Bubba Starling

Bubba Starling
Kansas City Royals
Born: August 3, 1992 (1992-08-03) (age 19)
Gardner, Kansas
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Derek "Bubba" Starling (born August 3, 1992[1]) is a professional baseball player in the Kansas City Royals organization.[2]

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Amateur career

He graduated in the class of 2011 from Gardner-Edgerton High School in Gardner, Kansas. Starling was an all-state selection in three different sports at Gardner-Edgerton. He earned first team Top 11 picks as a quarterback in all classifications in Kansas two years in a row.

Starling started at quarterback for Gardner-Edgerton's football team, and was considered one of the top quarterback prospects in the nation.[3] Starling accepted a scholarship to play quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.[4] Starling had to make a decision to play football for Nebraska or accept a signing bonus from the Royals of over five million dollars.[5]

Starling was also a member of Kansas's high school all-state team in basketball.[6][7]

Professional career

As a baseball outfielder, Starling was selected by the Kansas City Royals with the 5th overall selection in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft.[8] He had widely been considered to be the most athletic prospect in the draft.[9]

On August 14, 2011, Starling signed a 7.5 million-dollar, three-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, opting to play professional baseball over a collegiate athletic career for the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Cornhuskers.[10][11] Starling is represented by agent Scott Boras.[12]

Personal

Starling was one of three Royals prospects cited for underage drinking at a random alcohol checkpoint following a college football game between Arizona State and Southern California in Tempe, Arizona.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Bubba Starling". http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=205087701. Retrieved 7 June 2011. 
  2. ^ "Bubba Starling Bio". http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=205097813. Retrieved 7 June 2011. 
  3. ^ Pinto, Michael (December 28, 2010). "College Football Recruiting 2011: Where Are the Top 10 Quarterbacks Headed? | Bleacher Report". bleacherreport.com. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/555409-college-football-recruiting-2011-where-are-the-top-10-quarterbacks-headed. Retrieved June 7, 2011. 
  4. ^ Smith, Erick (June 7, 2011). "Royals take Nebraska football recruit Bubba Starling No. 5 in MLB draft - Campus Rivalry: College Football & Basketball News, Recruiting, Game Picks, and More - USATODAY.com". USA Today (McLean, VA: Gannett). ISSN 0734-7456. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/06/nebraska-bubba-starling-no-5-mlb-draft-kansas-city-royals/1. Retrieved June 7, 2011. 
  5. ^ "Crossroads". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?id=6609946. Retrieved June 7, 2011. 
  6. ^ Glicksman, Ben (2011 [last update]). "Kansas star Bubba Starling must choose between baseball, football - SI.com - High School Player of the Week". cnn.com. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/specials/highschool-potw/05/17/hspotw.26/index.html. Retrieved June 7, 2011. 
  7. ^ "Gardner-Edgerton Football's Bubba Starling". ihigh.com. February 1, 2011. http://www.ihigh.com/centralkansas/article_52376.html. Retrieved 8 August 2011. 
  8. ^ "Pittsburgh Pirates take UCLA's Gerrit Cole with No. 1 pick in draft - ESPN". http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6632661. Retrieved 7 June 2011. 
  9. ^ Palmer, Tod (2011 [last update]). "Hometown fans in Gardner thrilled by Royals’ selection - KansasCity.com". kansascity.com. http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/06/2931722/royals-take-bubba-starling-in.html. Retrieved June 7, 2011. 
  10. ^ Associated Press. "Report: Bubba Starling signs for $7.5M". http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/6865351/bubba-starling-picks-kansas-city-royals-nebraska-cornhuskers. Retrieved 16 August 2011. 
  11. ^ Dodd, Rustin (15 August 2011). "Royals sign first-round pick Bubba Starling". The Kansas City Star. KansasCity. http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/15/3078827/bubba-starling-signs-with-royals.html. Retrieved 17 August 2011. 
  12. ^ Hoffman, Benjamin (June 6, 2011). "Pirates Make U.C.L.A. Pitcher No. 1 Pick in Draft - NYTimes.com". The New York Times (New York: NYTC). ISSN 0362-4331. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/sports/baseball/pirates-make-ucla-pitcher-no-1-pick-in-draft.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Starling&st=cse. Retrieved June 7, 2011. 
  13. ^ Dutton, Bob (September 28, 2011). "Royals’ Starling cited in Arizona for underage drinking". The Kansas City Star. http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/28/3172772/royals-starling-cited-in-arizona.html#ixzz1g4nlaOzO. Retrieved December 9, 2011. 

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