Saint Rose Athletics Hall of Fame
One of the most talented pitchers in Saint Rose annals, Eric LeBlanc was an American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) first-team All-American and the Northeast Region Pitcher of the Year, and was furthermore selected as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference (NYCAC) Player of the Year as a senior. He was additionally an ABCA first-team All-Region pick as a senior and a second-team selection as a junior. A two-time NYCAC first-team All-Conference pick, he still stands first all-time in the school’s NCAA era in wins (30) and is second in ERA (2.94). Eric also closed out his career as the College’s NCAA era all-time leader in strikeouts (305) and complete games (23), and tied for fourth in batting average against (.224). Eric was a member of the 1994 and 1995 Saint Rose NCAA Tournament teams and was part of the 1995 NYCAC Championship team that a set an NCAA era school record with 40 wins (40-18). Eric was drafted by the Chicago White Sox as a junior and the Cincinnati Reds as a senior.