Ben Zeiler

Ben Zeiler putts at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational

Height:
5-10
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Del Mar, CA
High School:
Classical Academy

FRESHMAN | 2025-26: Played in 24 rounds and was second on the team with a season stroke average of 74.88 … Third on the team with seven rounds at par or better … Career-best round of 68 (-4) in the second round of the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational-Individual … Shot a 214 (-2) at the GMFI on the Silver Course … Was the top Falcon at the UCSD Invitational, shooting a career-best 213 (-3) to place 15^th of 104 golfers … Was named the Mountain West Men’s Freshman Golfer of the Week for his performance at Torrey Pines… His 213 was the best road tournament by a Falcon since Feb. 25-27, 2024 … Shot a 69 in the second round, his career-best …. He is the first Falcon to earn a Mountain West weekly golf award since Kyle Westmoreland, March 5, 2014 ... He is the first ever Falcon to win the MW Freshman of the Week Award since its inception in 2022 … Shot a 225 (+9) at the Mountain West Championships.

BEFORE AIR FORCE: Lettered four years in golf… Team captain as a junior and senior…First team Southern Section as a junior and senior year…First-team all-league three times…Placed in the top 10 in Southern Section Championship and top 15 in the state as a junior and senior year…Placed fourth at SoCal Regionals to advance to state as a junior…Season stroke average of 71.2 as a junior and 70.9 as a senior…Undefeated Junior and senior year…Team was league champions sophomore through senior year…Team was D1 regional qualifier as a sophomore year, D1 state qualifier as a senior year and Southern Section runner up as a junior and senior year…Team placed fifth in the state of California, second in Southern California as a senior...Member of the National Honor Society…Ranked fourth in his class with a 4.34 GPA.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 22...Son of Sarah and Rick Zeiler…Has one sister and a twin brother…Major in management…Attended the USAFA Prep School and played golf…Hobbies are snowboarding, surfing and ping pong…Long-term goal is to become a pilot or work for OSI…If he had a walk-up song, it would be “One” by Metallica…Greatest individual moments in golf were qualifying for the state championships with his brother and playing in the Northern Junior Championship and placing one behind in a stacked field in Connecticut…As the captain of his high school team, along with current Falcon freshman, Daniel Chazen, led the team to the state championships twice … Career-best round was a 63 (-8) at Pauma Valley Country Club…Grandfather served in the Air Force and great-grandfather served in the Army.