MALIBU, California – Tim Zeitvogel of the Pepperdine men's tennis program has been selected to receive the prestigious Pepperdine University George Award as the outstanding MS student in Business Analytics. This is the highest award given by the Graziadio Business School for students, alumni, faculty and corporate partners.
 
"Tim has maximized every aspect of the Pepperdine experience," head coach Adam Schaechterle said. "He has achieved excellence academically, athletically and holistically. We are grateful he represents our program and our university.
 
"On a personal level, it has been deeply fulfilling to support Tim as a coach. He is a lifelong friend and I can't wait to cheer on his pursuits in the years to come."
 
The graduate student, currently ranked #38 by the ITA in doubles, is pursuing a master's degree in business analytics and currently has a 4.0 GPA. His cumulative undergraduate GPA was 3.99. Zeitvogel received the prestigious 2022 Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award, which goes to a Division I men's tennis player who displays sportsmanship, character, excellent academics and has had outstanding tennis playing accomplishments.
 
"It is one of the greatest honors to be recognized for the hard work as a student-athlete," Zeitvogel said. "The environment Pepperdine, but in particular the athletic department, provides, helps young men and women to flourish and become better people on the field or court but also outside of their sport. A big thanks goes to Adam and Tassilo (Schmid), my coaches, for believing in me before I came to Pepperdine in 2019 and helping me throughout the years to become the person I am today."
 
In the community, Zeitvogel has been the President of the Waves Leadership Council (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee) at Pepperdine for the last two years. Here, he represents the student-athlete voice on campus, in the West Coast Conference and on the NCAA stage. He is the student-athlete representative at the Executive Council Meeting of the WCC and one of two student-athlete representatives from the conference at the president's meeting. He engaged in community service, intercultural exchange and dialog and environmental awareness topics of his leadership. Tim represented the West Coast Conference at the NCAA Leadership Forum in Houston, Texas, in November 2021. Tim is a member of the Pi Mu Epsilon Math Honor Society, the Math American Association (MAA) and the University Athletics Committee, which connects the athletic department with the larger university.
 
Zeitvogel was an All-West Coast Conference first-team singles selection in 2022 after receiving honorable mention accolades in 2019 and 2021. He was also an All-WCC doubles honorable mention recipient the last two seasons. He led the Waves to a WCC regular-season crown in 2021 and to NCAA Tournament berths in 2021 and 2022. In 2020, he won the WCC Student-Athlete Sportsmanship Award. This season, Zeitvogel is 9-9 in overall singles matches and 20-10 in doubles. Overall, his career singles record is 74-24 and his career record in doubles is 70-48.
 
All 10 George Award winner bios can be found here.
 
Zeitvogel and the Waves return to action this weekend, hosting Oklahoma on Saturday, March 11 at 2 p.m.