Over 50 years have passed since Larry Bauman led the Sunman Tigers in some great basketball.  As a senior in 1963, Larry led his team to a Ripley County Championship, the first one for the Tigers in nearly 20 years having last taken the title in 1945.

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Larry anchored the forward / center position and was a two-year starter for Sunman.  As a junior, Larry was named the team's Most Valuable Player and was named to the All-Sectional team after filling the nets for 46 points in two tournament games.  As a senior and for the second year in a row, Larry led his Sunman squad in rebounding and scoring upping his points per game average to 17.5.  And for the second year, Larry was awarded the team's MVP.

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Larry and his wife of 54 years, Bertie, are the proud parents of six children: Ricky, Randy, Melissa, Mindy, Crystal and Christina.  In addition to being a farmer, Larry was an employee of Hill-Rom in Batesville for many years.  Larry and Bertie still live on the family farm near Sunman.

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Welcome Larry Bauman to the Ripley County Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2018!