Alex Zendejas Class: Junior Hometown: Glendale, Ariz. High School: Ironwood HS Height / Weight: 5-11 / 190 Position: Placekicker Birthdate: 08/17/1989 Experience: 2L

Arizona: 2L... Could contend for national honors in 2010... Zendejas stepped up and knocked home 17 of 22 field goal tries (.773) in 2009, plus added 38 PAT kicks (41 attempts) for 89 points, the team's scoring leader... Had huge kick with a 32-yarder as time expired to beat Arizona State, 20-17, on its home field, winning Pac-10 player of the week honors for special teams and coaches' co-special team player of the week honor... Had four field goals in five tries in the season opener against Central Michigan (to win UA special teams player of the week honor) and four in four tries at Washington to tie school records for most made and attempted in a game... Among those he tied were his uncle, Max Zendejas, a former All-American at Arizona (1982-85)... Career-long boot of 47 yards against Oregon... 89 points were sixth-most by a kicker in school history... Was kickoff specialist for first five games... In somewhat of an anomaly, he did not play in bowl game as UA did not score or attempt a FG... Took over after getting his feet wet as a backup, appearing in four 2008 games... Busiest in opener vs. Idaho, with 51-yard punt, a kickoff and 3-for-3 on PAT tries... Also kicked PATs against the Washington schools, and had two kickoffs each against WSU and Oregon... His average landing spot on five kickoff plays - 2 yard-line...

Career: 16 games played; 17-22 FG, 43-46 PAT, 94 points; 34-2040 (60.0) KO

High School: Ironwood High School, Glendale, Ariz., 2007... PrepStar All-West... SuperPrep All Farwest... Arizona Republic first-team all-state...59-yard field goal against South Mountain High in 2006, and also a 53-yarder, among his eight-for-13 effort... Also punted 24 times for 36.0 yards per kick, plus hit 42 of 50 kickoffs for touchbacks... 2005 all-state honors... Top 12 `notable' citation at Chris Sailer National Kicking Competition, with a 4.5-star rating from the people who know...

Personal: Academic major is economics... Wildcat football history from A to Z always ends with mention of Alex Zendejas' uncle, famed place kicker Max Zendejas... Max was 1985 All-American and is UA school career scoring leader who later had a stint with the Packers... Alex spent a lot of time working with Max after his senior season... Comes from a large family of noted kickers and soccer players: uncles Luis and Alan both kicked at Arizona State, with Luis going on to Dallas and Philadelphia in the NFL... Uncle Tony kicked at Nevada-Reno and with the Oilers and Rams... Father, Alex, kicked at Scottsdale Community College... Date of birth: Aug. 17, 1989.