Washington State University Athletics

As a 6-foot-7 center for the Cougars, Paul Lindemann won All-America honors on the Cougar team that won the Northern Division, Pacific Coast and Western Regional NCAA titles and finished second in the NCAA finals under coach Jack Friel in 1941.  He was the second-leading scorer for WSU in the decade of the 30s with 668 points.  Lindemann also earned All-Coast and All-Northern Division honors during the '41 season and was inducted into the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Pac-10 Hall of Honor in 2010. He joined Phillips Petroleum after leaving WSU and played on four national championship teams with the AAU 66'ers.  His teams were 176-25 during those five years and he was an AAU All-America selection in 1945.  Following his playing career he worked for Phillips Petroleum as manager of Corporate Safety in Bartlesville, Okla., and received the National Safety Council's Citation for Distinguished Service in 1979.