Northwestern's Jeff Zimmerman & Zach Beaver selected to Region 3 AAAA All Region Team

The coaches tonight met in Rock Hill to vote on all region athletes from boys tennis. Two Northwestern athletes were selected to the all region team.

Senior Jeff Zimmerman was the first non-Fort Mill player to be selected. Jeff had a region record of 10-4 this year playing 1 singles for the Trojans all year. The coaches unanimously voted Jeff all region for 2008. Jeff was also nominated to play in the South Carolina state singles championships May 16 & 17 in Columbia. Jeff is the second nominee from the region on the list of five potential names, behind only Will Reigel of Fort Mill who was undefeated in region matches and is the region's automatic qualifier. I submitted Jeff's current USTA & Southern Section rankings and am hopeful that he will be selected by the South Carolina High School League to participate in the 32-player field. Jeff is a two-time all region athlete for the Trojans.

Senior Zach Beaver was also selected to the all region team by the coaches. Zach had a region record of 10-4 this season as well playing anywhere from line 5 through line 3 singles for the Trojans. The coaches agreed that based on his region record as well as input from other coaches on the exemplary sportsmanship that he displayed. I also brought up that Zach is one of the top students in the senior class and stressed the fact that he was an all around athlete that had never played competitive tennis before this year.

We are very proud of both these senior athletes and thankful for their contributions to this team and hope that their leadership will push us through our first round playoff match tomorrow at Spartanburg.

Go Trojans!

2008 All Region 3 AAAA

Will Reigel - Fort Mill
Jeff Zimmerman - Northwestern
Glen Thomason - Rock Hill
Chase Altieri - Clover
Robbie Davis - Fort Mill
Nick Deahl - Clover
Paul Shaw - Fort Mill
Will Decker - Clover
Kyle Osborne - Fort Mill
Ken Long - Clover
Zach Beaver - Northwestern
Chase Lee - Fort Mill
Nihal Patel - Rock Hill
Mitesh Patel - Rock Hill

Player of the Year
Will Reigel - Fort Mill

Coach of the Year
Willie Ware - Fort Mill

AAAA State Playoff nominees:

Will Reigel - Fort Mill (automatic)
Jeff Zimmerman - Northwestern
Glen Thomason - Rock Hill
Chase Altieri - Clover
Robbie Davis - Fort Mill