Jason Varitek

Jason Varitek helped lead the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets to the College World Series championship game in 1994, his senior season in Atlanta and the year he won the Golden Spikes Award. He played on a Tech team that also boasted future first-round picks and future professional teammates Nomar Garciaparra and Jay Payton. Tek remains the only Yellow Jacket baseball player to have his number (33) retired. For the second straight year, Varitek was picked in the first round of the MLB Draft in 1994, this time by the Seattle Mariners. Three years later, he was involved in a trade deadline swap to the Boston Red Sox where his career flourished. Varitek was an integral member of the 2004 and 2007 Red Sox World Series championship teams and was named team captain in 2005.