Texas A&M University *

Committed to Texas A&M out of HS, but elected to jump to professional baseball after being drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.

Professional Career:
Aaron Thompson played for several different minor league teams before being called up to the majors on August 24th, 2011 where he pitched for the Pittsburg Pirates against the Milwalkee Brewers. Aaron threw 4.1 innings allowing just 4 hits and zero earned runs. He played 1 year for the Pirates and then pitched for 2 seasons for the Minnesota Twins.

High School Career:
He went 8-3 with two saves and 0.84 earned run average in 14 games as a senior, with 133 strikeouts and 35 walks in 66 innings. Brother of Will Thompson, professional actor