Chadron State College Athletic Hall of Fame
Lee is Larry’s younger brother. He was a three-sport letterman at Chadron State.
He was a three-time all-conference quarterback who completed 154 passes for 2,860 yards and 21 touchdowns. In 1970 against Peru State, he completed all six of his passes for a school record that stood before Joe McLain broke completed all eight that he threw against Western State in 2006. In 1971 against Black Hills State, he teamed with Mike Dority for a 91-yard touchdown pass that is the longest in CSC history.
Baumann earned all-district honors as an outfielder on the baseball team as a senior in 1974, when he had a .345 batting average (20 hits in 58 at bats). He also averaged 10.2 points as a starting guard on the basketball team as a sophomore in 1971-72, but was forced to give up that sport after dislocating his shoulder while playing football the following fall.
Baumann received Chadron State’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2002 and is on the board of the Chadron State Foundation. He lives in the St. Louis area and is one of 13 senior vice presidents for State Farm Insurance. He oversees a five-state area made up of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisana, Missouri and Oklahoma.
