Career Highs

Updated following the 2017 season

• Innings pitched: 8.0, Penn State, Mar 26, 2016
• Strikeouts: 9, at Coastal Carolina, Mar 10, 2017
• Batters faced: 29, vs Northern Illinois, Mar 19, 2016 ; Penn State, Mar 26, 2016

Sophomore - 2017

• 15 appearances with nine starts
• 3-2, 6.97 ERA in 51.2 IP

Freshman - 2016

• All-Big Ten Freshman Team
• 2-3, 3.34 ERA, 16 appearances, 9 starts, 59.1 IP, 54 H, 13 BB, 35 SO
• 1-3, 5.13 ERA in Big Ten games (8 appearances, 6 starts)
• First Illini true freshman starting pitcher since 2013
• Third on the team in ERA (3.34)
• Fourth on the team in strikeouts (35)
• Fourth on the team in batting average against (.241)
• Fourth on the team in innings pitched (59.1)
• Fourth on the team in starts on the mound (9)
• Wins against Saint Louis and Ohio State
• Did not allow a run in seven appearances out of the bullpen
• Started his career with 17.0 straight scoreless innings

High School

• Two-year letterwinner at Lockport Township
• Captained the baseball team as a senior
• 5-3, 2.60 ERA, 57 SO, 49.1 IP as a senior
• 3-4, 1.50 ERA, 59 SO, 51.2 IP as a junior
• Pitched in conference title clinching game in 2014 and 2015
• 2015 All-Southwest Suburban Conference Blue
• 2014 Underclass High Honorable Mention honors by Perfect Game
• No. 17 prospect in Illinois by Prep Baseball Report
• Played with fellow Illini Jack Yalowitz for Gravel Baseball in the summer

Personal

• Born April 8, 1997
• Parents are Dan and Carrie Bellair
• Started considering Illinois towards the end of the recruiting process
• Chose Illinois because, "It is such a great school academically, so I knew I would be receiving a great education. Also, I really liked what Coach Dickinson had been doing with the pitchers. It just felt like home when I walked onto campus."