Top athletics alumni include former New York Yankee Scott Brosius, who graduated from Linfield and now is the head baseball coach at the college; former San Diego Charger Brett Elliott, the quarterback of the 2004 championship team; and former Miami Dolphins general manager, Randy Mueller, quarterback of Linfield's 1982 NAIA Championship squad.
He was given the nickname Scott Supercalifragilisticexpiali-Brosius by Chris Berman and "Brosius the Ferocious" by Yankees radio announcer John Sterling.
Walter Scott | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Sir Walter Scott | Ridley Scott | Orson Scott Card | Tony Scott | Winfield Scott | Robert Falcon Scott | Scott | Scott Brown | Ronnie Scott | Francis Scott Key | Scott McCloud | Scott Lobdell | John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon | Winfield Scott Hancock | Randolph Scott | Peter Scott | Coretta Scott King | Seann William Scott | Scott Walker | Scott Bakula | George Gilbert Scott | Campbell Scott | Scott Hamilton | Scott Hastings | Jill Scott | Tom Scott | Terry Scott Taylor | Scott Peterson |
In Game 2, the Yankees took a 2–0 lead in the second against Freddy García on a Scott Brosius double that scored Tino Martinez and Jorge Posada.