Billy Bean while Linda was pregnant, but separated when Billy was six months old. Linda married Ed Kovac, a police officer, and they had five children together. Bean attended Santa Ana High School, and won a state championship with the school's baseball team. He enrolled at Loyola Marymount University on an athletic scholarship to play college baseball for the Loyola Marymount Lions. After his junior year, the New York Yankees selected Bean in the 24th round of the 1985 MLB Draft. Though the Yankees offered Bean a $55,000 signing bonus, Bean followed through with his promise to return to Loyola Marymount for
Billy Blue College of Design have included notable design professionals Chris Doyle, Stefan Sagmeister, and Justin Fox, among others. Billy Blue College of Design Billy Blue College of Design is an Australian private design college focused on teaching a combination of design disciplines including Digital Media, Branded Fashion, Interior Design and Communication Design. The college is named for Billy Blue, a figure in Australian colonial history. The college is part of Torrens University, itself part of the Laureate International Universities group. The college was previously part of Think Education which was owned by SEEK Learning. Other Torrens University colleges include: APM College of Business and