Alex Rodriguez, also known as A-Rod, was a former baseball player who played for 22 seasons with Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, and New York. He won 14 All-Star awards, One World Series Championship, and three American League Most Valuable Player.

Rodriguez grew up playing baseball and football during his time at Westminster Christian School where he led the team to win national championship. He was first team prep All-American as a senior, hitting .505 with nine home runs, 36 runs batted in (RBIs), and 35 stolen bases in 35 attempts in 33 games. He was selected as the USA Baseball Junior Player of the Year and as Gatorade’s National Baseball Student-Athlete of the Year. In 1993, he became the first high school player to try out for a United States national baseball team. He received a scholarship to play baseball in Miami and even signed a letter of intent, but rejected the offer and never played college baseball.

In 2000, A-Rod signed a 10-year deal worth $252 million with Texas Ranger and became one of the richest in baseball players in history. In 2003, Rodriguez gave $3.9 million to the University of Miami to renovate its baseball stadium. The new facility was renamed “Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field”. He became the youngest to hit 500 home runs, reaching the milestone in 2007. He played his final game and retired on August 12, 2016.