AUSTIN, Texas – Mercer Women's Basketball senior forward Amanda Thompson was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-America First Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) , the organization announced on Monday.
 
For a full list of the CoSIDA Academic All-American Teams, click here.
 
Thompson is one of five NCAA Division I players to earn All-America First Team honors, joining Texas Tech's Brittany Brewer, South Dakota's Ciara Duffy, Idaho's Mikayla Ferenx and Drake's Sara Rhine. A total of 15 student-athletes were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America first, second and third teams.
 
To be eligible for the academic All-America teams, student-athletes must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average. Candidates must also compete at least one full academic year at the nominating institution and be at least sophomores athletically.
 
Thompson is in the midst of a career year with the Bears, having been named the Southern Conference Player of the Year while leading Mercer to its second consecutive SoCon Tournament title and NCAA Tournament berth last weekend. The senior has started all 31 games and is averaging 13.1 points and 10.7 rebounds per game.
 
The Hayesville, North Carolina, native and electrical engineering major was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Team each of the last two years. Thompson has started 129 of a possible 130 games in her career and has been a part of 104 victories as a member of the Bears' four consecutive SoCon regular-season title teams.