INDUCTED INTO THE INDIANA BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME - 2002

• NOT ONLY AN INDIANA HALL OF FAME COACH, INDUCTED IN 2002. BATEMAN WAS A STANDOUT FORWARD FOR THE LAWRENCEBURG HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM THAT WON THE SECTIONAL DURING HIS JUNIOR AND SENIOR SEASONS.

• CARRIED HIS ATHLETIC ABILITY TO DEPAUW UNIVERSITY WHERE HE PLAYED BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, AND TENNIS.

• WON THE SCHOOL'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT DURING HIS JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS.

• TAUGHT AND COACHED AT BRIGHT HIGH SCHOOL, KINGS H.S. IN OHIO, BEFORE RETURNING HOME TO LAWRENCEBURG HIGH SCHOOL AS TEACHER AND COACH IN 1941 WHERE HE COMPILED A 321-195 RECORD OVER THE NEXT 22 YEARS. BATEMAN’S OVERALL RECORD WAS 368-222.

• HAD A SIX-YEAR 'DYNASTY' FORM 1945-1950 BY WINNING SIX STRAIGHT SECTIONALS, FOUR CONSECUTIVE REGIONALS, AND WERE SEMI-STATE FINALISTS THREE TIMES.

• LAWRENCEBURG WAS ONE OF THE MOST DOMINATING BASKETBALL SCHOOLS IN THE STATE WITH ONLY 250 STUDENTS AND THEY ESTABLISHED A 93-13 WIN-LOSS RECORD DURING THIS SPAN OF HOOSIER HYSTERIA.