LMU men's soccer hits the road for the first time this season, traveling north to face a pair of Pac-12 programs in Stanford (Friday) and Cal (Sunday).
LMU men's soccer hosts crosstown rival UCLA on Sunday at Sullivan Field.
Briefly... Billy Thompson enters his fourth year at LMU in 2012 and third on the field after redshirting in 2009... large, athletic goalie with good instincts and read of the game...
At LMU...
2011... Appeared in one match... logged three minutes in LMU's 4-1 win over Gonzaga (Nov. 6)... did not record a save... National Scholar-Athlete...
2010... WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll... National Scholar-Athlete... appeared in one game, starting and playing all 90 minutes at San Jose State (Sept. 19)... made one save... posted GAA of 2.00...
2009... Redshirt season...
High School... Four-year letterwinner at Santa Margarita Catholic HS for coaches Curt Bauer and Wade Frasier... First Team All-Trinity League as a junior and a senior... Third Team All-CIF in 2007... All-Orange County as a junior... posted a goals-against-average of 0.39 with 19 shutouts... 2009 Team All-Around Player of the Year... 2008 Team Defensive Player of the Year... helped lead SMCHS to 2008 Division II SoCal CIF Regional State Championship and to CIF-SS Division I titles in 2007 and 2008... played club soccer at L.A. Galaxy Development Academy... AP Scholar...
Personal... William Aaron Thompson was born on October 22, 1990 in Orange, Calif.... parents are Samuel and Mary Thompson... has two older sisters, Jessica and Kendra... chose LMU over Oregon State, UCLA, and UC Irvine... competed in high school against current Lions Mitch Boland and Logan McDaniel... majoring in business...