Editing Aaron Rowand (section)

==Early life==
Aaron Ryan Rowand was born on August 29, 1977, in [[Portland, Oregon]], and grew up in [[Glendora, California]].<ref name="brstats">{{cite web |work=Baseball-Reference |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rowanaa01.shtml |title=Aaron Rowand Statistics and History |access-date=August 3, 2009}}</ref> His father, Bob, was employed in the air conditioning business. When Rowand was about 10 years old, he frequently played [[slow-pitch softball]] in an adult league with his dad.<ref name="path to the pros">{{cite web |last=Ghiroli |first=Brittany |url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091102&content_id=7602048&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf |title=Path of the Pros: Aaron Rowand |work=MLB.com |date=November 2, 2009 |access-date=September 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108104256/http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091102&content_id=7602048&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf|archive-date=November 8, 2009}}</ref> He graduated from [[Glendora High School]] in 1995.<ref name="cube">{{cite web|work=The Baseball Cube |url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/R/aaron-rowand.shtml |title=Aaron Rowand |access-date=August 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806231035/http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/R/aaron-rowand.shtml |archive-date=August 6, 2009 }}</ref> Rowand was the only Glendora player to have his [[Retired number|number retired]] until [[Adam Plutko]] in 2020. According to his high school coach, Rowand [[batting average (baseball)|hit]] over .650 during his time at Glendora.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robledo |first1=Fred |title=Glendora retires baseball alum Adam Plutko's No. 18 jersey |url=https://www.sgvtribune.com/2020/02/04/glendora-baseball-alum-adam-plutko-has-his-no-18-jersey-retired/ |access-date=2 July 2020 |work=[[San Gabriel Valley Tribune]] |date=4 February 2020}}</ref> He was drafted by the [[New York Mets]] in the 40th round of the [[1995 Major League Baseball draft|1995 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft]], but chose to go to college instead of signing with the team.<ref name="brstats" />