Deep down, Lauryn Thompson knows her lone year at VCU was good for her. She knows it was a needed experience, humbling in every way. It just wasn’t an enjoyable one.
The forward was heavily recruited coming out of Mansfield Timberview, and for good reason. Thompson started for the Lady Wolves all four years of her high school career. They went 110-7 during her final three seasons and reached the UIL 5A State Championship during her final two. As a senior, she averaged 13.1 points and 7.1 rebounds and was named the District 14-5A MVP.
Thompson estimates she received scholarship offers from around 25 different schools. One of them was Texas State. Zenarae Antoine was one of the first college coaches interested in her. Antoine visited Thompson’s house when the forward was just 16 years old.
