TicketsCINCINNATI – Former University of Cincinnati volleyball player Jordan Thompson was selected for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team which will compete at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, USA Volleyball announced Monday.
Thompson has been with Team USA in Italy this month as they prepare for the Olympics with the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League in Rimini, Italy
She will become the first former UC student-athlete to compete in an Olympic volleyball event, the 17th former Bearcat in the Olympics, the 10th for Team USA and the first since Mary Wineberg (track & field) in 2008.
Women's indoor volleyball will be contested July 25-August 8 at Ariake Arena in Koto City, Tokyo, Japan. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, U.S. women's indoor volleyball athletes won bronze. The full U.S. Olympic women's indoor volleyball roster will feature 12 athletes and is subject to U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee approval.
THOMPSON CAPSULE
• Member of U.S. Women's National Team since 2019
• Started professional career in Turkey in 2020
• Set Cincinnati school record with 827 kills during 2018 season...6.27 kills per set broke NCAA record
• Set NCAA rally-scoring record with 50 kills Nov. 3, 2019 vs. Connecticut
• AVCA Player of the Year and First Team All-American in 2019
• Also represented U.S. on Women's Collegiate National Team in 2016 and 2017
• USA Volleyball Bio
Follow Jordan on Twitter and Instagram.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
• USA Volleyball website: usavolleyball.org
• Team USA preview: 2020 U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball preview
• Tokyo schedule: 2020 Olympic indoor volleyball schedule
UPCOMING FIVB VOLLEYBALL NATIONS LEAGUE SCHEDULE (all times eastern)
The VNL will be broadcast in the United States on the FIVB's streaming service Volleyball World TV.
• June 8 at 1:30 p.m.: Italy vs USA
• June 12 at 9 a.m.: USA vs Belgium
• June 13 at 6 a.m.: USA vs Japan
• June 14 at 3 p.m.: USA vs Turkey
• June 18 at noon: Poland vs USA
• June 19 at 6 a.m.: USA vs Russia
• June 20 at 6 a.m.: China vs USA
• June 23: Semifinals 1 and 2
• June 24: Bronze and Gold medal matches
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For all the latest information on Cincinnati volleyball, please visit GoBEARCATS.com. For up-to-the-minute updates, follow UC volleyball on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can follow Head Coach Molly Alvey on Twitter.
Thompson has been with Team USA in Italy this month as they prepare for the Olympics with the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League in Rimini, Italy
She will become the first former UC student-athlete to compete in an Olympic volleyball event, the 17th former Bearcat in the Olympics, the 10th for Team USA and the first since Mary Wineberg (track & field) in 2008.
Women's indoor volleyball will be contested July 25-August 8 at Ariake Arena in Koto City, Tokyo, Japan. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, U.S. women's indoor volleyball athletes won bronze. The full U.S. Olympic women's indoor volleyball roster will feature 12 athletes and is subject to U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee approval.
THOMPSON CAPSULE
• Member of U.S. Women's National Team since 2019
• Started professional career in Turkey in 2020
• Set Cincinnati school record with 827 kills during 2018 season...6.27 kills per set broke NCAA record
• Set NCAA rally-scoring record with 50 kills Nov. 3, 2019 vs. Connecticut
• AVCA Player of the Year and First Team All-American in 2019
• Also represented U.S. on Women's Collegiate National Team in 2016 and 2017
• USA Volleyball Bio
Follow Jordan on Twitter and Instagram.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
• USA Volleyball website: usavolleyball.org
• Team USA preview: 2020 U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball preview
• Tokyo schedule: 2020 Olympic indoor volleyball schedule
UPCOMING FIVB VOLLEYBALL NATIONS LEAGUE SCHEDULE (all times eastern)
The VNL will be broadcast in the United States on the FIVB's streaming service Volleyball World TV.
• June 8 at 1:30 p.m.: Italy vs USA
• June 12 at 9 a.m.: USA vs Belgium
• June 13 at 6 a.m.: USA vs Japan
• June 14 at 3 p.m.: USA vs Turkey
• June 18 at noon: Poland vs USA
• June 19 at 6 a.m.: USA vs Russia
• June 20 at 6 a.m.: China vs USA
• June 23: Semifinals 1 and 2
• June 24: Bronze and Gold medal matches
FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all the latest information on Cincinnati volleyball, please visit GoBEARCATS.com. For up-to-the-minute updates, follow UC volleyball on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can follow Head Coach Molly Alvey on Twitter.