TicketsCINCINNATI — Bearcat Hall of Famer Jordan Thompson, one of the most decorated players in University of Cincinnati volleyball history, has been named the League One Volleyball Most Valuable Player after completing the most dominant individual season in the league's two-year history. The league officially announced the honor this past Friday.
The Houston opposite shattered the league's existing records in 2025, tallying 455 points (6.15 per set) and 423 kills (5.72 per set) — finishing at least 120 ahead of any other player in both categories. Thompson also posted a .362 attack efficiency, the highest mark among all LOVB pin hitters. The MVP honoree reached 30 or more points in four separate matches, including a then-record 32 on March 11 that she matched again on April 4. She was equally impactful from the service line, recording 13 aces while holding opponents to a fifth-best .392 in-system passing rate.
Thompson's rise to the pinnacle of professional volleyball traces directly back to her four years as a Bearcat. A three-time American Athletic Conference Player of the Year and two-time AVCA All-American, Thompson led Cincinnati to its first-ever Sweet 16 appearance in 2019. That same season, she set a program single-match record with 50 kills against UConn on Nov. 3 — a mark that still stands today. She departed Cincinnati as the program's all-time kills leader with 2,664, a record she holds alongside the top five individual match kill performances in program history.
Her excellence carried seamlessly onto the international stage. Thompson earned Olympic Gold with Team USA in Tokyo in 2021 before adding Silver in Paris in 2024, establishing herself as one of the premier players of her generation.
Thompson's historic MVP season stands as the latest chapter in a career that continues to inspire the next generation of Bearcat volleyball.
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