Manhattanville Athletics Hall of Fame
Bill Lahart made contributions on multiple surfaces as one of Manhattanville College’s first three-sport male athletes, playing four years on the men’s basketball and baseball teams and three years on the men's soccer team, and also excelled in the classroom as Manhattanville’s first CoSIDA Academic All-American during his time on campus from 1977-81.
Lahart was a four-year starter on the basketball court for the Valiants, playing every one of Manhattanville’s 108 games. As a freshman, he posted the fifth-best single-season free-throw percentage in school history by hitting 61-of-72 attempts (.847) and helped the team to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. He had his best season overall as a sophomore, averaging 9.9 points per game on 51.0 percent shooting, including scoring a team-high 18 points in the NCAA Tournament against Saint Lawrence.
Off the court, he earned CoSIDA Academic All-America second-team recognition as a sophomore and remained Manhattanville’s only male student-athlete to earn the national recognition until 2011. In four seasons, he scored 859 points as a Valiant and graduated second in program history with 315 assists, and currently ranks 11th in career assists and fifth in games played.
Lahart captained the basketball team during his senior season and also was a two-year captain of the Valiant men’s soccer team and a senior-year leader on the baseball team as well.
