Upcoming Event: Softball versus Pima CC on September 30, 2025 at 6 p.m.
Softball
6 p.m.
vs Pima CC
Grand Canyon University Athletics
2022 Softball Roster
Roster
Thompson, Ariel
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Jersey Number 22
Ariel Thompson
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- HS:
- Sequoyah
- Hometown:
- Claremore, Okla.
- Phonetic:
- R/R
- Major:
- Integrative Studies
Bio
2023 | SeniorÂ
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North Texas University Â
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2021 Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal Recipient
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Sequoyah High School
- Named to All-WAC second teamÂ
- Earned WAC All-Academic honors
- Pitched shutout vs. Green Bay (2/10) in season debut
- Aided in combined shutout with Taryn Batterton vs. Montana (2/24)
- Pitched 2.1 innings vs. #2 UCLA in NCAA West Regional first round victoryÂ
- Capped season with 2.42 ERA, a 12-3 record, and 115.2 innings pitched with 84 strikeouts, 30 appearances, 17 starts, and three saves
- Earned All-WAC first team and the Tournament MVPÂ
- Ranks first in the Lopes single season record book with 21 winsÂ
- Made 29 starts and appeared in 36 games in the circle for the Lopes as their ace
- Threw 17 complete games, tossed five shutouts, and collected two saves.
- Threw a no-hitter on April 15 against Seattle U in Seattle.
- Posted a 2.70 ERA with a 21-6 record.
- Had a team best 135 strikeouts
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North Texas University Â
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2021 Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal Recipient
- 2021 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2020 Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal Recipient
- 2020 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor RollÂ
- Made 11 appearances and two starts in the circle for North Texas
- Posted a 2-0 record, 1.97 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 21.1 innings pitched
- Held opponents to a .190 batting average and issued just five walks while also earning a saveÂ
- Made 12 appearances and six starts in the circle for North Texas
- Finished the season with a 2-1 record, a 3.20 ERA and 45 strikeouts in 35.0 innings pitched
- Held opponents to a .248 batting average, tossed one complete game and picked up a save Â
- Made her first collegiate start and struck out eight without any runs given up in the win vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff on 2/8 Â
- Made her collegiate debut and earned her first career save after she struck out four hitters in 2.0 IP in the win vs. Prairie View A&M on 2/7
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Sequoyah High School
- Led Sequoyah to regionals in her senior season
- 2018 1x VYPE National Player of the Week, after a 3-0 week in the circle with 40 strike outs, including 16 in one game
- 2018 All-District Player of the Year District 6-4A
- 2018 All-Region Middle East Region 4
- 2018 All-State starting pitcher
- 2019 All World Softball finalist
- Class of 2019 Valedictorian Â
- Daughter of Jeffery Thompson and Christy Roark
- Has three siblings, brothers Brent and Andrew Thompson and sister Katie Flood
- Integrative studies major (Kinesiology, Communications and Business) with hopes to own her own facility and become a fitness trainer and softball coach.
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