Hall of Fame Inductees
Hall of Fame Inductees
Hall of Fame Inductees
Jesse K. Hellyer Jr. ’85
Basketball
Induction: 2001
- Jesse Hellyer was a four-year standout on the basketball court for Randolph-Macon. He was a member of a Yellow Jacket squad that was nationally-ranked for three straight years and appeared in three consecutive NCAA Division II tournaments. Hellyer was named first-team all-Mason-Dixon Conference, first-team all-South Atlantic Region, and a National Association of Basketball Coaches second-team All-American in both 1983-84 and 1984-85. He was also on the NCAA South Atlantic Regional all-tournament team, and was named the Most Valuable Player of the Mason-Dixon Conference tournament.
- Hellyer is ranked sixth on the Randolph-Macon career scoring list (1,561 points), fourth in career rebounding (823 rebounds), and first in career field goal percentage (64.2%). He also held the single-season field goal percentage record (66.1%).
- From 1985 to 1993 Hellyer was a teacher and coach at Tidewater Academy in Wakefield, VA. Currently, he is employed as a recruiter and sales representative for New York Life. Hellyer has helped Randolph-Macon students by providing internships through the Career and Counseling Center.