Babbitt enjoys being the hometown to national celebrity Buzz Schneider. Schneider's claim to fame was being on the 1976 Olympic hockey team and the 1980 Olympic gold medal hockey team. Schneider, known as the "Babbitt Rabbit", scored the first goal against the Soviet Union in the most renowned game of hockey ever played; the first gold medal round game of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York (Miracle on Ice). Babbitt is home to a few NCAA division one hockey players, most notably: Buzz Schneider - University of Minnesota, Steve Schneider - Notre Dame, Greg Woods-Denver University and Mike Krensing - University of Minnesota Duluth. Schneider played on two national champion hockey teams at Minnesota. Babbitt is also home to the 1976 State High School Baseball Champions. The Babbitt Knights were the first ever Class "A" High School Baseball Champions, as champions before 1976 were 1 classification.