Hall of Fame
Scott grew up in Wisconsin Rapids, WI, where he was a two-sport athlete at Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School. Scott was a three-year letter winner in both baseball and hockey. In baseball, he was a two year all-conference selection and team captain while playing for the Red Raiders.
Scott enrolled at Madison College in the fall of 1999. In his freshman season, Scott made an immediate impact as he hit .378, posting 56 hits with 45 RBIs with a team leading 11 home runs, 26 walks and a .696 slugging percentage. His offensive production helped his team to conference, state and regional titles.
“Scott was the most talented baseball player that has stepped onto our baseball field at Madison College,” commented former head baseball coach, Leo Kalinowski. “Scott was an ultimate competitor and made everything he did on the field look easy.”
After an outstanding freshman campaign at Madison College, Scott picked up where he left off. During his sophomore season, Scott led his team in hitting with an impressive .456 batting average and astounding .850 slugging percentage. He played in 61 games, scoring 100 runs, belting 103 hits and stealing 43 out of 45 bases. He had a team leading 21 doubles, four triples and 20 homeruns, easily the most impressive single season offensive performance in Madison College baseball program history. Scott is fourth all-time in single season batting average, eighth in RBIs, second in doubles and the best all-time in single season hits, homeruns, runs scored, stolen bases and slugging percentage. For his efforts, he received all-conference, all-district and first team All-American honors and his team once again won conference, state, and region titles.
When the dust settled on Scott Whitrock’s Madison College baseball career, he left the program as the leader in five statistical career categories including hits, doubles, homeruns (10 more than anyone), runs scored (28 more than anyone), and stolen bases (22 more than anyone). Additionally, Scott is still second all-time in career batting average and second in RBIs.
After his outstanding sophomore season, the Minnesota Twins drafted him in the 19th round of the Major League Baseball amateur draft. Scott played six full seasons in the minors retiring in March 2007. During his professional career, Scott played in eight Major League spring training games, was the fastest man in spring training camp in 2002, named best outfield arm by Baseball America and Midwest League All-Star in 2004 and named “Man of Steal” in 2005 after leading the Twins organization in stolen bases.
Scott graduated from Madison College with a Fire Protection Technician degree in June of 2001 and is currently employed as a firefighter and paramedic for the Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department. Scott lives in Wisconsin Rapids with his wife, Jenna, and two children, daughter, Rylan and son, Mason.
