{"id":32264,"date":"2025-03-29T04:06:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T04:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264"},"modified":"2025-03-29T04:06:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T04:06:38","slug":"now-verified-knoxville-tennessee-guard-zakai-zeigler-of-the-university-of-tennessee-volunteers-has-accomplished-a-rare-feat-in-college-basketball-by-earning-both-the-coveted-2025-bob-cousy-award-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264","title":{"rendered":"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the University of Tennessee Volunteers has accomplished a rare feat in college basketball by earning both the coveted 2025 Bob Cousy Award and the Midseason Wooden Award in a spectacular display of dominance on the hardwood\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\r\n
\r\n
<\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the University of Tennessee Volunteers has accomplished a rare feat in college basketball by earning both the coveted 2025 Bob Cousy Award and the Midseason Wooden Award in a spectacular display of dominance on the hardwood\u2026<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Knoxville, Tennessee \u2013 University of Tennessee Volunteers\u2019 star guard Zakai Zeigler has cemented his place in college basketball history, achieving a rare and remarkable feat by securing both the prestigious 2025 Bob Cousy Award and the Midseason Wooden Award.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Zeigler\u2019s electrifying performances throughout the season have captivated fans and analysts alike, showcasing his elite court vision, defensive tenacity, and ability to take over games in crunch time. His leadership on and off the court has been instrumental in the Volunteers\u2019 success, solidifying their status as a powerhouse in the NCAA.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Winning the Bob Cousy Award, given annually to the nation\u2019s top point guard, underscores Zeigler\u2019s exceptional playmaking and command of the game. Simultaneously, his recognition in the Midseason Wooden Award race places him among the elite contenders for the national player of the year honor.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

With March Madness on the horizon, Zeigler\u2019s accolades only add to the anticipation surrounding Tennessee\u2019s championship aspirations. As he continues to elevate his game, the Volunteers\u2019 title hopes burn brighter than ever.<\/p>\n\n

<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the University of Tennessee Volunteers has accomplished a rare feat in college basketball by earning both the coveted 2025 Bob Cousy Award and the Midseason Wooden Award in a spectacular display of dominance on the hardwood\u2026   Knoxville, Tennessee \u2013 University of Tennessee Volunteers\u2019 star guard Zakai […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":32265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[302],"class_list":["post-32264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-tennessee-vols"],"yoast_head":"\nNOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the ........................................................................\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the ........................................................................\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"letsportsrock\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-29T04:06:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/images-14-10.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"739\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"415\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul Hembaor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Hembaor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=32264#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=32264\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paul Hembaor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/97aa0f336f5a3ca15a8ec7d78846f045\"},\"headline\":\"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the University of Tennessee Volunteers has accomplished a rare feat in college basketball by earning both the coveted 2025 Bob Cousy Award and the Midseason Wooden Award in a spectacular display of dominance on the hardwood\u2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-29T04:06:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=32264\"},\"wordCount\":259,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=32264#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/images-14-10.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Tennessee vols\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=32264#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=32264\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=32264\",\"name\":\"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the...\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=32264#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=32264#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/images-14-10.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-29T04:06:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/97aa0f336f5a3ca15a8ec7d78846f045\"},\"description\":\"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the ........................................................................\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=32264#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=32264\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=32264#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/images-14-10.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/images-14-10.jpeg\",\"width\":739,\"height\":415},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=32264#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the University of Tennessee Volunteers has accomplished a rare feat in college basketball by earning both the coveted 2025 Bob Cousy Award and the Midseason Wooden Award in a spectacular display of dominance on the hardwood\u2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"letsportsrock\",\"description\":\"Sport News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/97aa0f336f5a3ca15a8ec7d78846f045\",\"name\":\"Paul Hembaor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0574929a03c152e8ea7939c31311f9ea2fe2e06139cd71e2d6e698c217219d60?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0574929a03c152e8ea7939c31311f9ea2fe2e06139cd71e2d6e698c217219d60?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0574929a03c152e8ea7939c31311f9ea2fe2e06139cd71e2d6e698c217219d60?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Paul Hembaor\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-admin\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?author=9\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the...","description":"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the ........................................................................","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the...","og_description":"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the ........................................................................","og_url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264","og_site_name":"letsportsrock","article_published_time":"2025-03-29T04:06:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":739,"height":415,"url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/images-14-10.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Paul Hembaor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Paul Hembaor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264"},"author":{"name":"Paul Hembaor","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#\/schema\/person\/97aa0f336f5a3ca15a8ec7d78846f045"},"headline":"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the University of Tennessee Volunteers has accomplished a rare feat in college basketball by earning both the coveted 2025 Bob Cousy Award and the Midseason Wooden Award in a spectacular display of dominance on the hardwood\u2026","datePublished":"2025-03-29T04:06:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264"},"wordCount":259,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/images-14-10.jpeg","keywords":["Tennessee vols"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264","url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264","name":"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the...","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/images-14-10.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-03-29T04:06:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#\/schema\/person\/97aa0f336f5a3ca15a8ec7d78846f045"},"description":"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the ........................................................................","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/images-14-10.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/images-14-10.jpeg","width":739,"height":415},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=32264#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NOW VERIFIED: Knoxville, Tennessee Guard Zakai Zeigler of the University of Tennessee Volunteers has accomplished a rare feat in college basketball by earning both the coveted 2025 Bob Cousy Award and the Midseason Wooden Award in a spectacular display of dominance on the hardwood\u2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/","name":"letsportsrock","description":"Sport News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#\/schema\/person\/97aa0f336f5a3ca15a8ec7d78846f045","name":"Paul Hembaor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0574929a03c152e8ea7939c31311f9ea2fe2e06139cd71e2d6e698c217219d60?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0574929a03c152e8ea7939c31311f9ea2fe2e06139cd71e2d6e698c217219d60?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0574929a03c152e8ea7939c31311f9ea2fe2e06139cd71e2d6e698c217219d60?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Paul Hembaor"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-admin\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?author=9"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/images-14-10.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32267,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32264\/revisions\/32267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}