Fannin County, Texas -- The following were selected to be inductees for 2024 Fannin County Sports Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony and banquet will be held at the Roy Floyd Events Center Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Jason Marshall - Leonard
Jordan Withrow - Trenton
Maddie Dow - Sam Rayburn
Coach Randall Dills - Bonham
1989 Bonham Boys Golf Team
JORDAN WITHROW, the right-handed pitcher who graduated from Trenton in 2016 wore #24 during her softball career. In the course of her time as a Trenton Lady Tiger, Jordan led the Lady Tigers to 90 wins accumulating 936 strikeouts with a .194 Earned Run Average (ERA). Additionally, she helped Trenton reach four Playoff appearances, including back-to-back Regional Finals in 2015 & 2016. Rich Hillard noted in an article recognizing her softball career at Trenton High School, “It would hardly be hyperbole to say Jordan Withrow has had a great impact on the softball program at Trenton High School. While not solely responsible for its quick rise to prominence the last few years, it is not coincidental that her arrival and the success have come in unison. Whether in the pitcher's circle or batter's box, she has led the effort that has turned Trenton into a postseason powerhouse in three short years.”
Jordan was Four-Time All-State, Academic All-District and Trenton Softball MVP, 2013 District Newcomer of the Year, 2014, 2015 & 2016 District MVP, 2015 All-Texomaland First Team, 2016 All-Texomaland MVP and 2016 Academic All-State.
She began her collegiate career in the fall of 2016 and ended her incomplete senior season, spring of 2020 due to the global pandemic. Even with her career cut short, she succeeded from the start at Tarleton earning national recognition and making history from early on. She is the first Tarleton softball player to notch a 200-strikeout single season, moving her into fourth place all-time in the category at the school. Nationally, Jordan finished No. 7 in pitching victories and No. 5 in strikeouts in 2018 to garner numerous awards. Jordan was 71-20 in the circle with a 2.31 ERA in 608 innings of work. Jordan helped the Texans reach 3 NCAA Playoff appearances and was on pace for a deep run her final season before its abrupt ending. While at Tarleton State University she was Two-Time All-American, Two-Time NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete, Two-Time All-Conference and Three-Time All-Region. She received awards for LSC Pitcher of the Week, Pitcher of the Year, LSC Golden Glove, LSC Academic Player of the Year and held nine University Records.
THE 1989
BONHAM WARRIOR
MEN’S STATE 3A GOLF TEAM
Inducted January 2025
The Fannin County Sports Hall of Fame once again looks to the past to pay tribute to a group that brought great pride and honor to Bonham and the Bonham School system. We salute the Bonham Warrior Men’s golf team that took 4th place in the State 3-A golf tournament in Austin in May of 1989.
This was Bonham’s first ever state appearance for golf with Brian Baccus finishing with a 3rd place individual medal.
Brian Baccus
Brandon Gillespie
Jeff Arie
Kyle Clayton
MADDIE DOW’s journey from Bonham as an All State softball player to start her Southern Arkansas softball career as a Mulerider began in 2014 after 4 years of award winning high school softball including District, All Texomaland, TGCA All State, State-Runner Up and TGCA All Star Team.
Her freshman year saw the Muleriders capture its first conference tournament championship and earn its first ever NCAA regional tournament bid. It was the collegiate rookie Dow who led the offensive charge by hitting 21 home runs with 61 RBIs, both of which at the time were SAU and Great American Conference single season records. As the first baseman/designated hitter she went on to be named the GAC’s first ever consensus 1st team All-American selection with top honors from the D2CCA and NFCA. Individually she was a four time All Region honoree and concluded her career at Southern Arkansas with statistical records including batting average (.363), on base percentage (.522), hits (244), home runs (74 – 7th All-Time Division II), RBIs (224), Walks (175 – 5th All-Time Division II) and total bases (502). She helped lead Southern Arkansas to 162 wins in four seasons, two GAC Tournament titles with Dow garnering MVP honors in 2016, two NCAA regional tournament appearance, the 2016 NCAA Central Region title and the program’s first ever NCAA DII World Series berth in 2016.
