AT SOUTH ALABAMA (2023-24): Appeared in 28 games as a sophomore, starting 20...Led the team with 12.0 points per game...Averaged 1.5 rebounds per game...Also credited with 68 assists, 30 steals and four blocks...Her 68 assists led the team...Averaged 11.7 ppg in Sun Belt Conference action, which also led the team...Recorded first career double-double vs. New Orleans, finishing with 16 points and a career-high 13 rebounds...Had seventeen games in double figures...Tied her career high with 27 points at Texas State...Set a new career-high with 11 made field goals in the same game at Texas State...Three 20-point games - 20 at Southern Miss, 25 vs Arkansas State and 27 at Texas State...Led the Jags in scoring eight times, a team-high.
AT SOUTH ALABAMA (2022-23): Appeared in all 30 games as a freshman, starting 13…Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year…South Alabama’s Freshman Scholar Athlete of the Year…Averaged 10.7 points per game, which led the team…Averaged 4.2 rebounds per game…Also credited with 70 assists and 44 steals, leading the team in both categories…Recorded four blocks…Led all conference freshmen in points…Averaged 11.1 ppg in Sun Belt action…In the final 10 games of the regular season, she averaged 14.8 ppg and posted seven double figure games and four 20-point games…Led the team in steals per game with 1.5…Totaled double figures 14 times as a freshman, the most on the team…Led the Jaguars in scoring 12 times, also a team high…Recorded five 20 point games (21 at Auburn, 27 at ULM, 20 vs James Madison, 23 at Texas State and 22 vs. Troy) a team high…Recorded a career-high 27 points off the bench at ULM (Jan. 28)…Brought down a career-high nine rebounds at New Orleans (Nov. 14) and matched that at Georgia State (Jan. 5)…Totaled six assists against Georgia Southern…Totaled a career-high seven steals in 22 minutes of action off the bench in her collegiate debut…Made a career-high 10 field goals at ULM…Led the Jags in steals six times and led the team in assists eight times…Led all players in scoring five times, the most on the team…Led the Jags in four individual game records: points (27), field goals (10), field goal attempts (22), steals (7)…Clocked a season high 37 minutes at Texas State Feb. 18).
PREP: Lettered six years in basketball at Davidson High School…Recorded 2,500 points with the Warriors...Was a two-time First Team Coastal Alabama selection...Coastal Player of the Year, four-time FIrst Team All-State, four-time tournament MVP, and a regionals MVP...Averaged 17 points and 11 rebounds as a junior…Named to the Alabama-Mississippi roster…Scored a season high 27 points against Theodore in the Class 7A Southwest Regional final…Advanced to the 7A Final Four...Played club ball for AL Southern Starz for four years as a guard…Boo Williams Nike Champions in 2019…US Open Basketball National Champions in 2018.
PERSONAL: Full name is Kelsey Felecia Thompson...Born on October 26, 2003...Daughter of Nicole Redd...Has one older sibling, Kendall York...Her cousin, Unique Thompson, played basketball at Auburn from 2017-2021 and was selected by the Indiana Fever with the 19th overall pick of the second round in the 2021 WNBA Draft...Majoring in Sports Management...Likes shopping for clothes and playing video games.