2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster
Thompson, Amanda
Jersey Number 2
Amanda Thompson
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Hayesville HS
- Hometown:
- Hayesville, N.C.
Bio
AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
2018-19 (Sr.):
- 2019 Southern Conference Player of the Year
- 2019 College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-America First Team
- 2019 All-Southern Conference First Team
- 2019 Southern Conference Preseason All-Conference
- 2018 SoCon Academic All-Conference
- 2018 SoCon All-Tournament Second Team
- 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Team
- 2018 SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week (Dec. 6)
- 2017 SoCon Academic All-Conference Team
- 2017 SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week (Dec. 7)
2018-19 (Sr.):
- Started all 33 games for the Bears and played the second-most minutes of anybody on the team with 1,129
- Three-peated as the SoCon Player of the Month in December, January and February
- Became the fifth consecutive Bear to be named the SoCon Player of the Year
- Led the team with 349 rebounds on the season; ranking as the fourth-most by any player in school history
- Ranked second on the team in scoring with 438 points on 187 made field goals and 64 free throws
- Scored in double-digits in 24 of the 33 contests on the season, including a streak of 14 straight games in double figures
- Dropped a career-high 24 points while also recording 11 rebounds for a double-double in the SoCon opener against Samford
- Tallied 16 double-doubles on the campaign, including a career-high 18 rebounds and 21 points in the win over Howard
- Recorded 18 points, seven rebounds and six steals in Mercer’s near upset of second-seeded Iowa in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship
- Played in each of Mercer’s 33 games on the season, garnering 32 starts on the campaign
- Led the Bears in field goal percentage (.515), knocking down 105-of-204 attempts on the season
- Averaged 7.2 points per game, ranking fourth on the Bears, meanwhile leading the squad in rebounds per game (6.7)
- Her 6.7 boards per outing ranked sixth in the SoCon, while finishing second in the league in offensive rebounds with 104
- Finished second on the team in steals with 47, ranking fifth in the conference
- Tallied a career-high 14 points against George Washington (Dec. 6), Charlotte (Dec. 30) and Wofford (Feb. 3)
- Notched a season-best 11 rebounds against Western Kentucky (Nov. 24), ETSU (March 4) and Georgia (March 17)
- Recorded two double-doubles on the season against Florida Atlantic (Nov. 12) and Davidson (Dec. 3), finishing with 10 points and 10 rebounds in each game
- Played and started in all 32 of Mercer’s games
- Named to the SoCon Academic All-Conference Squad, in addition to being named SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week on Dec. 7
- Led Mercer in rebounds (215), rebounds per game (6.7) and offensive rebounds (105)
- Finished second on the team in defensive rebounds (110), blocks (19) and steals (50)
- Played in and started all 33 games for the Bears
- Averaged 26.0 minutes, 4.2 points and a team-high-tying 5.8 rebounds per game
- Tallied 39 assists, 36 assists and eight blocks on the season
- Hit .381 percent of shots from the field
- Four-year letterwinner for Hayesville, playing for Coach Chad McClure
- Helped her team to a 2014 North Carolina 1A Final Four appearance, as well as championships at the 2014 Smokey Mountain Tournament and the 2013 Battle of the States Tournament
- Thompson was a 2012, 2013 and 2014 All-Smokey Mountain Conference honoree, as well as a 2014 NCCA All-District, N.C. All-Region Team and N.C. Preps 1A All-State selection
- Named to the Battle of the State All-Tournament team in 2012 and 2014
- Named 2014 Hayesville High School Female Athlete of the Year
- Thompson was also an all-conference soccer player, state track meet participant and a member of the golf team
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