Jon Garland

Garland and his two sisters were raised in Granada Hills, Los Angeles, by their mother, Vikki, after she divorced their father when Garland was young.\n', '

Garland played baseball at John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills. As a senior, he was named a preseason All-American by Baseball America. He was also named to the 1997 All-America First Team by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings. Garland committed to play college baseball for the USC Trojans.\n', '

Garland was selected by the Chicago Cubs with the tenth pick of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft and signed for $1.325 million.\n', '