Kyle Thousand

Kyle Jason Thousand (born October 2, 1980 in Sioux City, Iowa) is a sports agent and former collegiate and professional baseball player. Thousand currently runs the Baseball Division at Roc Nation Sports as their Managing Director of Baseball. Roc Nation Sports, a division of Roc Nation, was launched by Jay Z in the spring of 2013.

University of Iowa

Thousand was born in Sioux City, Iowa and attended the University of Iowa. He transferred to the University of Iowa to play both football and baseball when the Iowa State University baseball program was cut due to Title IX, but subsequently focused his athletic endeavors on the baseball diamond. In his first year at Iowa in 2002, Thousand lead the Big Ten in triples with 8,^[1] which also tied an Iowa school record and ranked him third in the nation, and was named Third Team All-Big Ten. In his second year at Iowa, 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),^[2] and was named Second Team All-Big Ten.^[3]

Professional baseball

Thousand was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the twenty sixth round of the 2003 MLB Draft.^[4][5] 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.^[6][7] Thousand subsequently retired from professional baseball in 2003 to pursue his law degree.

After baseball

Thousand graduated from Creighton University School of Law in 2007. He practiced corporate, sports and entertainment law in Chicago at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP before becoming a MLB Certified Player Agent at Excel Sports Management, a full-service sports agency headquartered in New York City. In May 2015, Thousand was hired away from Excel Sports Management by Roc Nation Sports, where he became Roc Nation's first Managing Director of Baseball.^[8] Roc Nation represents some of the biggest stars in baseball, including Robinson Cano, Yoenis Cespedes and CC Sabathia.^[9] Thousand currently resides in New York, NY.

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