UMass Boston

2012 Closed out her college career as one ofthe most dominant athletes in the history of UMass Boston athletics... Named an AVCA All-Region selection … Named New EnglandWomen’s Volleyball Association (NEWVA) Player of the Year andFirst Team selection … Selected to the NEWVA Senior ClassicAll-Star game … Named Little East Conference OffensivePlayer of the Year, First Team All-Conference, and tournament MVP… Named the NCAA Division III East Region Tournament MVPafter leading the Beacons to a 3-2 win over Bowdoin College… First athlete in UMass Boston Athletics history to benamed a four-time First Team All-Conference selection … Onlyplayer in program history to be named a four-time AVCA All-Regionhonoree … Only player in Little East Conference history tobe named a three-time Offensive Player of the Year and Rookie ofthe Year … Now holds the program records for total careerattacks (3,954), kills in a career (1,803) and in a season (494),career digs (1,202), and career block solos (120) … Closedout her senior season with a team-best 436 kills (3.79 k/gm) on1,059 attempts (.273 attack percentage) … Led the team insolo blocks with 19, block assists with 76, and total blocks with95 (0.82 blk/gm) … Came-up with 259 digs, with was thirdmost 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 theLittle East Conference and NCAA East Region tournaments …Threw down a season high 24 kills in the 3-1 win over Keen StateCollege during the regular season and against Connecticut Collegein the NCAA Regional semi-final match … Hit a dominating.609 scoring 16 kills on 23 attempts, while only surrendering twoerrors in the 3-0 conference win over Eastern Connecticut State onSeptember 11 … Recorded a .593 hitting percentage afterdriving home 16 kills on 27 attempts without an error in the 3-0home win over Colby Sawyer College on September 11 …Finished the year with 10 double-doubles, including a 16 kill, 16dig showing in the championship match of the NCAA East Regionalchampionship match against Bowdoin College … Recorded aseason-best eight blocks on two different occasions …Tallied a season-best 18 digs in the 3-2 non-conference win overGallaudet University (D.C.) on September 8.

2011 Had another tremendous season with theBeacons … Named AVCA Division III Third Team All-Americanand First Team All-New England Region honoree … Named toNEWVA First Team All-Region … Became the first player inLittle East Conference history to be named two-time OffensivePlayer of the Year (2011, 2010) and Rookie of the Year (2009)… Named the Little East Conference Tournament MostOutstanding Player … Selected to the NCAA Division III EastRegion All-Tournament team … First and only player inprogram history to be named Sports Imports/AVCA Division IIINational Player of the Week which she earned on October 18 …Named Little East Conference Offensive Player of the Week four ofthe eight times the award was announced … Currently holdsthe program record for most career kills, which she set on October11 following her 20 kill performance against conference opponentUMass Dartmouth … Threw down a season-best 27 kills in the3-1 win over Salve Regina University on September 10 at theEndicott College Invite … Recorded 10 or more kills in allbut five matches she played in … Defensively she posted acombined 265 digs at the end of her junior season … Tallieda season-high 16 digs in the five-set win over Tufts University… Totaled 10 or more digs in the final five matchesincluding a combined 40 in the NCAA East Regional … Finished the year with a team-best 102 blocks (26 solo, 76assists) … Recorded three solo stops and six block assistsin the 3-0 win over RIT on October 7 … Recorded at least onesolo or block assist in every match but one … Led theBeacons with her 5.17 points, 4.24 kills, and 0.94 blocks perset.

