Chadron State College Athletics

He was both a basketball and a track standout in the 1960s. During his three years as a varsity basketball player for Coach Mack Peyton, the Eagles won 59 games and lost just 16. He was a valuable alternate on the great 1966-67 team that went 22-6 and played in the NAIA National Tournament. He  averaged 11 points as a starter the following year when he was a senior and the Eagles went 18-5. Baumann shot better than 50 percent from the field both of those seasons. He made 37 of 44 (84.1 percent) of his free throws as a senior.
In addition, he held the school records in both the 120-yard high hurdles (14.6 seconds) and the 220-yard low hurdles (24.5) and was the conference champion in the highs in 1966 and ’67 and the 440-yard intermediate hurdles in ’67.
His father, Bob, was a charter inductee into the Hall of Fame. A native of Chadron, Baumann is an attorney in North Platte.