A three-time all-conference performer with a pair of first team accolades, a five time GAC Player of the Week with national honors she was just as impressive in the classroom. A two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team honoree with two Academic All-District 7 First Team distinctions, Dow received the highest academic honor an NCAA Division II softball play can earn. She was named the 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year. Additionally, Dow earned three Academic All-GAC honors and two GAC Crafton Tull Distinguished Scholar Athlete award.
JASON MARSHALL was a student athlete at Leonard High School and played football, basketball, baseball and tennis. As quarterback for the Leonard Tigers his junior year he lead the team to their first playoff game in many years and finished the regular season 10-0 his senior year and claimed the District Championship. He played shortstop and catcher and was fortunate to finish his high school career as an Honor Graduate, was All-District and All-Area several times in multiple sports and was named to the All-State Team.
Jason went on to start as catcher for two years at Paris Junior College where he served at Captain of the team and was chosen to participate in the Junior College All-Star Game. Jason was named the MVP of the Texas Eastern Conference in 1991 and was also selected to the JUCO All-American Team. He received the McLemore Cup for being the Most Outstanding PJC Athlete and was later inducted into the PJC Athletic Hall of Fame. Jason completed his career at PJC in 1991 by graduating with honors and being named as a JUCO Academic All-American.
Jason then attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas where he served as a captain of the team. During his two years as a Baylor Bear he made the Dean’s List on two occasions. In 1993 he led the Bears in home runs (11) and set a single season school record for RBI (61). His Baylor Bears won the Southwest Conference Tournament in 1993. Jason was selected to the All-SWC Tournament Team, was named All-SWC Catcher, and All-American Catcher in 1993. He graduated from Baylor University in 1993 and was later named as a Baylor Baseball Distinguished Wall of Honor Recipient.
After a brief minor league career with the Cleveland Indians organization, Jason returned to his alma mater and coached the Leonard Tigers in football and baseball getting the football program back into the playoffs.
Jason is married to Shanna and has one son, Quinn. He currently serves as a Superintendent and encourages students to participate in as many school activities as they can.
RANDALL DILLS participated in football, track and wrestling during high school and graduated from Southeastern Oklahoma State University with a major in Criminal Justice and a minor in History and Sociology.
His first coaching job was in Cleveland, Texas coaching football, basketball and track and helping with powerlifting. He had his first state qualifier in track and placed second at the Texas High School State track meet in Houston. He then moved to Wills Point where he coached football, basketball and track. In 2001 Randall became a Bonham Purple Warrior coaching offensive and defensive lines in football, powerlifting, softball and shot and disc in track.
In 2002 he asked Coach Robyn Hill to paint a weightlifter logo on the weight room wall. That logo has been used on the Bonham powerlifting t-shirts from 2002 through 2024. From 2002 to 2021 Coach Dills coached football, track and girls/boys powerlifting. He also helped numerous kids from Anna, Sanger, Celina and other area schools to win State in powerlifting. After working for 9 different head football coaches and 10 athletic directors in Bonham, he decided to step down from all sports except powerlifting.
Since 2022 he has coached girls and boys powerlifting. He has qualified over 500 Bonham girls and boys to the Regional Powerlifting meets and had numerous Regional Team Champions. He qualified over 100 students to the Texas High School State Powerlifting Meet and had over 60 State Medalists and numerous State Champions.
Many Regional and State records are still intact. He had one girl that was USA National Runner-Up 3 times and a boy that was the USA High School Powerlifting National Champion. He had 5 girls finish as National Champions and 4 as National Runners-up at the 2006 High School National Powerlifting Meet in Oklahoma City.
Coach Dills has been awarded Region 6 Coach of the Year 10 times. He is married to Sonya and has two daughters, Destiny and Madeline. He considers it an honor and privilege to coach and help qualify both of his daughters to the Texas High School State Powerlifting Meet as well as the many other Bonham Warriors.
