TicketsUniversity of Cincinnati volleyball standout Jordan Thompson will spend the weekend at the U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryout at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Thompson is one of 218 athletes invited to the three-day event. All will be competing for coveted spots on the U.S. Women's National Team and the U.S. Collegiate National Team. The tryout will include a session on Friday followed by two on Saturday and another on Sunday. Sunday will have tournament-style play along with 16-18 athletes selected by the U.S. Women's National Team staff to participate in a training session. All sessions except for the training session on Sunday will be aired live at teamusa.org. As part of the white team, Thompson will be wearing jersey B87.
"As I head out to the USA tryout in Colorado Springs this weekend, I can't help but feel excited!" said Thompson. "It's an amazing opportunity to be able to compete with high-level athletes from schools all across the country. It gives me a chance to learn more about the game and bring that experience back into the gym here at UC. I feel honored that my coaches are willing to invest in my dreams while I represent UC in the USA gym!"
The Bearcats star is no stranger to representing her country as she toured in China as part of the U.S. Collegiate National Team in the summer of 2016 and toured Thailand in the summer of 2017.
She became one of the most prolific players in UC volleyball history this past season, earning Second Team AVCA All-American honors while leading the nation in kills, points, kills per set and points per set, averaging 6.27 kills per set and totaling 827 kills. Thompson was also the unanimous American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, two-time AVCA Player of the Week, eight-time AAC Offensive Player of the Week and Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team.
Thompson's 2018 season was one for the record books. She broke numerous records during her junior campaign, including single-season kills and points at UC and the AAC, career kills and points for the AAC and single-match kills for the UC and the AAC, shattering all previous records. 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 past year in the current 25-point scoring format is 6.23 kills per set and 715 total kills.
// 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)
Thompson is one of 218 athletes invited to the three-day event. All will be competing for coveted spots on the U.S. Women's National Team and the U.S. Collegiate National Team. The tryout will include a session on Friday followed by two on Saturday and another on Sunday. Sunday will have tournament-style play along with 16-18 athletes selected by the U.S. Women's National Team staff to participate in a training session. All sessions except for the training session on Sunday will be aired live at teamusa.org. As part of the white team, Thompson will be wearing jersey B87.
"As I head out to the USA tryout in Colorado Springs this weekend, I can't help but feel excited!" said Thompson. "It's an amazing opportunity to be able to compete with high-level athletes from schools all across the country. It gives me a chance to learn more about the game and bring that experience back into the gym here at UC. I feel honored that my coaches are willing to invest in my dreams while I represent UC in the USA gym!"
The Bearcats star is no stranger to representing her country as she toured in China as part of the U.S. Collegiate National Team in the summer of 2016 and toured Thailand in the summer of 2017.
She became one of the most prolific players in UC volleyball history this past season, earning Second Team AVCA All-American honors while leading the nation in kills, points, kills per set and points per set, averaging 6.27 kills per set and totaling 827 kills. Thompson was also the unanimous American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, two-time AVCA Player of the Week, eight-time AAC Offensive Player of the Week and Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team.
Thompson's 2018 season was one for the record books. She broke numerous records during her junior campaign, including single-season kills and points at UC and the AAC, career kills and points for the AAC and single-match kills for the UC and the AAC, shattering all previous records. 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 past year in the current 25-point scoring format is 6.23 kills per set and 715 total kills.
// 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)