Finished ranked seventh all-time in Northern Colorado history with 186 points scored ... ranks fifth in school history with 29 career field goals. 2005: Honorable Mention All-Great West selection ... Academic All-Great West honoree ... converted 8-of-13 field goal attempts ... long was 43 yards ... had season-high three field goals against Western Illinois (9/8) ... was a perfect 33-for-33 on PATs ... went 7-of-7 on PAT tries against Colorado Mines (9/3) ... went 6-for-6 on extra points against Fort Lewis (10/29). 2004: First-team All-Great West selection ... Academic All-Great West honoree ... made 13 field goals to rank as the fifth-highest single-season total in UNC's history ... was a perfect 19-of-19 in extra point attempts ... 58 points ranked No. 2 on the team in scoring ... earned National Special Teams Player of the Week honors from The Sports Network after his five field goal performance against North Dakota State (9/4) ... Zaitz provided all of the Bears' scoring in the 15-13 win over the Bison ... also named Great West Player of the Week (9/6) ... was a perfect 3-for-3 in field goals (21, 19, 39) against national runner-up Montana (9/25) ... nailed both field goal attempts (31, 25) in a 26-13 loss at Southeastern Louisiana (10/9) ... perfect 6-for-6 on extra points in a 42-7 win over Southern Utah (11/6). 2003: Earned honorable mention all-Independent honors as a sophomore ... scored 71 points to rank third on the team in points scored behind Adam Matthews and Vincent Jackson (each scored 126 points) ... his 47 extra points was the third-highest single-season total in UNC's history ... made five or more extra points in seven of the Bears' 11 games ... was perfect in the Bears' 44-3 win over Western State (9/6) as he made all five extra points and all three field goals he attempted ... drilled all three of his field goals attempts, including a season-long 44-yarder, in the 29-25 win at Southern Utah (11/8). Prior to UNC: Transferred from the University of Colorado in mid-August (2003) ... made 2-of-3 extra point kicks in the three main spring scrimmages at CU, as well as the longest field goal (47 yards) in any of the three sessions ... did not see any game action in 2002, but did dress for nine games and made both his PAT kicks in the spring game ... redshirted in 2001. High School: As a senior, he earned second-team all-state honors at punter, and was first-team All-Boulder County and second-team all-Centennial League at placekicker ... scored 67 points his senior season on the strength of 15-of-17 field goal attempts (long of 49) and 22-of-22 on PAT kicks ... nailed a 34-yard field goal in the final minute to defeat defending state champion Columbine, 13-10, as a senior in what he listed as the highlight of his prep career ... also averaged 40.1 yards punting, with a long of 54 and six kicks inside-the-20 ... FHS was 10-2 his senior year and were the Centennial League champions two times in his career under coach Tom McCartney ... played soccer (goalkeeper), earning the team's most improved player honor as a sophomore ...honor roll student. Personal: Born Aug. 9, 1982 in Boulder ... son of Kent and Diane Zaitz ... majoring in both finance and accounting ... a two-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll ... UNC Scholar-Athlete.

Zaitz' Career Statistics

FIELD GOALS            G   Att  Made  Lg   Pct
2003................  11    15     8  44  53.3
2004................  11    21    13  39  61.9
2005................  11    13     8  43  61.5
TOTAL...............  33    49    29  44  59.2


SCORING                G    TD  Rush  Pass Retn  PAT 2PAT   FG  Total Avg/G
2003................  11     0     0     0    0   47    0    8     71   6.5
2004................  11     0     0     0    0   19    0   13     58   5.3
2005................  11     0     0     0    0   33    0    8     57   5.2
TOTAL...............  33     0     0     0    0   99    0   29    186   5.6