and ink with Filou Oostende of the EuroMillions Basketball League in Belgium. On June 13, Thompson helped Filou Oostende capture its eighth straight league title and 20th overall in “I WAS LUCKY TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.” the program’s 49-year history. “Winning really gets you to where you want to go,” Thompson said. “I feel like if I continue to win, that can take me to a lot of places. “My goal is to win a championship at the highest level. That’s my goal.” Thompson credits his time spent in Bryn Mawr learning under Kelly, former associate head coach Doug Thibault, and company for his rapid development. “We had a lot of fun times, a lot of memories,” Thompson said during a recent phone interview from New York City. While his future is unwritten, Thompson won’t deny the NBA is the dream. “All I can do is control what I can control,” he said. “I’m going to keep on trying to get better and trying to push myself to get there.” Academics, first and foremost, are what seem to drive Brittany Clark ’10, ’11. Harcum’s very successful women’s basketball coach from 2015 to 2018—she compiled a record of 68-33—was asked recently for her fondest memory skippering the Bears for three seasons. The moment she chose? Learning that her 2017–18 squad had been named to the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) academic honor roll for earning the third highest cumulative GPA in the country for all National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) divisions. “That was probably the coolest moment for me,” Clark said, “because it came out in late June or early July and I was leaving in August ... that was just a nice way to end it, I guess ... either that or qualifying for nationals [in 2018].” The Harcum women have advanced to nationals twice. The Bears’ maiden voyage to college basketball’s premier tournament came during Clark’s final season, as a player, in WHERE ARE THEY NOW? 17
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