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Jersey Number 3
Blair Thompson
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Weight:
- 210
- Hometown:
- New York, N.Y.
- High School:
- Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.)
- School:
- Columbia College
2025-26: Appeared and started in all 28 games… Academic All-Ivy selection… Averaged 11.4 points per game… Recorded a double-double on Nov. 21 at Lehigh with 11 points and 10 rebounds… Scored a career-high 26 points on Jan. 5 at Cornell and was 12-12 from the free throw line… Pulled down his 500th career rebound in the Jan. 24 win at Dartmouth, becoming the first Lion to achieve the feat since Mark Cisco in 2012-13… Joined Gary Raimondo '99CC as the only other Lion to have 500 rebounds and 100 steals in their Columbia careers… Finished his career as a Lion eighth in steals (108) and tied for ninth in games played (108).
2024-25: Appeared in 26 games and started 25 of them… Scored a season-high 19 points on Feb. 15 at Harvard… Recorded five 10-rebound games… Ranked sixth in the Ivy League in rebounds per game… Had three double-doubles (Nov. 9 vs. Delaware State, Feb. 8 vs. Brown, and March 1 vs. Penn)... Tallied a career-high 16 rebounds on Feb. 8 vs. Brown… Had the game-winning lay-up in a comeback victory over Brown on Feb. 8.
2023-24: Appeared in 26 games and started all of them… Scored double-figures in 12 games… Scored a season-high 17 points vs. Mount Saint Vincent on Jan. 4… Went 6-6 from the free throw line twice (at Providence on Nov. 6 and vs. Cornell on March 9)... Led the team and ranked ninth in the Ivy League with 140 rebounds and 4.2 per game… Ranked second on the team and tied for 15th in the conference with 14 blocked shots.
2022-23: Appeared in 28 games and made 15 starts… Made his collegiate debut on Nov. 7 at Rutgers… Scored a career-high 22 points at Binghamton on Nov. 23… Went 6-6 from the free throw line vs. FDU on Dec. 9… Had eight rebounds and three assists vs. UMES on Dec. 28.
HIGH SCHOOL: A May 2022 graduate of Northfield Mount Hermon High School in Gill, Mass., where he played two years of varsity basketball for Head Coach John Carroll … Earned First Team National Prep Showcase All-Tournament honors in 2022 … Averaged 17.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game during the 2021-22 season … Averaged 34.7 points per game over three contests (32, 37, 35 points respectively) in NERR Scholar Roundball Classic in 2021 … Scored 37 points vs. Massanutten in the National Prep Championship semifinal in 2022 … Led the Hoggers to a national championship finalist appearance and first place finish in the Founders Division in 2022 … Helped lead Mount Hermon to a school-best 33-6 season, 11-3 league record, and national championship game appearance in 2021-22 … Played freshman football in 2017 as a safety and cornerback … Previously played at Xavier High School in New York City … Played AAU basketball for the New York Jayhawks from 2019-21 … Rated among the nation's top-150 players in their class by Rivals.com … Rated a three-star recruit by 247sports.com and Rivals.com … Member of the National Honor Society in 2020 …. Earned Cum Laude academic honors … Earned High Academic Honors from 2018-21.
PERSONAL: Enrolled at Columbia College.
2024-25: Appeared in 26 games and started 25 of them… Scored a season-high 19 points on Feb. 15 at Harvard… Recorded five 10-rebound games… Ranked sixth in the Ivy League in rebounds per game… Had three double-doubles (Nov. 9 vs. Delaware State, Feb. 8 vs. Brown, and March 1 vs. Penn)... Tallied a career-high 16 rebounds on Feb. 8 vs. Brown… Had the game-winning lay-up in a comeback victory over Brown on Feb. 8.
2023-24: Appeared in 26 games and started all of them… Scored double-figures in 12 games… Scored a season-high 17 points vs. Mount Saint Vincent on Jan. 4… Went 6-6 from the free throw line twice (at Providence on Nov. 6 and vs. Cornell on March 9)... Led the team and ranked ninth in the Ivy League with 140 rebounds and 4.2 per game… Ranked second on the team and tied for 15th in the conference with 14 blocked shots.
2022-23: Appeared in 28 games and made 15 starts… Made his collegiate debut on Nov. 7 at Rutgers… Scored a career-high 22 points at Binghamton on Nov. 23… Went 6-6 from the free throw line vs. FDU on Dec. 9… Had eight rebounds and three assists vs. UMES on Dec. 28.
HIGH SCHOOL: A May 2022 graduate of Northfield Mount Hermon High School in Gill, Mass., where he played two years of varsity basketball for Head Coach John Carroll … Earned First Team National Prep Showcase All-Tournament honors in 2022 … Averaged 17.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game during the 2021-22 season … Averaged 34.7 points per game over three contests (32, 37, 35 points respectively) in NERR Scholar Roundball Classic in 2021 … Scored 37 points vs. Massanutten in the National Prep Championship semifinal in 2022 … Led the Hoggers to a national championship finalist appearance and first place finish in the Founders Division in 2022 … Helped lead Mount Hermon to a school-best 33-6 season, 11-3 league record, and national championship game appearance in 2021-22 … Played freshman football in 2017 as a safety and cornerback … Previously played at Xavier High School in New York City … Played AAU basketball for the New York Jayhawks from 2019-21 … Rated among the nation's top-150 players in their class by Rivals.com … Rated a three-star recruit by 247sports.com and Rivals.com … Member of the National Honor Society in 2020 …. Earned Cum Laude academic honors … Earned High Academic Honors from 2018-21.
PERSONAL: Enrolled at Columbia College.
Highlights: WBK | Columbia 81, BYU 64
Thursday, April 02
Highlights: MBK | Columbia 71, Harvard 81
Friday, March 06
Highlights: MBK | Columbia 54, Yale 60
Saturday, February 28
Highlights: MBK | Columbia 80, Brown 62
Friday, February 27
