2012 Closed out her college career as one of
the most dominant athletes in the history of UMass Boston athletics
... Named an AVCA All-Region selection … Named New England
Women’s Volleyball Association (NEWVA) Player of the Year and
First Team selection … Selected to the NEWVA Senior Classic
All-Star game … Named Little East Conference Offensive
Player of the Year, First Team All-Conference, and tournament MVP
… Named the NCAA Division III East Region Tournament MVP
after leading the Beacons to a 3-2 win over Bowdoin College
… First athlete in UMass Boston Athletics history to be
named a four-time First Team All-Conference selection … Only
player in program history to be named a four-time AVCA All-Region
honoree … Only player in Little East Conference history to
be named a three-time Offensive Player of the Year and Rookie of
the Year … Now holds the program records for total career
attacks (3,954), kills in a career (1,803) and in a season (494),
career digs (1,202), and career block solos (120) … Closed
out her senior season with a team-best 436 kills (3.79 k/gm) on
1,059 attempts (.273 attack percentage) … Led the team in
solo blocks with 19, block assists with 76, and total blocks with
95 (0.82 blk/gm) … Came-up with 259 digs, with was third
most on the team … Scored 24 aces, which was fifth most
… Registered 10+ kills in 23 matches and 20+ kills in four
… Recorded 10+ kills in 11 straight matches including the
Little East Conference and NCAA East Region tournaments …
Threw down a season high 24 kills in the 3-1 win over Keen State
College during the regular season and against Connecticut College
in the NCAA Regional semi-final match … Hit a dominating
.609 scoring 16 kills on 23 attempts, while only surrendering two
errors in the 3-0 conference win over Eastern Connecticut State on
September 11 … Recorded a .593 hitting percentage after
driving home 16 kills on 27 attempts without an error in the 3-0
home win over Colby Sawyer College on September 11 …
Finished the year with 10 double-doubles, including a 16 kill, 16
dig showing in the championship match of the NCAA East Regional
championship match against Bowdoin College … Recorded a
season-best eight blocks on two different occasions …
Tallied a season-best 18 digs in the 3-2 non-conference win over
Gallaudet University (D.C.) on September 8.
2011 Had another tremendous season with the
Beacons … Named AVCA Division III Third Team All-American
and First Team All-New England Region honoree … Named to
NEWVA First Team All-Region … Became the first player in
Little East Conference history to be named two-time Offensive
Player of the Year (2011, 2010) and Rookie of the Year (2009)
… Named the Little East Conference Tournament Most
Outstanding Player … Selected to the NCAA Division III East
Region All-Tournament team … First and only player in
program history to be named Sports Imports/AVCA Division III
National Player of the Week which she earned on October 18 …
Named Little East Conference Offensive Player of the Week four of
the eight times the award was announced … Currently holds
the program record for most career kills, which she set on October
11 following her 20 kill performance against conference opponent
UMass Dartmouth … Threw down a season-best 27 kills in the
3-1 win over Salve Regina University on September 10 at the
Endicott College Invite … Recorded 10 or more kills in all
but five matches she played in … Defensively she posted a
combined 265 digs at the end of her junior season … Tallied
a season-high 16 digs in the five-set win over Tufts University
… Totaled 10 or more digs in the final five matches
including a combined 40 in the NCAA East Regional …
Finished the year with a team-best 102 blocks (26 solo, 76
assists) … Recorded three solo stops and six block assists
in the 3-0 win over RIT on October 7 … Recorded at least one
solo or block assist in every match but one … Led the
Beacons with her 5.17 points, 4.24 kills, and 0.94 blocks per
set.
