Personal
Born in Talladega, Alabama ... parents are Melvin and Ora Chatman ... graduated from Munford High School with a 3.91 GPA ... honored as the Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Before BYU
Led his Munford High team to the county and area championship twice ... selected All-County three times and All-State twice ... chosen MVP in the Alabama All-Star basketball game ... placed second in the slam dunk contest ... all-time career scoring and rebounding leader an Munford ... discovered by BYU while the Cougars were at the 1984 NCAA tournament ... had 16 points, seven rebounds and 11 blocked shots at prep all-star game and was named games MVP ... coached by Leon Stephens (Jacksonville St.).
Summary
Always a reliable scorer, Chatman finished his career with 1824 points, which at the time was good enough for fourth all-time ... he is currently sixth all-time ... currently has the ninth highest field goal percentage at .549 ... twice selected to the USBWA All-District VII team ... Honorable Mention All America by the Associated Press and Sporting News as a sophomore and Sporting News his senior season.
Stats
Year G FGM-FGA FG% 3PM-3PA 3P% FTM-FTA FT% R-AVE P-AVE84-85 26 45-85 .530 ---- --- 12-29 .410 106-4.1 102-3.985-86 32 230-422 .545 ---- --- 99-147 .673 165-5.2 559-17.586-87 32 223-437 .510 0-3 --- 94-131 .718 183-5.7 540-16.987-88 30 239-402 .595 0-0 --- 109-160 .681 229-7.6 587-19.6Totals 120 737-1346 .548 0-3 --- 314-467 .672 560-4.7 1788-14.9