Batesville High School
2007-2010

Ellie Tidman was born in France and arrived in Batesville while in early elementary school, when her father found employment with the Hillenbrand Company. She and her two younger sisters became very active in volleyball and track and field. Much of her athletic career was participating on a traveling volleyball team. Finding time for track and field, she had great success winning every competition throughout her high school career, four county championships, three conference championships (she did not participate in her senior year due to a back injury), four IHSAA sectional, regional and state championships. She found time to help her team as a sprinter and is the school record holder in the long jump. Tidman won the Midwest Meet of Champions and was named Miss Indiana of Track and Field in 2010. Her accomplishments attracted the intention of the coaches of Vanderbilt University to award her a track and field scholarship. She set personal records in both the 2013 and 2015 outdoor season (5-9 1/4) and placed in the 2015 Southeastern Conference indoor championships during an injury-plagued collegiate career. After college, Tidman spent time as a voluntary coach for Vanderbilt University while starting her business career.