Mike Parisi '13 was an outstanding pitcher for the baseball program, winning 14 games with 272 strikeouts and a 4.03 ERA over 243.2 innings of action. Following his junior year, he was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the ninth round of the 2004 MLB First-Year Player Draft. Parisi would quickly rise to the Major Leagues in 2008, playing a total of 12 games for the Cardinals. At Manhattan, he burst on to the scene as a rookie in 2002, going 7-4 with 81 strikeouts and a 2.83 ERA in 86.0 innings while helping the Jaspers to a then school-record 32 victories. For his efforts, Parisi earned Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American honors, and would cap his three-year Jasper career with a then school-record 104 strikeouts in just 81.0 innings as a junior in 2004. He would also play minor league baseball for the Cubs and Dodgers before retiring in 2013. After returning to college to earn his degree, Parisi has served as a physical education teacher and little league coach in Greenwich, CT.