Drew University Athletics

The life of Stanley Raub, like that of Drew University, has been profoundly influenced by Sherman Plato Young.  The Rangers were still the Circuit Riders when Stan Raub played baseball and basketball under coaches Doc Young and Harry Simester.  In later years Young named him as one of the best baseball players in his coaching career.  Certainly Raub's batting averages of .370 in 1943 and .480 in 1946 are noteworthy, and he won the first of four gods "D"s in the 1941-42 season.  The Acorn in March 1947 described him as "always dangerous in the field or at bat."  Six months later, they remembered Stan Raub as "a defensive wonder at third base" who "swung a big stick," and went on to describe his .343 batting average in his last Drew season, along with 23 hits, 21 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases.

Raub played varsity basketball as a freshman, ranking fifth on the team with 55 points, a remarkable 9.24 percent of the team's total.  World War II service merely changed the location of his game; he played while stationed in Princeton, NJ, New River, NC and Guam.  He returned from the Marines to be captain of Drew's 1946-47 basketball team, with the team's highest game point average, was second highest total scorer with 165 points, and finished his Drew career with three gold "D"s in basketball.  He also played tennis in 1946, coached intramural basketball, and played intramural touch football.  Other achievements included senior year class presidency, Judicial Committee, Asbury Hall presidency, and debating.