Alicia Thompson
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| Born | July 30, 1976 Forward | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 43 | ||||||||||||||
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| 1998 | New York Liberty | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Seattle Storm | ||||||||||||||
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Alicia Rachelle Thompson (born July 30, 1976) is a former
Thompson was inducted into the Texas Tech Athletics Hall of Fame on November 1, 2008.[2][3]
Career Highlights
- Ranked in WNBA's top five, shooting 51.4% from field in 2000
- WNBA Championship win with the Seattle Storm defeating the Connecticut Sun 2004
- Averaged career-highs of 10.0 ppg and 5.1 rpg in 2000
- Scored career-high 22 points and grabbed career-high 15 rebounds vs. ORL on 6/3/00
- Finished her collegiate career with 2,156 points, which ranked second on Texas Tech's all-time scoring list behind Carolyn Thompson
See more at: https://web.archive.org/web/20150109123357/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/alicia_thompson/index.html?nav=page
USA Basketball
Thompson competed with USA Basketball as a member of the 1997 Jones Cup Team that won the silver medal in Taipei. Several of the games were close, with the USA team winning four games by six points or fewer, including an overtime game in the semifinal match against Japan. The gold medal game against South Korea was also close, but the USA fell 76–71 to claim the silver medal for the event. Thompson averaged 3.5 points per game.[4]
Alicia Thompson had her best success with Storm Coach Anne Donovan. While playing for Donovan in Indiana in 2000, Thompson had the best season of her career, averaging 10.0 points and 5.1 rebounds and shooting 51.4% from the field to rank in the WNBA's top five. Thompson spent three seasons in Indiana and one in New York before joining the Storm for 2004. She averaged 2.3 points and 1.0 rebounds during the regular season, but boosted those averages to 4.9 points and 1.9 rebounds in the playoffs and hit several key three-pointers. After averaging 2.8 points per game in 2005, Thompson announced her retirement on Sep. 8, 2005. She has continued to work with the Storm as an ambassador for the Stormin' the Sound off-season community program.
References
- ^ "Alicia Thompson Player Info". WNBA.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ "Hall of Honor Class Announced". Texas Tech Athletics. Archived from the original on 11 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ "Tech Hall of Honor inducts class of seven". AVALANCHE-JOURNAL. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ "1997 Women's R. William Jones Cup". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- WNBA player profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-07-24)