Mike Stanley

Starting out as a college player and making it through to the major league is every basketball player’s dream come true. For Mike Stanley, it took discipline, dedication, and hard work to step up from playing for the University of Florida to play for professional teams like the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, and Texas Rangers.

The early ’90s were the most successful years in Stanley’s career, as he was an American League All-Star in 1995, won the Silver Slugger Award, and became a member of the 1995 Yankees’ wild-card team. After retiring, he became an assistant baseball coach at Lake Highland Preparatory School.