Hall of Fame
Jim Sprung was an all-around athlete at BHSU specializing in basketball and baseball. He played the guard position in basketball and was the catcher on the baseball team. According to Coach Papik, "He had a great throwing arm and was a good left-handed hitter with a .320 four-year batting average. In basketball he scored 662 points in 72 games." Sprung set a single game personal best his senior year by scoring 27 points. He played both sports from 1951 to 1955. He was a four-year letterman in each sport. He coached and taught in Sturgis, where he played as a prep athlete. Sprung left coaching to enter the insurance business before moving to Colorado.
