Ben Zeiler

Height:
5-10
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Del Mar, Calif.
High School:
Classical Academy

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 40...Son of Sarah and Rick Zeiler…Has one sister and a twin brother…Plans to 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…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.