Scott Boras is a sports agent who played baseball in college and briefly in the minor leagues before starting his career representing baseball players, including Derek Jeter. He has represented many top players over the years and negotiated some of the largest contracts in baseball history. After leaving his previous agencies, Boras started his own agency called Excel Sports Management in 2011.

2.  Born on October 21, 1963 In Columbus
Ohio
 Attended Worthington High School

3.  Attended the University of Michigan.
 Played Baseball from 1983-1986
 Made Captain as a Senior
 Big Ten Conference Player of the
Year(1986)
 First Team All-American
 Big Ten Medal of Honor Winner

4.  Drafted 7th round by the Yankees (1986)
 Played three seasons in minors for
› Oneonta Yankees(1986)
› Alabany-Colonie Yankees(1987-1988)
 Transferred to Seattle Mariners AAA
Club(1989-1990)
 Ended Pro Baseball Career in 1990

5.  1992, Became associated with IMG
› Baseball Division
 1993 , Began Representing Derek Jeter
 2000, 3 year $189 million Contract for Jeter
 2006, Left IMG and Joined Creative Artist
Agency
 2007, Signed Ryan Howard
› Negotiated a 5 year $125 million 2010
 2011, Left CAA to start Excel Sports
Management

6.  “When you put so much of your life into the
practice and preparation of being the best thing
you can be, you kind of expect to reach the
pinnacle of that and you expect all of your hard
work to come into fruition," Close said. "When it
doesn't, obviously, there is a level of
disappointment.“
 Realized he wouldn't make it in the majors
 Wanted to build off his experiences
 He had always been fascinated with numbers and
negotiations.

7.  Always on the Clock
 Researching players
 Talking/meeting with clients
 No daily routine
 Lots of traveling

8.  That's just the way I've always wanted to live my life,
You're always going to have people that fall on the
good side of the fence and people that are going to
fall in the not-so-good side.
 "There's been some great people out there in the
business and there were guys to emulate, but I
always wanted to do it my way. If you're going to
have any amount of success, you ultimately need to
choose your own path that fits in your personality and
what you're all about.“
 His philosophy of fair-dealing has and allowing his
work - not his name

9.  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/video
s/b/48418d84-7ac0-43c4-b73b-
6a169050a1af

11.  Cooperating with other Volleyball
Organizations
 Deals with Competition and Player issues
 In front of the media
 Promoting Sport through Sponsorships
and Television


12.  Interested in Volleyball at an early age
 Earned AAA ranking at 15.
 Attended SDSU on a basketball
Scholarship
 Drafted in 10th round by San Diego
Clippers
 Back to SDSU for Volleyball

13.  1980, Joined the Men's National Team
 1982, Left to Italy to play Beach Volleyball
 1982-1997, Played for AVP
 1994-1997, AVP Best Defensive player
 1996, Won Olympic Silver Medal
 1998, AVP Broadcast Team
 2000, Beach Analysts for Olympic Games
 2004, Indoor Analysts for NBC
 2008, Coached Team USA for Beijing Olympics
 2010, Named AVP Commissioner

14.  “I’m a student of the game and always
looking for different ways to teach and
inspire, whether it’s on a volleyball court
or now, in an office.”
 “Every day I wake up excited to go into
an office.”

16.  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/25/sp
orts/baseball/25jeter.html?_r=0
 http://www.sportscareers.com/sports-
career-spotlight.asp?id=150
 http://www.easyreadernews.com/5702/
avps-new-commissioner-matt-dodd/