Tony Thompson

Position IF

Height 6'4''

Weight 228 lbs.

Class Sophomore

Hometown Reno, Nev.

High School Galena

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Awards and Honors

Ping! Baseball All-America Second Team (2009)
NCBWA All-America Third Team (2009)
Louisville Slugger All-America Third Team (2009)
ACBA All-Central Region First Team (2009)
All-Big 12 First Team (2009)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2009)
NCAA Chapel Hill Region All-Tournament Team (2009)
Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2009)
Big 12 Player of the Week (May 4, 2009)
Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll (2008)

Summer 2009: Invited to try out for the U.S. National Team (Collegiate) … Played for the Rochester Honkers of the Northwoods League … Batted .293 with eight doubles, a homer and 14 RBIs in 20 games.

2009 (Sophomore): Recorded the first Triple Crown in Big 12 history, leading the league in batting average (.389), home runs (21) and RBIs (82) … Named Second Team All-America by Ping! Baseball and Third Team All-America by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and Louisville Slugger … Also named First Team All-Central Region, All-Big 12 and to the Big 12 Championship and Chapel Hill Region All-Tournament teams … Set school record in homers and total bases (186) … Finished with the second-most hits (96) and doubles (27) in a season in team history … Opened the season on a 14-game hitting streak (Feb. 20-March 17), to extend a hitting streak from the previous season to 23 games … Led the team in multi-hit games (31) and multi-RBI games (23) … Collected three hits and two RBIs against Memphis (Feb. 20) … Drove in three runs in KU[apos]s 9-3 victory at No. 21 Arkansas (Feb. 24) … Hit first home run of the season against North Dakota (March 4) … Went 2-for-2 with a two-run homer against No. 4 Arizona State (March 13) … Went 6-for-11 with two doubles and a homer in the series against the Sun Devils … Recorded first multi-homer game of the season against Western Illinois (March 25) … Went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs against No. 7 Baylor (April 5) … Hit a walk-off double in the 10th inning to complete three-game sweep of No. 17 Oklahoma State (April 12) … Hit two homers at Texas Tech (April 19) … Hit two home runs and drove in a season-high six runs at No. 9 Oklahoma (May 3) … Named Big 12 Player of the Week (May 4) … Hit a game-tying grand slam in the ninth inning to tie a game at Missouri (May 10) … Collected a season-high four hits in the opening game of the Big 12 Baseball Championship against No. 11 Kansas State (May 20) … Hit a grand slam in the Big 12 Championship game against Baylor … Recorded four hits, including two doubles and a homer, in NCAA Tournament win against No. 15 Coastal Carolina (May 31) … Ended the season hitting safely in 20 straight games.

2008 (Freshman): Named to the Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll … Played in 53 games, making 51 starts at third base … Hit .276 with five homers and 18 RBIs … Hit .319 against Big 12 opponents with three homers, 12 RBIs and 13 runs scored … Batted .302 against right-handed pitching … Hit .326 when leading off an inning … Hit .338 in games at Hoglund Ballpark … Finished with 12 multi-hit games … Went 2-for-4 in his first collegiate game, at Hawaii-Hilo (2/22) … Hit first collegiate home run against North Dakota State (3/8) … Collected a season-high three hits with a solo home run at Baylor (4/5) … Went 3-for-3 with three RBIs against Oklahoma (5/2) … Also had three hits, including a double, against Missouri (5/9) … Enters season with a nine-game hitting streak.

High School: Lettered four times for head coach Gary McNamara … Named first team all-state as a utility player during junior year … Also selected all-league as a third baseman and as a pitcher … Led team to a league championship in 2005 and a Zone Championship in 2006 … Hit .490 with 23 home runs and 83 RBIs in his first three high school seasons … Also compiled a 16-7 record with a 3.41 ERA in 27 appearances on the mound … A three-time academic letter-winner … Played for the Sierra Spartans in the Joe Dimaggio Summer League … Hit .750 with 22 home runs and led the Spartans to a second-place finish.

Personal: Son of Tim and Terry Thompson … A pre-physical therapy major.