Personal
Born January 1980 in Olympia, Wash. ... parents are Michael and Judy ... likes water skiing and golf ... recruited by Utah, St. Joseph's, San Jose State, Oregon, Portand, UC Santa Barbara, Wyoming and Pepperdine ... married Terra Smith, a starter on BYU's women's soccer team, in summer 2002 ... economics major.
At BYU
CAPSULE: Mark Bigelow finished his BYU career joining former Cougar All-American Danny Ainge as the only two Cougar players to score 400 points in each of their four season ... He is the BYU record holder for career three-pointers (213), consecutive games with a three-pointer (22), and steals in a game (9, vs. Arizona 1998), and is tied for single-game FT percentage (1.000, min. 10 attempts) ... He is the No. 8 all-time scorer at BYU (1,715) ... No. 8 all-time in free throws made (414) ... No. 8 all-time in consecutive games played (120) ... No. 3 all-time at BYU in consecutive games started (118) ... Tied No. 4 all-time in total games started (119) ... A four-year starter and member of three postseason tournament teams, including back-to-back NCAA Tournament teams (2003 and 2004) ... He was BYU's second-leading scorer in each of his final three seasons while earning second-team All-Mountain West Conference honors as a senior, third-team accolades as a junior and an honorable mention selection as a sophomore ... He was BYU's leading scorer (15.0) and rebounder (6.3) and WAC Pacific Division Freshman of the Year and All-WAC Second Team in 1998-99 before going on a two-year LDS Church mission to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. ... Had four career double-double games ... An excellent shooter and extremely intelligent player, Bigelow is a gifted offensive player who moves well without the ball and has a nice mid-range game ... He achieved career highs of 33 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists, 9 steals, 3 blocks.
Before BYU
Prepped at Olympia High in Olympia, Wash....lettered four years ... was all-league, second team all-area, all-state by USA Today ... team captain ... led team to league and district championships ... top scorer in 3A state tournament as a senior ... named 3A state tournament MVP ... averaged 20 points, 4 assists and 8 rebounds per game ... coached by John Kiley (Washington).
Summary
Bigelow finished his BYU career joining former Cougar All-American Danny Ainge as the only two Cougars to score 400 points in each of their four seasons ... is BYU's record holder for career threes (213), consecutive games with a made three in a career (22 from 1999 and 2002) and steals in a game (9 vs. Arizona 1998) ... is the No. 8 all-time leading scorer at BYU (1,715 points) ... No. 8 all-time for free throws made (414) ... No. 9 all-time in consecutive games played (120) ... No. 3 all-time in consecutive games started (118) ... tied for No. 4 all-time in total games started (119) ... a four-year starter and member of three postseason tournament teams, including back-to-back NCAA Tournament teams (2003 and 2004) ... was BYU's second-leading scorer in each of his final three seasons while earning second-team All-MWC honors as a senior, third-team accolades as a junior and honorable mention recognition as a sophomore ... was BYU's leading scorer (15.0) and rebounder (6.3) and WAC Pacific Division Freshman of the Year and All-WAC Second Team in 1998-99 before going on a two-year LDS Church mission to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. ... had four career double-doubles.
Stats
CAREER HIGHS:POINTS: 33 at Washington St.FG MADE: 11 at Washington St.FG ATT: 20 at Wash. St., CSUNFG%: .800 (8-10) vs. UTEP3FG MADE: 5 (3 times) last at San Diego State (2003)3FG ATT: 10 vs. CSUN3FG%: .750 (3-4) at Wash. St., at Wyoming (2-8-03), vs. USC (2004)FT MADE: 11 (twice)FT ATT: 11 (twice)FT %: 1.000 (11-11) (twice)REB: 14 (twice)ASSISTS: 9 vs. Wyoming (2004)STEALS: 9 vs. Arizona (BYU record)BLOCKS: 3 at UCSB, vs. CreightonMINUTES: 42 vs. ArizonaBIGELOW Career TotalsYear GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off/Def Tot Avg1998-99 28-27 907-32.4 132-301 .439 44-113 .389 111-140 .793 34/141 175 6.32001-02 30-30 954-31.8 138-317 .435 65-154 .422 106-132 .803 14/68 82 2.72002-03 32-32 1025-32.0 145-332 .437 63-151 .417 93-112 .830 28/90 118 3.72003-04 30-30 956-31.9 129-300 .430 41-141 .291 104-129 .806 27/86 113 3.8Totals 120-119 3842-32.0 544-1250 .435 213-559 .381 414-513 .807 103/385 488 4.1Year PF-FO A Avg TO Blk Stl Pts Avg1998-99 67-3 57 2.0 76 13 38 419 15.02001-02 66-2 44 1.5 62 11 21 447 14.92002-03 74-2 74 2.3 56 12 33 446 13.92003-04 65-1 85 2.8 50 13 24 403 13.4Totals 272-8 260 2.2 244 49 116 1715 14.3