La Salle University Athletics

With a .440 batting average in 51 games, Sam Boone was the Explorers' leading hitter in 1985. He was named to the NCAA Eastern Regional Second Team and the ECAC Division I North First Team that same year. Boone was part of the 1985 team that posted a school-best 31-20 record and made it to the NCAA Tournament.

At the end of his playing career with the Explorers, he had set the school record for career hits, runs, doubles, triples, home runs, and stolen bases.