Amherst College Athletics

Norman Billups Jr. '81
Men's Basketball (1977-81)

Norman Billups is No.1 in VWU history in blocks per game (9) and blocks per season (69) in 1978-79, and No. 2 in blocks in a career (156).  He is the No. 2 in career rebounds (801) and single-game rebounds (23).  He is No. 4 in season rebounds (255) in 1981-82.  Billups scored 1,135 career points.  He was All-Dixie Conference in 1979 and1981.  Billups was honored as the MVP of the Dixie Conference Tournament in 1978.  He contributed to the first basketball team to win a Dixie Conference title, quality for the NCAA tournament in 1978, and the first team to achieve 20 plus wins in a season in 1978-79.  Billups went on to earn a Master's Degree in Social Work from Florida A&M University.  He lives in Thomasville, Georgia with his family and serves as Case Manager with the Tallahassee Police Department.