Colorado State University Pueblo

After playing his freshman season at Colorado Mesa in 1979-80, Brad Ranson returned to his hometown of Pueblo and completed his collegiate basketball career at the then-University of Southern Colorado, playing three seasons from 1980-83 for Class of 2010 Hall of Fame coach Don McIntosh ... A three-year starter for the then-Indians, Ranson averaged 16.0 points and 5.2 assists per game over 76 career contests ... He became one of just 25 players in program history to score 1,000 career points, finishing his USC career with 1,217 points ... He remains the most accurate free throw shooter in program history with a career percentage of 87.4 percent, a mark that also ranks sixth all-time in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference history ... Ranson was a two-time First Team All-RMAC selection and also earned NAIA District 7 First Team honors ... His name appears 16 times in the CSU Pueblo record book, highlighted by a 41-point performance against New Mexico Highlands in 1982 that ranks among the highest single-game scoring performances in program history ... Following the completion of his collegiate career in 1983, Ranson continued his basketball legacy in his hometown ... A standout in both basketball and baseball at Pueblo South High School, he followed in the footsteps of his father, Jim Ranson, and embarked on a successful high school coaching career ... Ranson served as the boys basketball coach at Pueblo Central High School from 1994 until his retirement in 2026.