Jaylyn Thompson Season 2019

Career Honors

• Signed professional contract to play for Zaragoza FCC (Spain)
• 2020 Weaver-James Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship Award recipient
• 2x ACC All-Academic Team (2018, 2019)

Career Highlights: Started the final 69 straight matches of her Tech career, the longest streak since 2012 when Kelsey Mitchell (2009-12) started all 88 matches of her Hokies’ career … In all, started 72 of 74 matches played at the school.

2019: One of five Hokies to start all 19 matches during the season … Was also one of five Hokies to see more than 80 percent of the total team minutes played for the year, logging 1,732 total minutes of action, first most among field players – just 16 minutes shy of the entire season … Recorded her first collegiate point with an assist on the game winner at Georgia (8/30) … Took three shots, with one on goal.

2018: One of five Hokies to start all 22 matches during the season and, overall, played 2,035 minutes, which was the second most among field players … Pushed her consecutive starts streak to a team-long 50 straight contests – the longest since Madi Conyers started the last 56 matches of her career (2015-17) … Took a five shots, one was on goal.

2017: Started in all 18 games for the Hokies … Took four shots on the year, placing three on-goal … Was a key member on a defense that only allowed 20 goals on the season.

2016: Appeared in 15 of the team’s 19 matches as a freshman, earning 13 starts … Made her first collegiate start in the team’s 1-0 vs. LSU … Posed as a defensive threat on Tech’s back line … Recorded one shot on-goal.

Club: Played three years for the Penn Fusion 97 club soccer team under coach Tino Mueller and Gerry Lucey … Led the team to back-to-back ECNL National Playoffs (2014-15), including a ECNL National Finals run in 2013 … Was ranked No. 77 in TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 150 Player Poll.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Eastern Regional under coach Jamie McGroarty … Was named the team captain her junior and senior year, earning the team’s Most Valuable Player Award for two straight seasons … Was a four-time all-conference honoree and three-time all-state nominee … Was named an NSCAA Regional All-American for two consecutive years (2014-15) … Helped her team win the Olympic Conference Championship four years in a row, recording a total of 26 goals and 33 assists in her career to rank ninth in school history … Was a finalist for the 2015 Sky Blue Senior Captain of the Year … Was a member of the National and French Honor Society … Also was a member of the varsity girl’s lacrosse team her senior year.

Personal: Jaylyn Danai Thompson ... Born March 31, 1998 … Daughter of Jay Thompson and Michelle Perry-Thompson … Has an older sister, Brielle, who played for Eastern University’s women’s soccer team (2012-14) … Her mother earned a letter in track and field at Rutgers … Majoring in human nutrition, foods and exercise.