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Tom Bellairs |
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2000-01 (Sophomore)
Started all 24 games in which he appeared after returning from an early season injury ... Led the team in rebounding (7.2/game) and third in scoring (9.7/game) ... Finished fifth in the MWC in rebounding ... Led the team in rebounding in 19 of his 24 games ... Scored career-high 20 points against UNLV ... The quickest Air Force player to reach 400 career rebounds ... 10 career double-doubles ... 17 career games with 10+ rebounds.
1999-2000 (Freshman)
Named Mountain West Conference co-freshman of the year ... Shared the award with Dalron Johnson of UNLV ... Only the second Falcon to ever earn the award (Raymond Dudley in 1987) ... In a media poll taken at the MWC Tournament, Bellairs won the award out-right ... Selected to the MWC all-newcomer team ... Finished third on the team in scoring with an 8.2 average ... Best scoring average by a freshman at Air Force since Otis Jones (9.0) in 1992 ... Finished second in the MWC in rebounding with a 9.2 average ... Averaged 10.0 points and 10.1 rebounds per game in conference games ... Only player in the conference to average a double-double in league play ... Led the conference in rebounding in league games ... Air Force freshman record 12 double-figure rebounding games on the year ... Set a new Air Force freshman record with eight double-doubles ... Broke the record of five set by Randy Gricius in 1976 ... Scored 11 points and grabbed 15 rebounds against San Diego State ... Notched a second consecutive double-double vs. Colorado State with 13 points and 11 rebounds ... Career-high 17 points and 15 rebounds vs. New Mexico ... 13 points and 13 rebounds vs. New Mexico ... Team-high 13 points and seven rebounds at Colorado State ... 13 points and 12 rebounds in a win over BYU ... Notched 17 rebounds in a win at San Diego State which is the second most rebounds in a conference game in school history ... 10 points and a career-best 18 rebounds at Dartmouth in his first career start.
High School (Mullen)
Lettered two years in football and basketball ... Earned all-state and all-conference honors in basketball ... Led the state in rebounding two years ... High school basketball coach was Porter Cutrell.
Personal
Member of cadet squadron 24 ... Parents are Chris and Mary Bellairs ... Has a younger brother, Michael (12), and a younger sister, Christina (8) ... Born Feb. 8, 1981 ... Completed Ops Air Force last summer and flew in an F-16 jet ... Also worked at the Falcon Sports Camps ... Majoring in management ... Favorite TV show is Seinfeld ... His greatest moment is sports is "grabbing every rebound."
