Former All-American Rockwall-Heath High baseball star Jake Thompson will get an opportunity soon to make an impression on the big leagues in Spring Training as an invitee to 2013 Detroit Tigers Mini-Camp. The 91st overall pick in June’s draft could be the next young Tigers pitcher to move quickly through their system. Thompson, 19, reports [...]
(By Aaron Williams) All-American pitcher Jake Thompson missed out on the variety of celebrations that the majority of his teammates enjoyed in the weeks following Rockwall-Heath’s first baseball state championship. There were no July 4 parade rides or recognition nights at the RISD school board and the Heath City Council. The night at the Ballpark [...]
BRYAN – Rockwall-Heath’s All-American pitcher/hitter Jake Thompson was selected as the Player of the Year on the 58th Annual Texas Sports Writers Association Class 4A All-State Baseball Team for leading the Hawks to win the 2012 Class 4A State Championship. Heath coach Greg Harvey was selected as Coach of the Year. The senior right-hander was [...]
(Detroit Free Press) HEATH – If he passes Tuesday’s routine physical in Lakeland, Fla., the Tigers are expected to announce that their top draft pick from last week, right-handed pitcher Jake Thompson, is a Tigers farmhand. Thompson, 18, is bypassing his Texas Christian University scholarship to sign with a team that snagged him in the [...]
ROUND ROCK – Despite the painful injury he suffered in yesterday’s game, Rockwall-Heath All-American Jake Thompson will play this evening at his usual third base position since he’s not pitching. Hawks Coach Greg Harvey told TheRockwallNews.com this morning that Thompson’s foot is swollen and badly bruised but he should be able to swing his bat [...]
DETROIT — Heath high school senior All-American pitcher and slugger Jake Thompson had signed a national letter of intent last November to play baseball at Texas Christian University beginning this Fall. Now that may not happen. The Detroit Tigers professional baseball team used their first pick today to select the right-handed pitcher in the second [...]
HEATH - Rockwall-Heath’s All-American pitching and first baseman sensation Jake Thompson signed a national letter of intent Wednesday to play baseball and continue his education at Texas Christian University (TCU) in 2013. Thompson is a senior and will play once more this Spring for the Hawks baseball team. He had previously verbally committed last year [...]
HEATH – The honors keep piling up for Rockwall-Heath pitcher and first baseman Jake Thompson, who was recently named a first team high school All-American by Baseball America and ESPN Rise, first team All-State by the Texas Sportswriters Association and first team by the Dallas Morning News SportsDay. During the 2011 season, the 6’4″ 235 [...]
By Keith Thompson. HEATH – On the heels of another very successful season of Heath Hawk baseball, post-season awards and recognition have continued to come in for the talented Hawk duo of Jovan Hernandez (left) and Jake Thompson. The two, through outstanding hitting and pitching, carried the Hawks to the Region II finals for the [...]
WYLIE-The Dallas Morning News’ Player-of-the-Week Drew Benefield blasted a grand slam home run and Jake Thompson threw a four-hitter as Rockwall-Heath slammed North Dallas, 10-0, Tuesday night at Wylie to advance in the Area baseball playoffs. Drew VerHagen also homered for the Hawks (25-8), who supported Thompson with 12 hits and no errors in the field. Benefield [...]
