Chico State Athletics

Position: F
Height: 6-7
Weight: 210
Class: Junior
Hometown: Seaside
High School: Monterey HS
Major: Kinesiology

First year with the Wildcats and one of four juniors on the team… Junior transfer from Foothill JC…Pre-Chico Days: Played two years at Foothill Junior College in Los Altos Hills under the tutelage of former Chico State assistant coach Shanan Rosenberg…All-Coast Conference selection as a sophomore, average 12.1 points, eight rebounds and nearly two blocks a game…Shot 64 percent from the field in 2008-09…Graduated from Monterey High School in 2006…Earned four letters in basketball…Was team captain as a senior…Received All-Santa Clara Valley Athletic League and All-County Honorable Mentions in 2006…Personal: Born 9/27/88 in Houston, Tex.…Son of Irma and Bobby Pellum…Says the best things about Chico are “teammates and girls”…Sports hero is Tracy McGrady…Religiously wears two pairs of socks for each game he plays…Kinesiology major…Aspires to be a college basketball coach.