2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Jeffrey Mills
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Flower Mound, TX
- High School:
- Flower Mound
- Position:
- Guard
- 2024 Bob Spear Award winner for the member of the Falcon basketball team that demonstrates high achievement in basketball, academics and military performance.
- 2023 Air Force Classic All-Tournament Team
- Ranked 4th in MW in assist/turnover ratio in 2023-24 (2.63)
- 115 career games played with 85 starts.
- 643 career points, 276 assists and 92 steals.
2024-25 (Senior):
- Team Co-Captain.
- One of two players to play and start all 32 games.
- Averaged 5.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg and 2.4 apg.
- 3rd on team with 27 three’s and second with 78 assists.
- vs. FS: 13 pts, 4 reb, 3 three’s.
- vs. Nevada: 9 pts, one three in 30 mins.
- vs. UNC: Season-high 3 steals.
- vs. Miami: 8 pts, 5 reb, 3 assists.
- vs. Sac St.: Game-high 19 pts, 4 three’s.
- vs. Mercyhurst: Career-high 10 assists.
- vs. Jax St.: 18 pts, 4 three’s, 5 reb, 4 assists, steal, block, 38 mins.
2023-24 (Junior):
- Bob Spear Award winner for the member of the Falcon basketball team that demonstrates high achievement in basketball, academics and military performance.
- Team co-captain for 2023-24
- Air Force Classic All-Tournament
- 4th in MW in Assist/Turnover ratio 2.63 (84 assists, 32 turnovers).
- 3rd on team with 37 steals and second with 84 assists.
- Played in 28 games, making 26 starts.
- Averaged 9.1 ppg, 3.0 apg and had shoot 49 pct from field and 39 from 3.
- Led team in assists a team-best 11 times.
- Hit go-ahead three to lift Air Force to 58-57 win at South Dakota.
- Shot 53 pct from field and 44 pct from three in MW play.
- Career-high 20 pts vs. Fresno St., 8-13 from field and 4-9 from three.
- 17 pts vs. Lindenwood, Boise State and Wyoming.
- Went 5-7 from three vs. Boise State and Wyoming.
- Career-high 5 steals vs. South Dakota.
2022-23 (Sophomore):
- Played in 28 games, making 26 starts.
- Averaged 4.7 points per game and 2.6 assists per game.
- Third on team with 73 assists.
- Led team with 2.43 assist/turnover ration.
- Five games in double-figures scoring.
- Eight games with at least four assists.
- Team-high 10 points against SDSU. First time leading team in scoring.
- 4 for 4 from field for 8 pts, 3 assists against South Dakota. 1st career block.
- Career-high 9 assists against UAPB.
- Career-high 14 pts vs. Montana. Hit 4 free throws late in game to help in win.
- 12 pts, and career-high’s of 6-8 from line vs. Portland.
2021-22 (Freshman):
- Played in 27 games, making one start.
- Averaged 2.9 ppg and 1.1 rebounds in 17.1 minutes per game.
- Fourth on the team with 41 assists and 16 steals.
- 5 assists vs. Fresno State.
- First-career start vs. New Mexico.
- Career-high 13 pts vs. UNLV in 25 mins. 4-6 from field and 2-4 from three.
- Career-high 7 assists in 27 mins against Denver.
- 30 mins off bench vs. South Dakota and led team with 3 assists and 2 steals.
- 8 pts and four rebounds in 32 mins vs. Tulsa. Passed to Camden Vander Zwaag for game-winning three.
Before Air Force
Attended USAFA Prep school in 2020-21 and played on basketball team … started every game and averaged double-digits in scoring … lettered four years in basketball at Flower Mound … 4x first-team all-district … team offensive MVP as a senior … 1000 point club … high school coach was Eric Littleton … played club ball for Texas Impact 4:13 in UAA circuit and was coached by TJ Thomas.
Personal
Member of cadet squadron 22 … son of Doug and Melanie Mills … has two siblings … nickname is Jeff … systems engineering human factors major ... first assignment upon graduation will be in the Space Force … Why I decided to come to the Academy: “To Achieve my dreams of playing Div. I basketball and set myself up for a successful future.” … hobbies are basketball, watching movies, napping and spending time with friends … began playing basketball at age five … credits his parents as having the biggest influence on his basketball career … pregame superstition is to eat Chick-fil-A and a shower … favorite possession is his car … one thing on his bucket list is to visit all Disney parks … dream vacation spot is San Diego, CA … guilty pleasure is all things Disney … favorite role model is Kobe Bryant … something most people don’t know about him is that he’s pretty good at sports trivia … enjoys listening to rap and all genres … favorite TV show is Naruto … favorite movie is Princess and the Frog … favorite class subject is math.