2010 Became the first student-athlete in
program history to earn First Team All-American honors after being
named an AVCA All-American Honorable Mention in 2009 ... Named the
New England Women's Volleyball Association (NEWVA) Player of the
Year as well as an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)
All-New England First Team selection ... Selected as the Little
East Conference Offensive Player of the Year while also being named
to the LEC First Team ... Honored as the 2010 LEC Most Outstanding
Player of the Little East Volleyball Championship in helping UMass
Boston capture its second consecutive LEC title as well as the Most
Outstanding Player at the New England Regional Championship to help
the Beacons advance to the NCAA Division III National Championship
tournament for the first time in program history ... Named the
Little East Conference Offensive Player of the week five out of
nine times the honor was bestowed ... Ranked among the national
leaders in points per set (14th, 5.08) and kills per set (22nd,
4.08) ... Finished the season with 494 kills to set the new UMass
Boston single season kills record while also ranking first in total
kills in the Little East Conference ... Averaged 3.11 digs per set
while recording a hitting percentage of .285 ... Reached double
figures in kills in 30 of her 35 matches, including posting at
least 20 winners four times ... Recorded a season-high of 27 kills
in a five-set victory at Little East foe UMass Dartmouth on October
13 and 25 kills in the New England championship match vs.
Springfield College on November 14 ... Displayed her versatility by
posting a conference-high 18 double-doubles for kills and digs ...
Notched a season-best 21 digs against Hardin Simmons in the
season-opener on Sept. 3 in the Trinity River City Classic in which
she was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player ... Her 376
digs on the year rank seventh all-time in single-season totals ...
Set the single-season program record for total blocks, combining
for 105 stops at the net on 56 block assists and 49 solo blocks ...
Fired home 44 aces on the season including a season-high of four on
three separate occasions, notching at least one ace in 28 contests
... Dished out 34 assists including two or more in six matches ...
Finished the year scoring 615 total points to set a new UMass
Boston single-season record.
2009 Enjoyed the greatest rookie season of any
volleyball player in school history ... Selected to the AVCA
All-America Honorable Mention team ... Selected for a pair of
All-Region teams to become the first freshman in school and LEC
history to be named to the AVCA All-Region squad and was one of
just 10 freshmen in the nation to earn the distinction ... Selected
to the NEWVA All-New England Honorable Mention Team ... Recognized
as the top rookie in New England, earning NEWVA Rookie of the Year
honors, AVCA New England Region Freshman of the Year accolades in
addition to becoming the fourth player in school history to be
selected the LEC Rookie of the Year ... Proved to be one of the
best in the league week in and week out with a conference-high
seven Rookie of the Week awards in nine weeks ... Became just the
second freshman in school annals to earn a spot on the LEC First
Team ... Led the LEC with 0.71 aces per set, while ranking third
with 4.57 points, fourth with 3.44 kills per set and fifth with a
.338 hitting percentage ...Was the only player for UMass Boston to
play in all 122 sets over 35 matches to break the school record for
sets played and tie the school standard for matches played ...
Ranked third for UMass Boston with 0.61 total blocks and 2.54 digs
per set ... Had 420 kills to rank fourth all-time for kills in a
single-season and the most ever by a freshman, while her hitting
mark was the third-most efficient in school annals ... Her total of
48 block assists and 87 aces also put her fifth on the all-time
Beacons' single-season list ... Very consistent server, recording
at least one ace in 32 of 35 matches, including a streak of 15
straight from September 4-29 and a string of 16 consecutive matches
from October 8 to November 7 that saw her average a commanding 1.00
aces per set with 53 over 53 frames ... Fired no less than three
aces in nine of her last 15 outings and also racked up 10 or more
kills in 25 of 35 matches for the season, including a season-high
of 24 in the Little East Conference title match vs. Plymouth State
on November 7 ... Began collegiate career by averaging 16 kills in
each of her first four matches to earn a spot on the Pacific Coast
Classic All-Tournament Team ... Extremely efficient hitter
recording a positive hitting percentage in every outing ...
Showcased defensive prowess with at least one block in all but
eight matches and scooped up at least five digs on 29 occasions,
including a career-high of 21 vs. Westfield State in the first
round of the NCAA Tournament on November 12.
PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Three-year letterwinner for
Moorpark High School ... Named the Musketeers' Most Valuable Player
as a junior and their Best Offensive Player following her senior
campaign ... Tabbed the MHS Junior Varsity MVP as a sophomore and
was named to the All-Tournament Team during her freshman season ...
Born January 23, 1991 ... Daughter of Dan and Carol Thompson ...
Majoring in Exercise Health Science.
