Alicia Rachelle Thompson (born July 30, 1976) is a former WNBA

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player for the

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. She was raised in Big Lake, Texas and attended high school at Reagan County High School where she excelled in basketball,

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and

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. She was recruited by

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while still in high school and became Tech's 2nd all-time leading rebounder and scorer, scoring 2,156 points throughout her college career. Also excelling in track and proficiency in the discus throw, Thompson was voted Kodak All-American in her senior year and went on to be voted as the Big Twelve Player of the Year. Thompson honed her basketball skills as a Lady Raider and was drafted by

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in the 1st round, as 9th overall pick. Her determination and tenacity propelled her to achieve an outstanding career in basketball. During her six-year career in the WNBA, she also played for the

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and the

. While starting for the Indiana Fever, Thompson scored a single game high of 22 points and collecting 15 rebounds. During her time playing for the

Thompson had the best season of her career, averaging 10.0 points, 5.1 rebounds and shooting 51.4% from the field, Thompson ranks in the WNBA's top five. While playing for the Seattle Storm in 2004, the team defeated the Connecticut Sun winning them the first Championship in 25 years highlighting her career as a professional basketball player. Since retiring from the WNBA Thompson has played professional basketball in Spain, Italy, Israel, and Turkey. Thompson was inducted into the Texas Tech Athletics Hall of Fame on November 1, 2008.

Career statistics

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

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2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

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Playoffs

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College

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. Career Highlights * Ranked in WNBA's top five, shooting 51.4% from field in 2000 * WNBA Championship win with the Seattle Storm defeating the Connecticut Sun 2004 * Averaged career-highs of 10.0 ppg and 5.1 rpg in 2000 * Scored career-high 22 points and grabbed career-high 15 rebounds vs. ORL on 6/3/00 * Finished her collegiate career with 2,156 points, which ranked second on Texas Tech's all-time scoring list behind Carolyn Thompson See more at: https://web.archive.org/web/20150109123357/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/alicia_thompson/index.html?nav=page

USA Basketball

Thompson competed with

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as a member of the 1997 Jones Cup Team that won the silver medal in

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. Several of the games were close, with the USA team winning four games by six points or fewer, including an overtime game in the semifinal match against Japan. The gold medal game against South Korea was also close, but the USA fell 76–71 to claim the silver medal for the event. Thompson averaged 3.5 points per game. Alicia Thompson had her best success with Storm Coach Anne Donovan. While playing for Donovan in Indiana in 2000, Thompson had the best season of her career, averaging 10.0 points and 5.1 rebounds and shooting 51.4% from the field to rank in the WNBA's top five. Thompson spent three seasons in Indiana and one in New York before joining the Storm for 2004. She averaged 2.3 points and 1.0 rebounds during the regular season, but boosted those averages to 4.9 points and 1.9 rebounds in the playoffs and hit several key three-pointers. After averaging 2.8 points per game in 2005, Thompson announced her retirement on Sep. 8, 2005. She has continued to work with the Storm as an ambassador for the Stormin' the Sound off-season community program.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Alicia 1976 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players American women's basketball players Basketball players from Texas Indiana Fever players New York Liberty draft picks New York Liberty players People from Reagan County, Texas Seattle Storm players Small forwards Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball players 21st-century American women