee, but now spends the majority of his time in Knoxville doubling as a student and sports journalist for Volunteer Country. Jack has been a sports junkie since he was a young kid and always watched NFL football with his dad on Sundays. Jack still follows the NFL religiously, as he is an avid fantasy football player. Jack started with Volunteer Country in May of 2021 and has since helped provide full coverage of football, baseball and men's and women's basketball. Jack also works as a recurring member of WUTK's Rock Solid Sports show on Wednesdays and Fridays, and he also serves as head sports producer of The Volunteer Channel's Vol News, a student-run show at the University. When Jack is not watching or covering sports, find him on the golf course or back home spending time with his parents, younger sister and friends. Follow Jack on Twitter and Instagram by clicking "Twitter" and "Instagram" to see all of his work with Volunteer Country as well as student media.