1999-00
Played in 17 games ... scored season's first bucket -- the first two-pointer of his career -- at Tennessee ... appeared in the box score six times ... tallied points in five straight appearances: three points vs. Buffalo (Jan. 22), five vs. Toledo (Feb. 1), two vs. Northern Illinois (Feb. 6), four vs. Ball State (Feb. 19) and three vs. Ohio (Feb. 21) ... his five points and 18 minutes played vs. Toledo were a career high ... had a career-high three assists in 13 minutes at Ball State (Feb. 19).

1998-99
Received team's Arthur & Olga Adkins Freshman of the Year Award ... appeared in 13 games ... played 30 minutes ... made collegiate debut versus Dayton and earned a steal to go along with two turnovers and a foul in three minutes of action ... played a career-high six minutes in games versus UW-Green Bay and Northern Illinois ... in two minutes of action in the Feb. 27 MAC Tournament first-round game vs. Ball State, he scored his first points, draining a pair of treys.

High School
Led Badin High in Hamilton with 18.0 points per game ... topped squad in perimeter shooting, sinking 33 of 68 treys (48.5 percent) and 56.4 percent of his field goals (110 of 195) overall ... garnered second-team all-Ohio and District 15 Division II all-star honors ... district's player of the year ... was a nominee for the Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame Player of the Year award ... first-team all-Greater Catholic League North and a first-team Southwest division pick ... averaged 3.9 assists and 4.2 rebounds per outing his senior year ... helped lead the Rams to a 21-6 appearance and a state semifinal appearance ... team also went 21-6 with a state semifinal loss his junior year ... North/South all-star game participant ... coached by Gerry Weisgerber.

Personal
Born August 20, 1979 in Oxford, Ohio (21 years old) ... son of Jerry and Jo Helmers ... his father, Jerry, ranks 20th on Xavier's all-time scoring list with 1,275 points ... he played with the Musketeers from 1969-72 and scored a single-game career-high 35 points versus Dayton ... majoring in marketing.