People from Elk Grove, California

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Adam Smarte, Akiem Hicks, Allison Brennan, Bill Cartwright, Brad Kilby, Brandyn Thompson, Brent Bourgeois, Casey Weathers, Chester Gorman, Dale Schornack, Dana Howard (television), Isaiah Ross (American football), Jamil Zainasheff, Kyle Larson (racing driver), Lance Briggs, Matt Kopa, Millard Hampton, Monica Woods, Nguyen Quoc Quan, Ruthie Bolton, Ryan Dinwiddie, Scott Boras, Scott Smith (fighter), Spencer Levin, Stephanie Cox, Tom McClintock. Excerpt: Scott Dean Boras (born November 2, 1952) is an American sports agent, specializing in baseball. He is the founder, owner and president of the Boras Corporation, a sports agency based in Newport Beach, California that represents roughly 175 professional baseball clients, including many of the game's highest-profile players. Boras has brokered many record-setting contracts since 1982, and many of his clients, including, Prince Fielder, Bryce Harper, Matt Holliday, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Magglio Ordonez, Alex Rodriguez, Stephen Strasburg, Jayson Werth and Barry Zito, are among the highest paid in the game. Boras was born in Sacramento and grew up in Elk Grove, California, the son of a dairy farmer. He attended the University of the Pacific on a baseball scholarship, leading the team with a .312 batting average in 1972. As of 2009, Boras remains in the top 10 in school history in multiple offensive categories. Boras was inducted into the Pacific Athletics Hall of Fame in 1995, and the baseball team's annual "Most Improved Player" award is named in his honor. Following his college career, Boras played four years of minor league baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs organizations. Boras made the Florida State League All-Star team in 1976, but knee problems shortened his career and he retired with a career batting average of .288. Boras received his Doctor of...