2023 Beach Volleyball Roster
Biography
IN THE RECORD BOOK
- T-First all-time in wins (62)
- Leader in all-time wins by a pair (43) with Gabi Bailey
- Fifth in win percentage by a pair (0.782)
- Third in all-time wins on court one (21)
- Fourth all-time in court three wins (16)
- T-fifth all-time in court four wins (18)
- Third all-time in court one winning percentage (0.677)
- Set the single-season record in overall wins with Gabi Bailey in 2022 (25)
- Single-season record holder in wins by a pair with Gabi Bailey (23, 2022)
- Set the single-season record for wins at court one (21, 2023)
CAREER HONORS
- 2022 A-SUN All-Academic Team
- 2023 All-Sun Belt First Team
- Sun Belt Pair of the Week (March 15, 2023)
SENIOR (2023)
- Posted a 21-10Â record playing all 33 matches at the top flight
- Finished 8-2 in Sun Belt matches
- Went 2-0 in the 2023 Sun Belt Championships with partner Gabi Bailey
- Named Sun Belt Pair of the Week with partner Gabi Bailey (March 15) after perfect 4-0 weekend at home
- Finished second in Sun Belt Pair of the Year voting and was named First Team
- Posted a 20-8 mark with classmate Gabi Bailey at the first court
- Broke program record for wins by a pair April 7 in a sweep of Erskine
- Tied all-time wins mark in final match versus Southern Miss in the Sun Belt semifinals
JUNIOR (2022)
- Appeared in all 35 duals
- Compiled a 25-10 overall record with four different opponents
- Accumulated a 23-4 mark alongside Gabi Bailey
- Went 16-3 in the fourth flight
- Two separate win streaks of at least seven matches
- Seven wins against A-SUN opponents
- Season sweep of Mercer (4-0)
- Delivered a three-set win against Florida Gulf Coast’s fours (Mar. 13)
- She and Bailey tied for third in the 4-7 bracket at the UNCW Pairs Tournament (Mar. 20)
- Went 4-1 in the A-SUN Tournament
- She and Bailey partnered for the only point top-seeded Stetson surrendered in the A-SUN Tournament
SOPHOMORE (2021)
- Appeared in all 25 duals
- Compiled an 11-14 record with three different partners
- Went 7-5 at threes
- Posted eight wins alongside Ella Ridinger including six at threes
- She and Ridinger rallied for a three-set win against UNCW’s threes (Mar. 20)
- Pushed Coastal Carolina’s threes to three sets (Mar. 21)
- Took down No. 7 TCU’s fours in three sets alongside Marie Martinsen at the CCSA Tournament (Apr. 23)
- She and Martinsen forced No. 17 South Carolina’s fours to three sets in the CCSA Tournament (Apr. 24)
FRESHMAN (2020)
- Played in eight duals
- Posted a 2-5 record alongside partner Caroline Bower
- Compiled a 2-1 mark at fives
- Split two sets of a 21-19, 13-21 unfinished sixes flight against No. 3 Florida State (Mar. 1)
- Dropped a 21-17, 15-21, 11-15 decision at threes against Mercer Mar. 7)
- Fell to Coastal Carolina’s (Mar. 7) fours 21-18, 15-21, 9-15
- Registered a 21-13, 21-13 win at fives against Saint Leo (Mar. 8)
- Cruised to a 21-13, 21-11 victory in the fifth flight against Mercer (Mar. 8)
HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB
- Graduated from Saint Joseph’s Catholic School in Greenville, S.C.
- Played for Upward Stars Volleyball Club in Spartanburg, S.C.
- All-State and 2A High School Sports Report Player of the Year in 2018 at Saint Joseph’s
- Two-time all-region selection
- Started played beach only in the spring of 2019
- Placed highly in several tournaments since the switch to beach only, including a second-place performance at the Lucky Charm Challenge in Emerson, Ga. on March 16, 2019
PERSONAL
- Full name is Kyra Marie Thompson
- Celebrates her birthday on April 24
- Daughter of Greg and Debbie Thompson
- Has two sisters, Kaely and Kimmie
- Sister Kaely played volleyball at South Carolina
- Majoring in exercise science at College of Charleston
- Also recruited by Jacksonville, Erskine, UNCW and University of San Francisco
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