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Co-Captain Fall of 2007: Made the quarterfinals at the ITA Regional Championships in doubles play with teammate Kevin Kaiser ... Beat teams from Sacramento State and Oregon ... Also played singles at the ITA Regional Championships where he went 0-2. Summer of 2007: Spent the summer recovering from injuries. As a Sophomore in 2006-07: Played in 14 dual matches, with positions ranging from No. 4 to No. 6 ... Made the second round of the Bronco Classic ... Also appeared in the ITA Northwest Regional, the Sherwood Cup and the Pac-10 Championships ... Went 4-10 in dual matches and 4-15 overall ... As a No. 4 he finished with a 1-3 record, defeating Harvard's Scott Denenberg ... Went 0-3 in the No. 5 spot and 3-8 in the No. 6 position ... Played in 11 dual matches as a doubles player, with one appearance as a No. 2 and the rest as a No. 3 ... Went 6-8 overall in doubles and 5-6 in dual matches ... Teamed up with Eric McKean for 10 dual matches, going 5-5 ... Defeated #18 Mathieu Dehaine and Jeremy Drean of UCLA in their February 3rd dual match. Summer of 2006: NorCal Open doubles finalist ... Competed in several events on the ITA Summer Curcuit ... Balboa Bay Club singles semifinalist and doubles finalist with Blake Muller ... Ventura County singles champion ... Finished third in the overall ITA Summer Circuit standings ... Competed in Futures events in southern California at Claremont and Costa Mesa ... Earned a wildcard into the doubles main draw of the Claremong Futures with partner Matt Bruch ... Won two qualifying singles matches at the Costa Mesa Futures. As a Freshman in 2005-06: Used in a reserve role ... Finished the season with a 4-4 singles record and a 6-2 record in doubles ... After losing his opening match at the Bronco Classic in the fall, he went on to win three straight matches to reach the finals of the consolation bracket before losing a hard fought 7-6 (10), 6-4 decision ... Com-peted in the ITA Northwest Regional Championships where he reached the Round of 64 ... In doubles play, he and teammate Phil Kao lost their opening match at the Bronco Classic, then won four straight to win the "B" flight consolation bracket. Prior to Stanford: Reached the third round of the Kalamazoo Doubles Championships in 2005, finished second in singles at the Denver National Open in '05 and finished in the top-48 at the Clay Court Nationals ... Placed first at the Muterspaw Championships in 2001 and 2003 and the El Paso National Open in 2001 ... Four-time sectional champion in both singles and doubles from 2002-05... In doubles, he placed first at the El Paso National Open, second at the Denver National Open and second at the Irvine National Open ... Received the Muterspaw Championships Sportsmanship Award in 2001 ... In high school, he was the No. 1 singles player in Colorado in 2004 ... Also earned High School All-America honors ... Played No. 1 singles for Cherry Creek HS all four years and helped his team to four consecutive state championships ... Placed third in the high school championships his sophomore season and second as a junior. Personal: Son of Bonnie and Warren Zeller ... Graduate of Cherry Creek High School in Colorado ... Hobbies include math and music ... Comes from a tennis playing family ... His mother, Bonnie, played tennis at the University of Colorado ... Uncles John and Dave Benson both played tennis at Trinity Uni-versity ... John played on the pro tour and was an ATP Tour ranked doubles player John Whitlinger & Brandon Coupe Say: "Jeff is a guy you want on your team. His tennis keeps improving, and he provides great leadership on and off the court. He is a guy who will do whatever it takes to make a team better." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
