Kansas Wesleyan '87
Third Year at Bemidji State
Phone #: (218) 755-4108

Tim Bellew is in is third season as head coach of the Bemidji State baseball team were he has garnered a 19-76 overall record and a 10-37 mark in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).

Bellew took over as BSU head baseball coach in the fall of 2005. He joined the Bemidji State coaching staff after orchestrating the most-successful baseball era in the history of Kansas Wesleyan University. He took the reigns in 1995 after two years as an assistant coach, and his hire began to pay dividends almost immediately. He earned Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1996, and in 1997 he led KWU to a National Small-College Athletics Association National Championship and was named NSCAA National Coach of the Year.

KWU repeated as NSCAA National Champions in 1999, and Bellew was again named NSCAA National Coach of the Year. He qualified KWU for a berth in the NAIA Region IV tournament, and in 2001 he directed KWU to its first KCAC championship in 27 years. In 10 seasons at KWU, Bellew coached 38 First-Team All-KCAC honorees, seven NAIA All-Americans and 11 NSCAA All-Americans. He also had one player drafted and two signed as free agent acquisitions. KWU recorded 20 or more wins seven times during Bellew’s stint.

Bellew, an Arizona native, began his collegiate playing career at Central Arizona Junior College in 1980. He played second base and shortstop for the Vaqueros until 1982. He transferred to Kansas Wesleyan in 1985, where he earned the President’s Leadership Award in 1986. In 1987, Bellew was named Second-Team All KCAC as middle infielder and helped lead KWU to an NAIA playoff berth.

During his time at Bemidji State Bellew has become an active member of the Bemidji Youth Baseball organization in the summer. He has also put on baseball camps and clinics for the youth. The director of facility maintenance at the BSU Baseball Field Bellew played a large role in the renovation process of the BSU Baseball Field in the fall of 2007.

Bellew graduated from Kansas Wesleyan with a bachelor of arts degree in health in 1987, and received a master of business administration degree from KWU in June of 2002.

Along with his duties as head baseball coach, Bellew is head of games management at BSU.

Bellew currently resides in Bemidji with his wife Pam, his son Mason and his daughter Claudia.

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Phone #: (218) 755-4620

Shane Gunderson is in his first season as an graduate assistant coach with the Bemidji State baseball team.

Gunderson comes to Bemidji after an established athletic career. From 1993-95 he was a member of the University of Minnesota Golden Gopher baseball team where he played first base and catcher. In 1994 he was selected to the All-Big Ten Second-Team for his accomplishments. In 1995 Gunderson earned All-Big Ten First-Team, Big Ten Player of the Year, Big Ten Tournament Most Valuable Player (MVP) and First-Team All-American honors.

Gunderson was then drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the sixth round of the 1995 draft. He played five season’s in the Twins organization before retiring in 2000.

Following his retirement Gunderson attended Augsburg College (Minn.) were he played two years of football for the Auggies.

In 2000 Gunderson began working in a special education program at the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf until 2005.

The native of Faribault, Minn. received his bachelor’s in deaf studies with a minor in coaching from the University of Minnesota in 2007 and is currently pursuing his master’s degree in sports studies at BSU.