Freshman (2016): Saw action in 24 matches and totaled 54 sets of competition ... Averaged 2.48 digs per set, good for 22nd place among UAA players ... Five matches of double-figure digs ... Led or shared for the team's lead in digs in the first four matches of the year ... Season-high 20 digs topped the squad and she was perfect on 27 serve-receive attempts in a five-set battle vs. St. Benedict (Sept. 3) ... Tied for match honors with 19 digs and contributed a pair of service aces in a 3-1 verdict over St. Thomas (Sept. 2) ... Produced a match-high 19 digs and her defensive performance helped limit St. Mary's to just a .037 attack percentage in a 3-0 win.
High School: Four year member of the Leon High School volleyball team … Was coached by Dr. Angie Strickland … As a senior, she earned All-Big Bend Conference First Team honors after helping her squad to an overall record of 22-8 and a berth in the Class 7A state semifinals … Averaged 3.0 digs per set, ending the year with 287 … Her play aided in LHS capturing district and regional titles … Named her team's Most Valuable Defensive Player on two occasions … Three-year member of both the National Honor Society and the National English Honor Society … Science National Society in 2015 and 2016 … Member of the Tallahassee Democrat's inaugural group of Five Young Women To Watch … Co-creator of Positively-Post-It, a campaign that encouraged her 2,000+ classmates to make positive posts on social media and to leave encouraging messages on Post-It notes to post on walls, lockers, and students' physical bodies, with the program drawing local and national media attention … Awarded a $2,500 grant awarded through ANNpower to launch Positively Post-It campaigns in all middle and high schools in Tallahassee, as well as in nearly 20 other schools across the country … Lions United and Special Olympics Unified Partner (15-16) … Received the Regional Jefferson Award in Public Service … Two-year class president, co-president of Tallahassee's first mini dance marathon, which raised over $14,000, and the Exceptional Student Education Program … Member of the Prostyle 18 Black Volleyball Club where she is coached by Gokhan Yilmaz.
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Daughter of William and Ida Thompson ... Born April 3.
