Kyle Thousand
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Kyle Jason Thousand (born October 2, 1980) is an American sports agent and the head of the baseball division at Roc Nation Sports.
Thousand grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, where he attended Sioux City North High School[1] and went on to receive his degree in finance at the University of Iowa.[citation needed] He transferred to the University of Iowa to play both football and baseball when the Iowa State Cyclones baseball program was cut due to Title IX, but subsequently focused his athletic endeavors on the baseball diamond as the Hawkeyes' starting centerfielder. In 2002, Thousand led the Big Ten in triples with 8,[2] which also tied an Iowa school record and ranked him third in the nation. He was named Third Team All-Big Ten that season. In 2003, Thousand led the team in five offensive categories, including batting average (.355/.370 in the Big Ten Conference), hits (59), doubles (17), runs (42) and stolen bases (20),[3] and was named Second Team All-Big Ten.[4]
In 2007, Thousand graduated from Creighton University School of Law. He began his legal career in Chicago at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, where he was an associate in the Corporate, Sports and Entertainment department. While at Katten, Thousand worked as one of the attorneys for Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls. In 2011, Thousand entered the sports agency business as an agent at Excel Sports Management, a full-service sports agency headquartered in New York City. Thousand was Casey Close's first hire to join Excel's baseball division. Thousand is a member of the Illinois Bar Association and is a certified player agent with the Major League Baseball Players Association.[1]
Professional baseball
Thousand was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the twenty sixth round of the 2003 MLB draft.[5][6] He played minor league baseball for Toronto's Single-A Pulaski Blue Jays (2003), but his season and career was cut short due to a slap lesion labrum tear in his right shoulder.[7][8][self-published source] Thousand subsequently retired from professional baseball in 2003 to pursue his J.D. degree.