About Kevin

KEVIN LAUE is the 6 foot 10 center for the Manhattan Jaspers. He is also the first one-armed athlete to play for a Division I college basketball team. Twenty years old, he was born in Pleasanton, California, his left arm severed near the elbow as the result of a pre-natal blood circulation restriction. Kevin attended Amador Valley High School, where he played a little over twenty minutes a game and averaged about fifteen points, five blocks and six rebounds. After an injury he enrolled at nationally ranked Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia, where he led the team in rebounding and blocked shots. He was recruited by a multitude of Division II and III colleges, but his dream was always to make it to Division I, a dream finally realized when he was signed by the Manhattan College.

Contact Kevin

kevin@kevinlaue.com

Basketball

SCHEDULE

The 2011 - 2012 Season has Concluded with the Jaspers going 21 - 13 overall; 12 - 6 in conference and 9 - 7 non-conference.

Manhattan Jaspers Site

Long Shot Movie

A serendipitous meeting at an AAU event with opposing coach and filmmaker, Franklin Martin, led to the inception of Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story. Over the next four years, Martin chronicled the day-to-day struggles of a teenage boy coming to terms with his need for his deceased father's approval by pursuing his seemingly impossible dream of becoming the first one-armed player in the history of college basketball.

Journey with Kevin from his sleepy town in California to the runway of Air Force One and a meeting with the President of the United States...and then into the bright lights of New York City.

LONG SHOT: THE KEVIN LAUE STORY Official Site

Trailer from the feature documentary, about the film and story, photos and more