Octavia Thompson

Octavia Thompson

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Colonial Heights,VA

High School:
Matoaca H.S

Height:
5-8

Position:
Guard

2003-2004: Ranked third on the team with 10.9 points per game as she started only 14 of the 27 games in which she played. She shot an impressive 42% from the field, which ranked tied for third, while leading the team with 31 three-pointers made and with a .81% free-throw percentage.

2002-2003: Ranked second on the team with 11.5 points per game. She led the team with 43 three-pointers made despite playing in only 20 of the teams 29 games and staring only 11 times. Scored a career-high 29 points in a victory over Howard University on March 6, 2003.

2001-2002: As a freshman she was named to the MEAC All-Rookie team as she averaged 8.5 points a contest, 11.2 points in conference games. Thompson played in 26 games, starting 18 as a true freshman. She ranked second on the team with 33 3-pointers made and led the team in scoring six times.

Personal: Born September 9, 1983 in Matoaca, Virginia. Thompson has one sister, Shannon and one brother, Dee. She is the daughter of Valerie Parham and Orlando Brunette. She is majoring in Computer Science with a concentration in Business and plans on earning her Master's degree in computer engineering.

Thompson's favorite books are Good to Great and Invisible Life, while her favorite movie is Love Jones. The day of any game, Thompson will go through her routine of waking up, showering and then drinking an Arizona Green Tea, in that specific order. Her greatest non-athletic accomplishment is earning an internship position at one of the top ten companies of the Fortune 500 list.

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