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2016 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 3
Sam Thompson
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 5-7
- High School:
- McKinney Boyd
- Hometown:
- McKinney, Texas
Bio
2018 (Senior): Played in 23 matches and 81 sets • Ranked third on the team with 165 digs • Had a season-high 12 digs against George Washington (10/12) • Also had 11 digs at George Washington (11/3) and 10 vs. Charleston Southern (9/8) • Was one of five Wildcats with double-digit service aces (10).
2017 (Junior): Appeared in 24 matches, accumulating 90 sets… registered three service aces on two separate occasions (Loyola Maryland 8/26, Duquesne 11/03)… finished the season with 15 total… turned in a season-best 18 digs on the road at Charlotte (9/12)… also recorded double-digit digs against App. State (10, 8/26), at UNCW (11, 8/27) and at Duquesne (12, 11/03)… finished season with 151 digs.
2016 (Sophomore): Appeared in all but one match this season, starting eight of them… turned in a career-high 22 digs in the season opener vs. Jacksonville (8/27)… registered seven matches with double-digit digs… picked up two kills twice (Wake Forest- 9/2, Elon 9/6)… finished season third on the team with 203 digs, 12 kills,  and 13 aces.Â
2015 (Freshman): Saw action in 36 sets to finish her rookie campaign averaging 0.67 digs per set and 0.28 kills per set … Turned in three digs against Wake Forest (Sept. 12) … Had two kills and two digs versus West Virginia (Sept. 19) … Handed out an assist against George Mason (Oct. 2) … Registered a season-high 10 digs, season-best eight kills and two blocks against North Carolina A&T (Oct. 13) … At Duquesne, finished the day with four digs (Nov. 8).
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Before Davidson:2017 (Junior): Appeared in 24 matches, accumulating 90 sets… registered three service aces on two separate occasions (Loyola Maryland 8/26, Duquesne 11/03)… finished the season with 15 total… turned in a season-best 18 digs on the road at Charlotte (9/12)… also recorded double-digit digs against App. State (10, 8/26), at UNCW (11, 8/27) and at Duquesne (12, 11/03)… finished season with 151 digs.
2016 (Sophomore): Appeared in all but one match this season, starting eight of them… turned in a career-high 22 digs in the season opener vs. Jacksonville (8/27)… registered seven matches with double-digit digs… picked up two kills twice (Wake Forest- 9/2, Elon 9/6)… finished season third on the team with 203 digs, 12 kills,  and 13 aces.Â
2015 (Freshman): Saw action in 36 sets to finish her rookie campaign averaging 0.67 digs per set and 0.28 kills per set … Turned in three digs against Wake Forest (Sept. 12) … Had two kills and two digs versus West Virginia (Sept. 19) … Handed out an assist against George Mason (Oct. 2) … Registered a season-high 10 digs, season-best eight kills and two blocks against North Carolina A&T (Oct. 13) … At Duquesne, finished the day with four digs (Nov. 8).
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Named to the 2013 Academic all-district first team and 2014 all-district second team ... A three-time recipient of the Rotary Club Award ... Tabbed a Triple Impact Player finalist as a senior ... Was a National Achievement Scholar in 2014 ... A Duke TIP Scholar ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Named to the academic all-district first team as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Acts as a mentor in PALS and is an active volunteer for Special Olympics ... The daughter of Julius and Christie Thompson, Thompson plans to major in Economics at Davidson.
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