Robert "Bob" Heaton is a Republican member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing the 46th District since 2010.
While at Indiana State University, Heaton was a prominent member of the college's varsity basketball team that famously reached the final of the 1979 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament (at the time, the NCAA did not sponsor women's sports).
Heaton averaged 9 points during the NCAA Tournament, including a buzzer-beating game-winner against Arkansas which propelled the Sycamores to the Final Four.
From 1980 - 2003, he worked for Northwestern Mutual (in Terre Haute) as a financial representative and then for Forrest-Sherer Agency.
Since 2003, he has been president of his own financial service venture, Heaton Financial Services in Terre Haute.