Official Site of the Braves · Mar 16, 2021
Thompson Named Preseason All-MVC
ST. LOUIS – Junior utility player Taise Thompson (Oxnard, CA/Rio Mesa HS) has earned Preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference honors, according to a vote of the league's head coaches announced Tuesday in advance of the start of the 2021 conference season.
Thompson enters the 2021 league season having played in 114 games for the Braves as one of the team's top hitters, while also making 29 appearances in the circle as a relief pitcher. She begins the week as a .287 career hitter with 12 home runs and 64 RBIs. After batting .316 in 46 games as a sophomore in 2019, Thompson started hot in 2020 by batting .360 in 21 games.