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91成人导航 alumnus Scott Boras, named the for the eighth time in nine years by Forbes Magazine, will be the 2023 commencement speaker for the聽.听

Boras pursued his undergraduate studies at 91成人导航 while playing for the 91成人导航 Tigers baseball team, then went on to earn his Doctor of Pharmacy from 91成人导航鈥檚 Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy in 1977 and then his law degree from McGeorge in 1982.

Boras will speak to McGeorge graduates Saturday, May 27 at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium for the school鈥檚 99th commencement ceremony.

鈥淓very day, Scott Boras demonstrates the value of a McGeorge School of Law education,鈥� said . 鈥淚 am thrilled to welcome him back to Sacramento to inspire McGeorge鈥檚 Class of 2023.鈥�

Boras is currently ranked as the No. 1 sports agent in the world eight out of the nine times Forbes Magazine has conducted the ranking since 2013.听

Boras is the founder, owner and president of the , a sports agency in Newport Beach, California. Boras Corporation was the in the country in 2022, with 106 clients and more than $3.8 billion in active playing contracts.

Boras is the first agent to negotiate $50 million, $100 million, $200 million and $330 million dollar baseball contracts for players. In the baseball litigation arena, he has won more arbitration cases in Major League history than any other agent. Boras Corporation is the only agency in history to negotiate annual player contracts in excess of $1 billion, which has been achieved three times in the past four years.

His current roster includes鈥揵ut is not limited to鈥搕he following players: Jose Altuve, Josh Bell, Cody Bellinger, Alec Bohm, Xander Bogaerts, Alex Bregman, Kris Bryant, Nick Castellanos, Matt Chapman, Gerrit Cole, Michael Conforto, Carlos Correa, Joey Gallo, Bryce Harper, Rhys Hoskins, Jonathan India, Sean Manaea, J.D. Martinez, Brandon Nimmo, Tyler O鈥橬eill, Anthony Rendon, Brendan Rodgers, Carlos Rodon, Max Scherzer, Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Blake Snell, Juan Soto, Stephen Strasburg, Julio Urias, Taijuan Walker and Masataka Yoshida.

Boras is a native of Sacramento who grew up on a dairy farm. He played four years of minor league baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs organizations. During his undergraduate studies, Boras was a student-athlete, team captain and All-American on the baseball team. Knee injuries cut his baseball career short which led him to pursue his legal education.

After law school, Boras worked as an associate in the pharmaceutical defense department of a major Chicago law firm before founding the Boras Corporation.

In 1995, Boras was inducted into 91成人导航鈥檚 Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2010, Boras was awarded 91成人导航鈥檚 Distinguished Alumni Award, an award recognizing individuals whose outstanding achievements and service to humanity have brought credit to the university. In 2021, he was inducted into the Sacramento Baseball Hall of Fame. Baseball America named him among Major League Baseball鈥檚 most influential non-players in the last 25 years.

Boras also was McGeorge鈥檚 commencement speaker in 2002. Previous commencement speakers include retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, actor Raymond Burr, members of Congress, governors, lieutenant governors, attorneys general, mayors, university presidents, law school deans and 51 judges.听