The post below, referencing former Edina H.S. star and now Olympic Team Jordan Thompson, went up Wednesday evening, and by noon on Thursday, several readers** had noticed the story by Jim Paulsen* in Thursday morning’s StarTribune. Paulsen writes that Thompson is one of the most-feared hitters in this year’s Olympics, which suggests that she is the starting opposite. We’ll see soon enough.
Paulsen also writes that Thompson chose Cincinnati because she “wanted to play right away” (but doesn’t say how many top Big Ten Teams recruited her). And Paulsen notes that Thompson is the niece of former Vikings Star Chris Doleman. (Though Paulsen did not note, Tori Dixon, on the 6-player “reserve squad,” is the daughter of former Vikings Star Dave Dixon.)
- I am not familiar with Paulsen’s work. I also don’t know if this story means that Paulsen will be covering Olympic V-ball for the Strib. Let’s hope so. The Strib has sent sportswriter Rachel Blount and columnist Jim Souhan to Tokyo, but neither knows anything about V-ball.