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No. 20 J.J. Thompson
Infielder, R/R, Junior
6-1, 200
Maple Valley, WA (Tahoma HS)

2009: Started 52 games at third base and played in two other contests as a sophomore ... hit .292 with 10 doubles, seven home runs and 41 RBI ... third on the team in at-bats with 212 ... .439 slugging percentage and .338 on-base percentage ... drove in 10 runs on 19 opportunities with runner on third base and less than two outs ... 15-game hitting streak from April 9 through May 3 snapped by USC on May 5 ... 15 multiple-hit games and 13 multiple-RBI contests ... three-hit games against Houston, Cal State Bakersfield, Pacific, San Francisco and Long Beach State ... went 3-for-5 with a double, home run and four RBI against Pacific on April 9 ... played second base for the Seattle Studs in the NBC Semi-Pro World Series in Wichita, Kansas, and was 1-for-10 at the plate.

2008: Played in 34 games, including 20 starts, as a true freshman ... hit .211 with 16 hits, including four doubles, a pair of home runs and 11 RBIs ... hit home runs against Santa Clara on March 22, a two-run shot, and Cal State Fullerton on May 11, a solo blast ... ended the season with a 3-for-5 performance, including a double, and four RBIs at UC Riverside on May 25 ... two-hit games against Washington and Fresno State ... played summer ball for San Luis Obispo Blues, hitting .190 with five RBIs and a stolen base.

Prep: Hit .442 with eight homers in senior season under head coach Russ Hayden at Tahoma High in Maple Valley, 30 miles southeast of Seattle ... in 12 league games hit .441 with four doubles, four home runs, 18 RBIs and a .912 slugging percentage ... hit for the cycle against Lake Stevens ... led team to first-place finish in Region II Class 4A playoffs and third-place state finish ... earned first-team All-South Puget Sound League North Division honors and was all-state as well ... as a junior led Bears to fourth-place state finish and earned second-team all-league honors ... also lettered in basketball, earning honorable mention all-league honors.

Personal: Son of Rich and Lynette Thompson ... two brothers, Ronnie and Matt, and one sister, Brianna ... aspires to be a professional baseball player ... hobbies include fishing and working out ... born February 7, 1989, in Maple Valley, Wash. ... majors in kinesiology.

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