Nick Swisher

Nick Swisher was a professional baseball player for the Cleveland Indians of MLB. During high school, Swisher played football, baseball and basketball. Many Division I-A schools, recruited him to play football, but he turned them down to pursue baseball. Swisher went undrafted out of high school and enrolled at Ohio State University. As a freshman at Ohio State, he was named Big Ten Freshman of the year in 2000. As a sophomore, he won an All-Big Ten selection as a first baseman. He also earned All-Big Ten honors as an outfielder in 2002. The Oakland Athletics drafted Swisher in the first round during the 2002 MLB Draft. He played in the Minors for the Vancouver Canadians, Visalia Oaks, Modesto A’s, Mesa Desert Dogs, and Sacramento River Cats. He made his MLB debut in 2004 for the A’s playing in 20 games. Swisher was traded to the Chicago White Sox on January 3, 2008. He spent one season with the White Sox before he was traded to the NY Yankees in November 2008. With the Yankees he won the World Series in 2009 and in 2010, he was an All-Star.