Timothy Earl Zeeb

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Timothy (Tim) Earl Zeeb was born 5/06/1984 to Earl and Mary Zeeb. Tim has one older brother, Jeremy, and a younger sister Cheri who is married to Mike Vogt. Tim grew up on the family ranch outside the rural South Dakota town of Menno (population 624). Tim spent his childhood helping milk cattle and raise row crops on the family farm. Tim credits this upbringing with helping him build strength and endurance for his successful football career later in life. Tim also spent a great deal of time participating in outdoor hobbies such as hunting and fishing. Tim is a founding member of the Dunn Creek Archery club in Menno, SD. Tim has a Hutchinson County record for a whitetail deer that scored 202-5/8 points on the Boone and Crockett scale.
As Tim grew out of childhood and into adolescense he began to realize that his physical physique coupled with his hard work on the family farm made him a perfect physical speciman to compete in athletics. Tim was a four year starter and letter winner in Basketball and Football with the Menno Wolves. He was also a prolific 800 meter and two miler with the Wolves Track and Field Team, still holding school records in both events respectivly. However, it was on the football field that Tim excelled due to his bulging physical stature. Tim took over as the starting quarterback for the Wolves during his sophomore season after then starting Quarterback, Brad Herrboldt, transferred to Parkston High School to attend school with his long time girlfriend at the time. Although the Wolves were not successful as a team that first season, finishing 1-10, Tim was able to throw for over 1,700 yards and finished third on the Wolves all time passing list as a sophomore. Tim would move down up the list the following season after he threw for 2,478 yards and broke the single season throwing record set in 1968. The Wolves football team finished the next two seasons with a series of heartbreaking loses preventing them from entering post season play. Tim would end his football career at Menno High School with records in career pashing yards, single season passing yards and career touchdowns.
Tim was recruited heavly by division II colleges in the upper midwest but eventually decided to attend Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minnesota. Tim redshirted his feshman season and gained considerable knowledge behind senior Quarterback Murphy Weber. Tim started every game his sophomore season on a Mustang team that featured numerous returning upperclassmen and confernece award winners. Tim was able to pass for over 2,200 yards and 17 touchdowns before injuring both his MCL in his left knee and ACL in his right knee during an 47 yard scramble during the last game of the 2005 season. Tim then returned home to the family farm in Menno, SD to undergo reconstructive knee surgery in Sioux Falls, SD. Tim would attempt to return but would never regain his elusive nature on the football field eventually dropping out of Southwest Minnesota State University to attend the less prestigious University of South Dakota in Vermillion, SD.
Although Tim's football career was cut far to short he is still highly respected in the Menno area. Each year he is the Marshall of the Menno Wolves Homecoming Parade and ceremonial announcer at the homecoming football game in luei of long time announcer Martin Seiverding. Tim also takes part in the Menno Wolves preseason football camp as an instructor and Quarterbacks coach.

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