Jordan Thompson the Goat of USA Women’s Volleyball Team
Full name is Jordan Mackenzie Thompson. She was born on May 5, 1997 daughter of Tyrone Doleman and Mary Thompson. Father Tyrone played basketball at the University of Pittsburgh, with the Harlem Globetrotters and eight years professionally oversees … uncle Chris Doleman played football at the University of Pittsburgh, and professionally with the Minnesota Vikings and the Atlanta Falcons. She played club volleyball for Northern Lights.
Thompson played volleyball for Cincinnati, where she was the a three time unanimous American Athletic Conference player of the year and a two time AVCA All-American, garnering first-team honors as well as North Region Player of the Year in her redshirt senior season in 2019. In a win over Connecticut on Nov. 3, 2019, she had 50 kills in the match which is the most kills ever in a NCAA Division I match since the rally-scoring era began.
Thompson currently plays professional volleyball for Turkish club Eczacıbaşı VitrA. She was named best outside hitter in the 2020 Turkish Super Cup, helping Eczacıbaşı VitrA to the Turkish League Title.
Thompson’s first major tournament play with the USA National Team came in 2019 during the 2020 Summer Olympics qualifier tournament, where she helped Team USA qualify for the Olympics. She was one of just three players on Team USA’s qualifying roster with collegiate eligibility, and was the only one of the three to see playing time.
She was chosen to represent USA at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League, where she scored 33 points versus Brazil in the Finals Round pool play. USA would eventually win the gold medal.
In May 2021, she was selected to again represent USA at the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League. She had a match high 17 points in USA’s sweep of Thailand.
On June 7, 2021, US National Team head coach Karch Kiraly announced she would be part of the 12-player Olympic roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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