CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame
Years at CSU Pueblo: 1961-65
Category: Athlete
Sport: Basketball
Era: Pueblo Junior College (1937-63), Southern Colorado State College (1963-75)
Sam Batey - One of the first star players of Harry Simmons' basketball squads once the University became a four-year institution in 1963, Batey nearly scored 1,000 total points during his final two seasons (1964 and 1965). Combined with his estimated junior college era statistics (1961-63), which unfortunately do not exist, His career point total hovers around 2,000, which would put him among the greats in the storied history of CSU-Pueblo basketball. He was a part of the 1965 NAIA District VII championship squad, won in just the second year of the basketball program's membership in the NAIA.
