Nomar Garciaparra of Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Garciaparra currently plays shortstop for the Chicago Cubs. Before joining the Cubs, Mr. Garciaparra spent 10 years as a shortstop with the Boston Red Sox.
  Originally drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1991, Mr. Garciaparra chose instead to attend Georgia Tech and played for the Yellow Jackets, where he was only the fourth player in Georgia Tech history with 100+ hits in a single season.  He was named 1992 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Rookie of the Year.  Also in 1992, Mr. Garciaparra went to the Olympic Games in Barcelona as a member of the USA Olympic Baseball Team.  He was the only freshman to start for the USA Olympic Team.  Mr. Garciaparra made his Major League debut on August 31, 1996, and his first Major League hit was a home run.  In 1997, he led all American League (AL) players with 209 hits and 11 triples and set an AL rookie record with 684 at bats.  On May 10, 1999, Mr. Garciaparra became the 11^th player in Major League Baseball (MLB) history with two grand slams in the same game, and he is only the fifth player in Major League history with 30+ homeruns in his first two seasons.  Additionally, Mr. Garciaparra has earned numerous awards in his career, including the following:  he had the distinction of being unanimously named the 1997 American League Rookie of the Year – only the sixth unanimous vote in history; he was named MLB Player of the Month for May, 1999; he was the 1999 American League batting champion (.357 average); and he was the 2000 American League All Star and American League batting champion (.372 average).

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