Manhattanville University Athletics

As the first and only graduate of Manhattanville College to be drafted by a big-four professional sports franchise, Bob Lasbury set the bar for excellence as a member of the Valiant baseball team from 1991-93.
 
After an All-Conference season in the outfield as a freshman, Lasbury starred on the mound for the Valiants in his final two seasons, posting a 1.40 earned run average with 68 strikeouts and a .195 opponents’ batting average in addition to being a .331 hitter with 20 runs batted in at the plate. In 1993, he was named the Skyline Conference Co-Pitcher of the Year and Manhattanville’s Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year after posting a 3-1 record with a 1.22 ERA, 44 strikeouts and only five walks, and still ranks second in ERA, first in walks per nine innings and 10th in strikeouts on the school single-season list.

After his junior year, the two-time team captain left school after being picked in the 14th round (408th overall) of the MLB Draft by the Colorado Rockies, in the same round as All-Star closer Keith Foulke and ahead of future major leaguers Jermaine Dye, Richie Sexson and Paul Lo Duca.
 
In addition, Lasbury was a three-year letterwinner on the basketball court for Manhattanville as well, scoring 615 points in 77 games (8.0 ppg) and adding 288 rebounds and 226 assists. Despite leaving school early to play professionally, Lasbury returned to campus to earn his degree in mathematics in 1996.