Alumna Jordan Thompson, Team USA claim silver at 2024 Paris Olympics

Updated Sunday, August 11 at 8:45 a.m. ET

PARIS - Former University of Cincinnati volleyball standout Jordan Thompson and Team USA claimed silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Thompson becomes the first Bearcat to win an Olympic medal at multiple Games. She is also the second Bearcat to medal from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, joining Annette Echikunwoke (silver, hammer throw).

The U.S. women fell to Italy in the final of the Olympics (18-25, 20-25, 17-25). Thompson was Team USA's top point scorer, finishing with eight points in three sets played. With the silver, the U.S. women have won seven Olympic medals, the most of any country. It's also their fifth straight medal. Thompson was part of the 2020 U.S. team that won the gold medal in Tokyo.
Thompson was recently announced to the 2024 James P. Kelly UC Athletics Hall of Fame Class. She earned the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year accolade in 2015 and followed that up as a three-time unanimous AAC Player of the Year in 2016, 2018 and 2019. She was the first volleyball player in AAC history to earn unanimous honors and receive the award three times. Thompson led Cincinnati to its best season in school history with a Sweet 16 appearance in 2019, collecting AVCA All-America First team honors.

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Updated Thursday, August 8 at 12:30 p.m. ET

PARIS - Former University of Cincinnati volleyball standout Jordan Thompson and Team USA will play for a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Team USA advanced to the finals with a thrilling five-set win over Brazil on Thursday (25-23, 18-25, 25-15, 23-25, 15-11). Thompson played a large role in the victory, finishing with five points on four kills and a block.

The gold medal match will take place on Sunday, with first serve scheduled for 7 a.m. ET. Team USA will face the winner of Italy and Turkey.

"There's the outside, I guess, pressure trying to say, Oh, are you guys going to repeat? Are you going to do it? And really, trying to block that out and just be like, we're on our own journey. And whatever happens, happens. We're here to fight and we're not trying to prove anything for anyone other than ourselves," Thompson said on expectations to repeat as gold medal winners.

"We're not talking about, at the end of the day, we want to have a gold medal around our necks," said Thompson. "We're talking about, Hey, when we're being pushed on the court, what do we want our huddle to look like? What do we want our self-talk to look like? What do we want our talk within teammates to look like? How do we want to support each other? And I think when you have such great attention to detail, the bigger things will start to take care of themselves, and not necessarily in the sense of you're always going to win, you're always going to come out on top. But you're putting yourself in a lot better position when your fundamentals as teammates are really strong."

The U.S. women won their first-ever gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. In history, the U.S. women have won three silver and two bronze medals.

Thompson was recently announced to the 2024 James P. Kelly UC Athletics Hall of Fame Class. Thompson earned the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year accolade in 2015 and followed that up as a three-time unanimous AAC Player of the Year in 2016, 2018 and 2019. She was the first volleyball player in AAC history to earn unanimous honors and receive the award three times. Thompson led Cincinnati to its best season in school history with a Sweet 16 appearance in 2019, collecting AVCA All-America First team honors.

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Updated Tuesday, August 6 at 12:45 p.m. ET

PARIS - Semifinals bound!
Former University of Cincinnati volleyball standout Jordan Thompson and Team USA advanced to the semifinals of the Olympics with a three-set win over Poland on Tuesday.

Thompson saw action in all three sets. She has totaled 19 points over four matches so far in the 2024 Olympics.
Team USA has advanced to the semifinals for the fifth straight Olympics. They will face Brazil on Thursday, August 8.

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Updated Sunday, August 4 at 9:45 a.m. ET

PARIS - Former University of Cincinnati volleyball standout Jordan Thompson and Team USA advanced to the quarterfinals of the Olympics with a three-set win over France on Sunday.
Thompson saw action in all three sets and finished with four points. Team USA sits on six points in Pool A with China and Serbia left to face off. They will await their opponent for the quarterfinal, which begins Tuesday.

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Updated Wednesday, July 31 at 1:25 p.m. ET
PARIS - Former University of Cincinnati volleyball standout Jordan Thompson and Team USA pulled out a gritty five-set win over Serbia in their second pool play match on Wednesday inside the South Paris Arena.
After taking a 2-0 lead in the match, Team USA roared back to win the match in extra points (25-17, 25-20, 20-25, 14-25, 17-15). Thompson was an offensive weapon for Team USA, putting down 10 kills on 19 swings. She was one of six players for Team USA to record 10-plus points in the win (11 points).
Team USA will close out pool play versus France on Sunday, August 4 and will need one set win to earn a spot in the knockout round. Thompson has totaled 14 points over two matches so far in the 2024 Olympics.

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Updated Monday, July 29 at 2 p.m. ET

PARIS - Former University of Cincinnati volleyball standout Jordan Thompson and Team USA dropped their opening match to China 3-2 in pool play (25-20, 25-19, 17-25, 20-25, 15-13) on Monday inside South Paris Arena in Paris.
Thompson totaled three points in two sets of play. Team USA will be back in action on Wednesday versus Team Serbia. First serve is scheduled for 11 a.m. ET on USA Network.

GAMEDAY for JT @jtomm19 and @usavolleyball begin their title defense today in Paris! #Bearcats | #OlympiansMadeHerepic.twitter.com/Vh0tke65Sg

- Cincinnati Volleyball (@GoBearcatsVB) July 29, 2024

A difference maker in college and a difference maker internationally.

When @usavolleyball star @jtomm19 was in college, she set #NCAAWVB single season records for kills and total attacks in 2018 and had a 50 kill performance in 2019!#OlympiansMadeHere x @GoBearcatsVBpic.twitter.com/l1OSeFcuN5

- NCAA Women's Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) July 29, 2024

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