Sarah Thompson

Photo by: Mike Dickbernd

Year:
Junior
Hometown:
Greenwood, Ind.
Position:
OF
Height:
5-4

JUNIOR YEAR (2017)
• Academic All-Big Ten
Played in 21 games with seven starts … collected seven hits, five runs, five RBI and two walks … hit a career-best .233 … went 1-for-2 with two runs and two RBI against UIC on March 18 … registered a hit in three straight games played from March 24 to April 7 … scored a run and recorded a hit in Indiana’s win against Maryland on April 23

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2016)
• Academic All-Big Ten
Played in 27 games, with three starts … came in as both a pinch runner and in the outfield … scored 10 runs … also earned a walk and stole a base … scored against No. 21 California on Feb. 14 … added a run against Murray State March 5 … knocked a hit and stole a bag against Western Illinois March 20 … scored a run in four straight appearances from March 23 to April 1, including one against No. 2 Michigan … scored three runs in three consecutive appearances April 15 to April 23 … scored at Maryland on May 7

FRESHMAN YEAR (2015)
Played in 18 games, making three starts in the outfield … scored her first career run and earned a walk against Oregon State on Feb. 6 … also scored a run against Rutgers (March 21) and Illinois (game one, March 28) … registered a hit against No. 12 UCLA on Feb. 19

PREP/PERSONAL: Four-year varsity starter and letterwinner from Greenwood, Ind. ... hit .372 with a .422 on-base percentage in her senior season ... recorded 28 runs and 17 RBIs on 35 hits in 2014 ... in her first three seasons at Center Grove, she maintained a .496 batting average and a .516 on-base percentage while accruing 162 hits and 100 runs scored in just 78 games .. Thompson was a multiple Academic All-Conference selection, as well as a 2014 Academic All-State honoree...named the Top Female Athlete at Center Grove in 2014 ... All-MIC Conference selection in 2013 as well as an All-District in 2012 and 2013 ... a second-team All-State pick in 2014 ... daughter of D. Kyle and Christi Thomson ... has one sister, Katherine