Kaley Thompson

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
A
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Bel Air, Md.
High School:
Patterson Mill

At Michigan
• Big Ten Player to Watch (2023)
• Second Team All-Big Ten (2022)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2021-23)
• Three-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award recipient (2020-22)

Graduate Student (2023)
• Started all 20 games
• Was one-of-for players with 30-or-more points on the season
• Had 38 points with 18 goals and 20 assists
• Led the team with 20 assists
• Recorded 19 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers
• Had 11 multi-point games
• Notched a season-best six points at Ohio State with three goals and three assists
• Tallied five assists against Eastern Michigan

Senior (2022)
• Second Team All-Big Ten
• Appeared in all 18 games, starting 17
• Ranked third for the Wolverines with 33 points
• Netted 32 goals and had one assist
• Scored six free position goals
• Won three draw controls
• Caused nine turnovers and picked up 11 ground balls
• Had a nine-game scoring streak of two or more goal spanning from Feb. 27-April 3
• Recorded 12 multi-point games on the season
• Netted six hat tricks on the season
• Had a season-best four goals at Towson

Junior (2021)
• Saw action in all 12 games, starting three
• Scored six goals and had three assists for nine points
• Had a perfect shots on goal percentage with 13 shots
• Won 12 draw controls, including three against Northwestern (April 18)
• Opened the season with a two goal game against Ohio State (Feb. 21)

Sophomore (2020)
The 2020 season was canceled after six games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Saw action in all six games
• Scored six goals in her first season with the Wolverines
• Netted four of her goals off free position shots
• Put nine of her 11 shots on cage for a .818 shots on goal percentage
• Had five draw control wins
• Netted a hat trick, all free position goals, against Albany (Feb. 29)

At Elon:
• Played her freshman year at Elon, starting 16 of the 17 matches she played in
• Named CAA Rookie of the Year
• Notched 40 points with 33 goals and seven assists
• Had a team-best 61 draw controls with 16 ground balls
• Netted four goals and had four assists to match a program-best eight points against Winthrop
• Had eight draw controls against Winthrop to tie for the third-most in program history
• Scored a season-high six goals with five draw controls and two ground balls against Drexel
• Appeared as the No. 1 play on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays for her goal against No. 23 High Point

Prep
• Prepped at Patterson Mill High School where she was a four year letter winner
• Led her team to a Class 1A state championship in her senior season
• Named first team all-county two times and earned second team all-county as a sophomore
• Led her team in scoring three out of her four varsity seasons
• Scored a career-best 70 goals as senior
• Netted 56 goals in her junior campaign

Academic/Extracurriculars
• Member of Principal Honor Roll all four years
• Was on the President’s Honor Roll as a senior
• Senior Class Officer
• Earned the Maryland’s Scholar Award

Club
• Played for the Skywalkers 2018 Blue Team

Other Sports
• Played both varsity soccer and varsity basketball
• Helped the soccer team to state final appearances in both her junior and senior year
• Also helped the team to back-to-back regional championships
• Voted team MVP in soccer in her junior season as the leading scorer with 16 goals
• Was a team captain for soccer as well as being named first team all-county
• Helped the basketball team to a Class 2A state championship in her freshman season and Class 1A state championship as a junior

Personal
• Full name is Kaley Elizabeth Thompson
• Born Nov. 14, 1999
• Daughter of Joe Thompson and Alicia Cunningham
• Has one sister, Kathryn
• Major is undeclared