Twelve students in class ... 1942-43 team was 17-4; 1943-44 17-5 ... both years team won the Wabash Valley Preliminary tournament and advanced to the finals ... played for Hall of Famer Glen Curtis at Indiana State, left school to enter Air Force ... 21 years as a head basketball coach with 287 wins, 4 sectionals, 1 regional and 1 semi-state championship ... state runner-up in 1971 ... coached at Hymera 1950-58, Nappanee 1959-68, Elkhart 1968-72.