TicketsUniversity of Cincinnati volleyball's Jordan Thompson continues to achieve national attention as she has been invited to attend the U.S. Women's National Team spring training block to be held March 16-23 in California.
Thompson is one of seventeen players selected to attend and one of ten with remaining college eligibility. All athletes will be evaluated for additional training with the full U.S. Women's National Team. The invitation comes after Thompson spent March 1-3 at the U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryout at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, along with 217 other athletes.
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 history 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.
US WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM SPRING TRAINING INVITEES
Name (Position, College, Height, College Eligibility Remaining, Hometown)
Reyn "Tita" Akiu (L, University of Hawaii, 5-3, 0, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Taylor Bannister (OPP, LSU, 6-5, 2, Missouri City, Texas)
Leah Edmond (OH, University of Kentucky, 6-2, 2, Lexington, Kentucky)
Mikaela Foecke (OH, University of Nebraska, 6-3, 0, West Point, Iowa)
Sydney Hilley (S, University of Wisconsin, 6-0, 2, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota)
Rachael Kramer (M, University of Florida, 6-8, 1, Phoenix, Arizona)
Madison Lilley (S, University of Kentucky, 5-11, 3, Overland Park, Kansas)
Avie Niece (M, University of Washington, 6-0, 1, Bellevue, Washington)
Oluoma Okaro (OPP, Arizona State University, 6-1, 0, Lakewood, California)
Yossiana Pressley (OH, Baylor University, 6-0, 2, Cypress, Texas)
Jacqueline Quade (OH, University of Illinois, 6-2, 1, Fort Wayne, Indiana)
Dana Rettke (M, University of Wisconsin, 6-8, 2, Riverside, Illinois)
Kadie Rolfzen (OH, WNT/University of Nebraska, 6-4, 0, Papillion, Nebraska)
Samantha Seliger-Swenson (S, University of Minnesota, 5-11, 0, Minnetonka, Minnesota)
Jordan Thompson (OPP, University of Cincinnati, 6-4, 1, Edina, Minnesota)
Tionna Williams (M, University of Wisconsin, 6-2, 0, Fort Wayne, Indiana)
Justine Wong-Orantes (L, WNT/University of Nebraska, 5-6, 0, Cypress, California)
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Thompson is one of seventeen players selected to attend and one of ten with remaining college eligibility. All athletes will be evaluated for additional training with the full U.S. Women's National Team. The invitation comes after Thompson spent March 1-3 at the U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryout at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, along with 217 other athletes.
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 history 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.
US WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM SPRING TRAINING INVITEES
Name (Position, College, Height, College Eligibility Remaining, Hometown)
Reyn "Tita" Akiu (L, University of Hawaii, 5-3, 0, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Taylor Bannister (OPP, LSU, 6-5, 2, Missouri City, Texas)
Leah Edmond (OH, University of Kentucky, 6-2, 2, Lexington, Kentucky)
Mikaela Foecke (OH, University of Nebraska, 6-3, 0, West Point, Iowa)
Sydney Hilley (S, University of Wisconsin, 6-0, 2, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota)
Rachael Kramer (M, University of Florida, 6-8, 1, Phoenix, Arizona)
Madison Lilley (S, University of Kentucky, 5-11, 3, Overland Park, Kansas)
Avie Niece (M, University of Washington, 6-0, 1, Bellevue, Washington)
Oluoma Okaro (OPP, Arizona State University, 6-1, 0, Lakewood, California)
Yossiana Pressley (OH, Baylor University, 6-0, 2, Cypress, Texas)
Jacqueline Quade (OH, University of Illinois, 6-2, 1, Fort Wayne, Indiana)
Dana Rettke (M, University of Wisconsin, 6-8, 2, Riverside, Illinois)
Kadie Rolfzen (OH, WNT/University of Nebraska, 6-4, 0, Papillion, Nebraska)
Samantha Seliger-Swenson (S, University of Minnesota, 5-11, 0, Minnetonka, Minnesota)
Jordan Thompson (OPP, University of Cincinnati, 6-4, 1, Edina, Minnesota)
Tionna Williams (M, University of Wisconsin, 6-2, 0, Fort Wayne, Indiana)
Justine Wong-Orantes (L, WNT/University of Nebraska, 5-6, 0, Cypress, California)
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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)