Bill Almon left Brown University as the holder of 13 of the school’s 19 game, season or career records. As a freshman he hit .536 in leading Brown to a 10-2 record. He earned All-Ivy and All Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League honors as a sophomore (1973) and junior (1974), hitting .350 with 10 home runs, 31 RBIs and 20 stolen bases to also earn Sporting News College Baseball Player of the Year honors. He was selected No. 1 overall by the San Diego Padres in the 1974 draft and spent 15 years in professional baseball. He is still the only Ivy League athlete ever to be drafted first overall in one of the four major professional sports’ drafts.