Olivia Thompson
- position Guard
- height 5-8
- class Senior
- Hometown Lexington, S.C.
- High school Lexington
- position Guard
- height 5-8
- class Senior
- Hometown Lexington, S.C.
- High school Lexington
Olivia Thompson Bio
Awards
At South Carolina
3x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)
High School
SCBCA Class 5A Player of the Year (2019)
SC HS Sports Report co-Statewide Player of the Year (2019)
Bio Information
Junior Year (2021-22)
- Part of first team in program history to be ranked No 1 in both the AP and the USA Today Coaches’ Polls every week of the season and program’s second National Championship
- Played in 13 games on the season, scoring in two
- Scored her first career NCAA tournament points in the win vs. Howard (Mar. 18), hitting a pair of 3-pointers
- Played in her first SEC game of the season against #24/rv Ole Miss (Jan. 27)
- Stuck her lone 3-point attempt against Elon (Nov. 26), also adding a rebound in 2+ minutes of action
- Saw her first action of the regular season against South Dakota, attempting one 3-pointer in three minutes (Nov. 12).
Sophomore Year (2020-21)
- Played in 20 games, including 11 SEC appearances and four postseason outings
- Scored five points in the season opener against Charleston (Nov. 25), including one bucket from beyond the arc
Freshman Year (2019-20)
- Part of first team in program history to end the season ranked No. 1 in the nation, claiming that spot in both the AP and the USA Today Coaches’ Poll
- Hit at least one 3-pointer in eight of her 22 games played
- Played career-high 14 minutes at Ole Miss (Jan. 30), hitting a 3 in the third and fourth quarters
- Saw her earliest action of the season with four second-quarter minutes at Alabama (Jan. 5), hitting a 3
- Made an ideal debut in front of the hometown crowd against Alabama State (Nov. 5), scoring seven of her 10 fourth-quarter points in a 38-second span
High School
- Is among the most prolific 3-point shooters in South Carolina prep girls’ basketball history, including her 105 3s in 2017-18 to rank second all-time in the state
- Claimed All-State honors from the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association (SCBCA) each of her last three seasons (2017, 2018, 2019) and was a USA Today All-South Carolina First Team selection as a senior (2019)
- Finished her career as the all-time leading scorer in Lexington High School history
- Helped Lexington to Region 5 5A championship as a senior (2018-19) behind her 19.2 points per game
Personal
- Daughter of Margot and Todd Thompson
- Majoring in experimental psychology
