Jason Thompson -- 2008 All-America Candidate -- Rider Univesity

ABOUT JASON THOMPSON


Class: Senior Position: Forward Height: 6-11 Weight: 250 Hometown/High School/Previous School: Mt. Laurel, N.J./Lenape	"Try to catch a Rider game on the tube before the season is over. You'll want to tell your kids you saw Jason Thompson play in college." - Seth Davis, SI.com

High School
Averaged 15 points and 12 rebounds per game for 28-1 group IV State Champion Lenape High…named second team All-South Jersey and first team All-State Group IV…selected to play in the New Jersey North-South All-Star game…led Lenape to its first State Title and undefeated regular season…as a junior averaged 16 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots per game.

At Rider
Communication major...2008 MAAC Player of the Year...2008 MAAC Defensive Player of the Year...2007-08 preseason All-America selection by CollegeInsider.com... 2007-08 preseason MAAC Player of the Year...2007 Mid-Major All-American team…First team All-MAAC, Second team All-District 3, MAAC Defensive Player of the Year…one of just three Division I players to average over 20 points and 10 rebounds for the 2006-07season, the other two being Kevin Durant of Texas and Nick Fazekas of Nevada… compiled 17 ‘double-doubles’ last season and now has 30 ‘double-doubles’ in three seasons…grabbed 20 rebounds in a victory over Manhattan, tying the Rider record for caroms in a game…enters his senior year with 1,346 career points, 11th highest ever at Rider, and 759 rebounds, sixth highest ever at Rider…in the nation ranked10th in rebounding, 24th in scoring, 34th in blocks and 76th in field goal percentage…in the MAAC ranked first in rebounding and blocked shots…attended the LeBron James and Amare Stoudemire Basketball Camps last summer…Second Team All-MAAC selection as a sophomore…in 2005-06 ranked second in the MAAC in blocks (48), fourth in rebounding, sixth in field goal percentage and seventh in scoring, and was the only player in the MAAC to rank among the top seven in more than two of those four categories…presented the Gilbert P. Rossi Award as the team’s Most Valuable Player the last two seasons…compiled 35 points and 20 rebounds in the College of Charleston Holiday Classic to earn All-Tournament Team honors…scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half, including the winning points, in the 2005-06 victory over LIU…returned from a concussion to compile 18 points, seven rebounds and three blocks in a 2006 MAAC playoff game…member of the 2005 MAAC All-Rookie team…CollegeInsider.com Freshman All-American team in 2005…competed in China with the MAAC All-Stars during the summer of 2005 and led the team in scoring…as a freshman led the Broncs in rebounding (fifth in MAAC) and was fourth on the team in scoring… started 21 games as a rookie and was third on the team in minutes played…led the 2005 Rider team with 29 blocked shots…recorded five ‘double-doubles’ as a freshman..

Jason Thompson was named to the College Insider.com 2007 Defensive All-America team, the second major award for Thompson from collegeinsider.com after being named a Mid-Major All-American last week...

Averaging better than 20 points and 10 rebounds a game is quite impressive. In fact, only three NCAA Division I players accomplished that feat last season -- Kevin Durant (Texas), Nick Fazekas (Nevada) and Jason Thompson...

Jason Thompson was named to the All-Met First Team by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association. “Jason has been such a great player for us the past few years and it is always nice to see people...