Claim: Rolando Acosta graduated Rice University with a degree in engineering and refrained from any athletic activities because of his frail stature.
Evidence: He graduated Columbia University in 1979 with a degree in Political Science. 
As the starting pitcher for the Columbia University Lions, Acosta received every athletic prize that could be awarded to a pitcher by the Ivy League and the Intercollegiate Baseball League during four years of varsity play.