TicketsThe American Volleyball Coaches Association announced its 2018 All-Region teams on Tuesday with University of Cincinnati's Jordan Thompson earning honors in the North Region.
Thompson became the 15th Bearcats player in history to receive AVCA All-Region accolades back in 2016 and now is just the eighth UC player to be named All-Region more than once.
The redshirt-junior has earned a long list of awards already this season as she has emerged as one of the top players in the country. Thompson has been named the American Athletic Conference unanimous Player of the Year, two-time AVCA National Player of the Week, three-time VolleyMob National Player of the Week and eight-time AAC Offensive Player of the Week, to name a few. She has led the country in kills, points, kills per set and points per set since the second week of the season. She broke numerous records during her 2018 campaign, including single-season kills and points at UC and the AAC, career kills and points for the AAC and single-match kills for UC and the AAC, shattering all previous records.
Thompson averaged 6.27 kills per set and totaled 827 kills this season. The previous UC single-season records were 5.43 and 635, respectively. Her kills per set is the highest in NCAA volleyball since the 25-point scoring format began in 2008. No one in the country has had a higher average since the 2006 season. The last time any player in the nation had more than 800 kills in a season was in 2004, with one player totaling 823 and the other 842; that was during the 30-point scoring format. The most kills any player has had prior to Thompson this year in the current 25-point scoring format is 6.23 kills per set and 715 total kills.
AVCA announces its All-America honorees next week.
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Thompson became the 15th Bearcats player in history to receive AVCA All-Region accolades back in 2016 and now is just the eighth UC player to be named All-Region more than once.
The redshirt-junior has earned a long list of awards already this season as she has emerged as one of the top players in the country. Thompson has been named the American Athletic Conference unanimous Player of the Year, two-time AVCA National Player of the Week, three-time VolleyMob National Player of the Week and eight-time AAC Offensive Player of the Week, to name a few. She has led the country in kills, points, kills per set and points per set since the second week of the season. She broke numerous records during her 2018 campaign, including single-season kills and points at UC and the AAC, career kills and points for the AAC and single-match kills for UC and the AAC, shattering all previous records.
Thompson averaged 6.27 kills per set and totaled 827 kills this season. The previous UC single-season records were 5.43 and 635, respectively. Her kills per set is the highest in NCAA volleyball since the 25-point scoring format began in 2008. No one in the country has had a higher average since the 2006 season. The last time any player in the nation had more than 800 kills in a season was in 2004, with one player totaling 823 and the other 842; that was during the 30-point scoring format. The most kills any player has had prior to Thompson this year in the current 25-point scoring format is 6.23 kills per set and 715 total kills.
AVCA announces its All-America honorees next week.
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all of the latest information on Cincinnati volleyball, please visit GoBEARCATS.com. For up to the minute updates, follow Cincinnati Volleyball (@GoBearcatsVB) and Coach Alvey (@CoachAlveyUC) on twitter. You can also find the Bearcats on Facebook (GoBearcatsVB) and Instagram (GoBearcatsVB)