2010 Became the first student-athlete inprogram history to earn First Team All-American honors after beingnamed an AVCA All-American Honorable Mention in 2009 ... Named theNew England Women's Volleyball Association (NEWVA) Player of theYear as well as an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)All-New England First Team selection ... Selected as the LittleEast Conference Offensive Player of the Year while also being namedto the LEC First Team ... Honored as the 2010 LEC Most OutstandingPlayer of the Little East Volleyball Championship in helping UMassBoston capture its second consecutive LEC title as well as the MostOutstanding Player at the New England Regional Championship to helpthe Beacons advance to the NCAA Division III National Championshiptournament for the first time in program history ... Named theLittle East Conference Offensive Player of the week five out ofnine times the honor was bestowed ... Ranked among the nationalleaders in points per set (14th, 5.08) and kills per set (22nd,4.08) ... Finished the season with 494 kills to set the new UMassBoston single season kills record while also ranking first in totalkills in the Little East Conference ... Averaged 3.11 digs per setwhile recording a hitting percentage of .285 ... Reached doublefigures in kills in 30 of her 35 matches, including posting atleast 20 winners four times ... Recorded a season-high of 27 killsin a five-set victory at Little East foe UMass Dartmouth on October13 and 25 kills in the New England championship match vs.Springfield College on November 14 ... Displayed her versatility byposting a conference-high 18 double-doubles for kills and digs ...Notched a season-best 21 digs against Hardin Simmons in theseason-opener on Sept. 3 in the Trinity River City Classic in whichshe was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player ... Her 376digs on the year rank seventh all-time in single-season totals ...Set the single-season program record for total blocks, combiningfor 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 onthree 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 UMassBoston single-season record.

2009 Enjoyed the greatest rookie season of anyvolleyball player in school history ... Selected to the AVCAAll-America Honorable Mention team ... Selected for a pair ofAll-Region teams to become the first freshman in school and LEChistory to be named to the AVCA All-Region squad and was one ofjust 10 freshmen in the nation to earn the distinction ... Selectedto the NEWVA All-New England Honorable Mention Team ... Recognizedas the top rookie in New England, earning NEWVA Rookie of the Yearhonors, AVCA New England Region Freshman of the Year accolades inaddition to becoming the fourth player in school history to beselected the LEC Rookie of the Year ... Proved to be one of thebest in the league week in and week out with a conference-highseven Rookie of the Week awards in nine weeks ... Became just thesecond freshman in school annals to earn a spot on the LEC FirstTeam ... Led the LEC with 0.71 aces per set, while ranking thirdwith 4.57 points, fourth with 3.44 kills per set and fifth with a.338 hitting percentage ...Was the only player for UMass Boston toplay in all 122 sets over 35 matches to break the school record forsets played and tie the school standard for matches played ...Ranked third for UMass Boston with 0.61 total blocks and 2.54 digsper set ... Had 420 kills to rank fourth all-time for kills in asingle-season and the most ever by a freshman, while her hittingmark was the third-most efficient in school annals ... Her total of48 block assists and 87 aces also put her fifth on the all-timeBeacons' single-season list ... Very consistent server, recordingat least one ace in 32 of 35 matches, including a streak of 15straight from September 4-29 and a string of 16 consecutive matchesfrom October 8 to November 7 that saw her average a commanding 1.00aces per set with 53 over 53 frames ... Fired no less than threeaces in nine of her last 15 outings and also racked up 10 or morekills in 25 of 35 matches for the season, including a season-highof 24 in the Little East Conference title match vs. Plymouth Stateon November 7 ... Began collegiate career by averaging 16 kills ineach of her first four matches to earn a spot on the Pacific CoastClassic All-Tournament Team ... Extremely efficient hitterrecording a positive hitting percentage in every outing ...Showcased defensive prowess with at least one block in all buteight matches and scooped up at least five digs on 29 occasions,including a career-high of 21 vs. Westfield State in the firstround of the NCAA Tournament on November 12.

PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Three-year letterwinner forMoorpark High School ... Named the Musketeers' Most Valuable Playeras a junior and their Best Offensive Player following her seniorcampaign ... Tabbed the MHS Junior Varsity MVP as a sophomore andwas named to the All-Tournament Team during her freshman season ... Daughter of Dan and Carol Thompson ...Majoring in Exercise Health Science.

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