2008-2009: Appeared in 29 games as a sophomore,averaging 10.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game... Was named theMost Valuable Player of the Country Inn and Suites TipoffTournament over averaging 20 points in wins over Dowling andNyack... Was named as the Northeast-10 Player of the Week for thatshowing... Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll threetimes... Had four 20+point games, including a career-high 21 pointsvs. Southern Connecticut on 2-4-09... Had a 16-point, 12-rebounddouble-double vs. UMass Lowell on 12-3-08... Had a pair of stealsin a road win at Southern Connecticut on 12-6-08... Knocked downeight field goals in a game on four occasions.
2007-2008: Named to the Northeast-10 All-RookieTeam and was a two-time Northeast-10 Freshman of the Weekselection... Scored a career-high 20 points at Bloomfield on11-28-07... Appeared in all 27 games with 13 starts... Earned hisfirst career start vs. Southern N.H. on 12-4-07... Had 15 points inhis first career game at Southern Connecticut on 11/17/07... Hadone double-double, an 18-point, 12-rebound showin at AmericanInternational... The 12 rebounds at AIC are his career high...Scored in double digits in 14 of 27 games.
Prior to Saint Anselm: Honor Roll student as ajunior and senior... Was a First Team All-State, First TeamAll-County and First Team All-League selection at Ridgefield ParkHigh School.
Personal: Son of Domenic and Martha... Has onesibling, Albaliz... Undecided on his major.
Tello's Career Highs
FG: 8, five times, last vs. Saint Rose,2/24/09
FG Att.: 17 vs. Merrimack, 1/22/08
FG%: 1.000 vs. American Int'l, 11/30/08
3 Pt. FG: 4, twice, last vs. Assumption,1/26/08
3 Pt. FG Att.: 9 vs. Merrimack, 1/22/08
3 Pt. FG%: 1.000, eight times, last vs. FranklinPierce, 2/16/09
FT: 6, twice, last at Saint Rose, 2/7/09
FTA: 8, twice, last at Saint Rose, 2/7/09
FT%: 1.000, eight times, last vs. Merrimack,1/14/09
Points: 21 vs. Southern Conn., 2/4/09
Rebounds: 12, twice, last vs. UMass Lowell,12/3/08
Assists: 3, twice, last at New Haven, 11/25/08
Turnovers: 4, four times, last at American Int'l,1/23/09
Blocks: 2, three times, last vs. Southern Conn.,2/4/09
Steals: 2, three times, last at Southern Conn.,12/6/08
Minutes: 37 vs. Merrimack, 1/22/08
