Jerome Thompson

{{Short description|American lacrosse player (born 1988)}} {{About|the lacrosse player|the English hip-hop musician|Serocee}} {{Infobox lacrosse player | name = Jerome Thompson | image = Jerome "Hiana" Thompson on TheAYGList.jpg | caption = Thompson in 2015 | position = Forward | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 194 | nll_team = Georgia Swarm | former_nll_teams = Buffalo Bandits | nationality = Iroquois | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|06|04}} | birth_place = Nedrow, New York, U.S. | nll_draft = 25th overall | nll_draft_year = 2011 | nll_draft_team = Buffalo Bandits | career_start = 2015 | career_end = 2019 | nickname = Hiana}}

thumb|Left to right: Jeremy, Miles, Lyle, and Jerome "Hiana" Thompson in 2015 '''Jerome "Hiana"'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vock |first=Casey |date=2014-07-11 |title=Iroquois Nationals Behind the Scenes: Part 2 — Hiana Thompson's Comeback, Ceremonies, More |url=https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/iroquois-nationals-behind-the-scenes-part-2-hiana-thompson-s-comeback-ceremonies-more/29190 |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=Inside Lacrosse}}</ref> '''Thompson, Jr.''' (born June 4, 1988) is a Iroquois former professional box lacrosse player from the Hawk Clan of the Onondaga Nation. He plays for the Albany Firewolves of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). Initially drafted by the Buffalo Bandits in 2011, he gained a roster spot for the 2015 NLL season. He is the son of Doloris Thompson, an Onondaga mother, and Jerome Thompson, Sr., a Mohawk father from Akwesasne,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Conroe |first=Scott |url=https://redhawkslax.com/jeremy-a-jerome-thompson/ |title=Joining an OCC team that crushed everything in sight last year, the talented Thompsons should play big roles, and rack up big points, in the junior college ranks. |magazine=Inside Lacrosse |volume=10 |issue=7 |via=Onondaga Redhawks |date=September 25, 2006 |accessdate=November 9, 2024}}</ref> and is the brother of fellow NLL players Jeremy, Lyle and Miles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bandits.com/newsX.asp?type=Features&aID=306 |title=Patience and Hard Work Pays Off for Thompson |last=Ray |first=Joe |date=13 January 2015 |accessdate=5 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323061504/http://www.bandits.com/newsX.asp?type=Features&aID=306 |archivedate=23 March 2015 }}</ref> Outside of the NLL, Thompson has played for the St. Regis Braves, Iroquois Ironmen, Onondaga Redhawks, and the Iroquois Nationals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inlacrossewetrust.com/thompson-tries-for-second-chance-with-bandits/|title=Thompson Tries for Second Chance with Bandits|last=Pattison|first=Dan|date=11 November 2014|publisher=In Lacrosse We Trust|accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://nll_stats.stats.pointstreak.com/playerpage.html?playerid=8285862&seasonid=13569 Stats at pointstreak.com]

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