Jeff Bell
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- Graduation Year:
- 1999
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- Induction Year:
- 2013
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- Sport(s):
- Basketball
Bio
You came to Olivet after an outstanding career at Quincy High School, where you played football, basketball and baseball.
At Olivet, you decided to play only basketball and was a four-year letterwinner. You earned first-team All-MIAA honors in 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99. For your sophomore season in 1996-97, you were the MIAA’s scoring champion at 24.8 ppg.
As a junior and senior, you were named an All-American and after your senior year, you were one of 15 college basketball players to receive the Naismith Award.
At the time of your graduation in 1999, you were Olivet’s all-time leading scorer with 1,568 points and all-time leader in field goals made with 595. As a senior, you received the Gary Morrison Male Athlete of the Year award.
You earned a degree in business administration with concentrations in insurance and marketing from Olivet in 1999. Since graduating, you have been employed in the insurance field. For 11 years, you worked for Chubb Insurance. You presently work as the territory underwriting manager commercial lines for The Hanover Insurance Group in Washington, D.C.
Olivet honors you and is proud to induct you into the Olivet College Athletic Hall of Fame this 1st day of February, 2013.