high_school height_ft weight_lb birth_place draft_year nationality article_title position draft_round draft_team draft_pick height_in birth_date college name
franklin -lrb- franklin township , new jersey -rrb- 6 190 new york city , new york 1981 american mike ferrara
 shooting guard 3 washington bullets 48 4 25 august 1958 niagara -- 1981 -rrb- -lrb- 1976 -- 1977 -rrb- colgate -lrb- 1978 mike ferrara
mike ferrara

michael james `` mike '' ferrara -lrb- born august 25 , 1958 -rrb- is a retired american basketball player best known for his collegiate career .
he was the america east conference player of the year as a senior in 1980 -- 81 while playing for colgate university .
after graduating , harris was selected in the 1981 nba draft by the washington bullets , although he never played in the national basketball association .
ferrara began his career at niagara university , where after one season he transferred because the head coach who recruited him , frank layden , left prior to the start of ferrara 's career .
after sitting out a season as a transfer redshirt , ferrara spent his final three seasons playing for colgate university .
he scored a then-school record 1,763 points -lrb- later broken in 1995 -rrb- and still holds colgate records for points in a season -lrb- 772 -rrb- and game -lrb- 50 -rrb- .
ferrara finished as the second leading scorer in all of ncaa division i in 1980 -- 81 with a 28.6 points per game average and was named the conference 's player of the year .
his jersey number was retired by colgate in 2005 .
