JUNIOR YEAR / 2014
Named to the CAA First-Team following the regular season … Earned First-Team All-East honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association … Named an ECAC All-Star for the season … Drafted with 255th pick in the eighth round by the St. Louis Cardinals … Became the seventh highest player drafted in W&M baseball history … Started in all 56 games for the Tribe in the 2014 season … Finished the season with a .368 batting average … Added 85 hits, 14 doubles, 11 home runs, 37 RBIs, a .571 slugging percentage, and a .479 on-base percentage ... Made his Tribe debut going 2-for-4 with a run scored … Added two more hits against Army (2/16) … Went 4-for-5 with two doubles, a homer, a RBI, and three runs scored in the series finale with Army (2/16) … Named CAA Player of the Week for the Week of February 18 … Added a pair of hits against UMBC (2/28) … Went a perfect 2-for-2 with a home run and four walks at Virginia Tech (3/5) … Finished 4-for-9 with a RBI and three runs scored in the course of a doubleheader at Campbell (3/8) … Went 4-for-6 with a double, three runs scored, and four RBIs at Campbell (3/9) … Named CAA Player of the Week for the week of March 10 … Added three hits, three RBIs, three runs scored, and a walkoff home run against Radford (3/11) … Belted a home run and scored three runs in a win against Richmond (3/12) … Finished a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBIs, and three runs scored against Iona (3/14) … Collected three hits, including a homer, and two RBIs in a win over UMass Lowell (3/21) … Added two hits and scored three times against Brown (3/22) … Had four hits, a homer, two RBIs and four runs scored against Brown (3/24) … Finished 4-for-9 with a double, homer, three RBIs, and three runs scored over the course of a doubleheader with Delaware (3/28) … Went 2-for-4 at Richmond (4/1) … Collected three hits, including a double and home run, at Old Dominion (4/2) … Picked up a pair of hits with a double against UNCW (4/5) … Went 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBIs, and four runs scored … Added thee hits at VMI (4/8) … Went 3-for-6 with a double, three RBIs, and a run scored against James Madison (4/12) … Collected two hits and scored three times at James Madison (4/13) … Finished 3-for-5 with a home run against Hofstra (4/26) … Belted a solo homer against Towson (5/2) … Collected a pair of hits, including a double against Towson (5/4)… Had a pair of hits and RBIs against Virginia Tech (5/13) … Picked up three hits, including a double, and scored a run at the College of Charleston (5/16) … Drove in two runs in the Tribe’s CAA Tournament win over UNCW (5/23).
AT EAST CAROLINA
2013/ Sophomore Season
Appeared in 28 games, making 19 starts for the Pirates as a sophomore … Hit .303 (20-for-66) with five doubles and five RBI … Boasted a .452 on-base percentage and a .379 slugging percentage … Had a .969 field percentage … Made 41 putouts, while just committing one error … Played his summer ball in the Coastal Plains League … Named a CPL All-Star for the second straight season … Named one of the top 10 prospects in the Coastal Plains League.
2012/Freshman Season
Played in 18 games at East Carolina, earning the starting nod in one game … Batted .278 (5-for-18) with a double, two RBI, and three walks … Made his collegiate debut against Milwaukee on Feb. 18 … First collegiate start came against Memphis on April 14 … Drove in the game-winning run against Elon on May 8 … Played in the Coastal Plains League following his freshman year, where he was named an all-star in 2012.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a two-sport athlete at Western Branch as a swimmer and baseball player … Garnered four varsity letters on the baseball field … Was named the 2011 Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year … Picked up Tidewater Player of the Year honors in 2010 … Broke the school record for career-wins (31) and batted a composite .472 … Pitched 18 career complete games, including five shutouts, boasting a 16-2 record … Entering senior season was listed as the 306th-best senior prospect in the country and the ninth-best senior prospect in Virginia by PGCrosschecker.com … Helped his team to the Virginia AAA State Semifinals … Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Student Athlete-of-the-Year … Was a member of the SCA (Treasurer), Marshalls Ambassadors, and Quiz Bowl.
PERSONAL
Son of Gerry and Diane Thompson … Parents attended the College as well as his uncle (Ben Newsom) and aunt (Sandra Thompson) … Working on his masters in biology … Earned his bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry at East Carolina … Enjoys playing boad and card games, ping-pong, and reading in his free time.
