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Jonathan Farrow Was One of One of Three Belton Tigers Seniors Who Jonathan Farrow was one of one of three Belton Tigers seniors who were named on the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association All-State Team following the 2005 season. He led the team, the District and Central TX in home runs and RBIs. Jonathan Brian Farrow was born on Feb. 7, 1987, at Kings Daughters Hospital in Temple TX and is the son of Jon and Gayle Farrow of Temple and Cindy and Jonathan Zielke of Rogers AR. Jonathan attended K thru 6th grade in the Temple schools and 7th through 12th grade in Belton. He has two older sisters, Michaelle Baird and Stephanie Farrow and two younger brothers, Cameron and Justin Zielke. Jonathan began playing organized baseball at the age of four with the Belton Rams pre T-ball team. He played a total of nine seasons as a first baseman and pitcher in the Belton City League and one in the Temple City League. He played first base for the Central Texas Panthers, a local select team, from 1996 through 2000. During the summers of 2003 and 2004, Jonathan played third base for the Texas Braves of Arlington TX as the Braves won four tournaments during this time, and finished second at both the AAU National Tournament in Kingsport TN and the Triple Crown Fall Nationals in Las Vegas NE. Jonathan was named to the Baseball of America Super Series All-Tournament Team at their 2003 National Tournament in Peoria AZ. Farrow first played varsity baseball for Belton in his junior year of 2004 but missed the first four weeks of the season with a broken wrist. He became a valuable contributor on defense at third base upon his return. Head Coach David Tidwell credited Jonathan with making “the play of the year” in a late season victory over district rival A&M Consolidated that helped keep the Tigers in the running for the district title. The Tigers finished the 2004 season with a 23-9 record and were district 13-5A co-champions with Temple. The Tigers defeated Round Rock in bi-district but fell in the second round of the state playoffs to nationally ranked Tomball. The Tigers were 26-9 and District 13-5A champions in Jonathan’s senior year of 2005 and defeated Austin Westlake in the area before losing in the regional semi-finals to Klein Collins. The all-senior line-up hit .354 as a team for the season (a school record) and scored over 11 runs per game in District. Jonathan, at 6’ 3” & 200 lbs., led the team, District and Central Texas in home runs (9) and RBIs (46) for the season and hit .478 in District and .406 on the year. He was named to the All-Tournament team at the Lubbock Invitational and was selected 1st team all-district at third base; 2nd team Super Centex by the Waco Tribune; honorable mention all-state by the Texas Sports Writers; and all-state (with teammates Blake Holt and Brooks Kimmey) by the Texas High School Coaches Association. He was also given the Belton Tiger Best Glove Award at the post-season sports banquet. Highlights for the year for Jonathan were the two home runs he hit against Deer Park in Coach Tidwell’s 500th career victory and, in a first ever feat for Coach Tidwell’s Tigers, Holt, Kimmey and Farrow hit back- to-back-to-back homers in a district game against Bryan. In a rare pitching appearance, he pitched a shutout 7th inning in a thrilling 17-16 victory over A&M Consolidated, and was mobbed on the mound by his teammates following the final pitch of the game. During and following his senior season at Belton, Jonathan was recruited by several schools (e.g., Hill County JC, UMHB, Temple College) before accepting a baseball scholarship from Temple College. In Farrow’s Fr year of 2006 the Temple College Leopards won the Region IV Championship and played in the Jr. College World Series where Jonathan was 7 for 12. As a Soph in 2007 he was named Conference Player of the Week in week 13 going 8 for 15 with a grand slam and 6 RBIs. His soph year was shortened by injury and he finished his Temple College career with a .325 average, 40 RBIs and 7 HRs. Jonathan played for the Texas State Bobcats in 2008 in his Jr season of 2008 and hit .280 with 31 RBIs, 6 HRs & 24 runs. He sat out the 2009 season and was considering several options for playing his final year of college eligibility in 2010. Jonathan Farrow, 22, lived in Austin in 2009. .
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