Miles Thompson

{{Short description|Iroquois lacrosse player (born 1990)}} {{for|the English architect|Miles Thompson (architect)}} {{Infobox lacrosse player | image = Miles Thompson on TheAYGList.jpg | caption = Thompson in 2015 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|12|08}} | birth_place = Nedrow, New York, U.S. | position = Attack | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 185 | nll_team = Georgia Swarm | nll_draft = 3rd overall | nll_draft_year = 2014 | nll_draft_team = Minnesota Swarm | mll_draft = 20th overall | mll_draft_year = 2014 | mll_draft_team = Rochester Rattlers | pll_team = Carolina Chaos | nationality = Iroquois | career_start = 2014 | shoots = Right | career_highlights = 2014 Tewaaraton Trophy<br />2017 NLL Championship }}

'''Miles Thompson''' (born December 8, 1990) is a Iroquois professional lacrosse player from the Hawk Clan of the Onondaga Nation. He played for the University at Albany in NCAA Division I college lacrosse and plays for the Georgia Swarm in the National Lacrosse League and the Carolina Chaos in the Premier Lacrosse League. He shared the 2014 Tewaaraton Trophy with his brother Lyle.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Edward|title=Albany's Miles and Lyle Thompson win the 2014 Tewaaraton Award|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/lacrosse-blog/bal-albanys-miles-and-lyle-thompson-win-the-2014-tewaaraton-award-20140529-story.html|accessdate=18 December 2017|work=Baltimore Sun|date=May 30, 2014}}</ref><ref name=bio>{{cite web|title=Miles Thompson Bio|url=http://www.ualbanysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205101030&DB_OEM_ID=15800|website=UAlbanySports.com|accessdate=18 December 2017}}</ref>

During that year, that attack line consisting of those two and their cousin, Ty Thompson, dubbed the "Thompson Trio", shattered multiple NCAA Division 1 records, and is widely considered one of the greatest attack lines in college lacrosse history.<ref>Lyle Thompson. (n.d.). The MY HERO Project. https://myhero.com/L_Thompson_trinity_US_2016_ul</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=9 Reasons To Remember The Significance of The Thompson Trio |url=https://www.medicinemanlacrosse.com/culture/lacrosse-capital/104-9-reasons-to-remember-the-significance-of-the-thompson-trio |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=www.medicinemanlacrosse.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Siegal |first=Rachel |date=2014-05-21 |title="Thompson Trio" lacrosse stars showcased in "#SCFeatured" debuting Sunday |url=https://www.espnfrontrow.com/2014/05/thompson-trio/ |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=ESPN Front Row |language=en-US}} </ref>

==Early life== thumb|Left to right: Jeremy, Miles, Lyle, and Jerome "Hiana" Thompson in 2015 Miles grew up in the Onondaga Nation with parents Doloris, an Onondaga mother, and Jerome Thompson, 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> He was one of five children in the family, which included brothers Jeremy, Lyle, and Jerome Jr. (Hiana). Miles attended LaFayette High School, outside of Syracuse, New York, and was a standout in their lacrosse program.

==College== Miles attended the University at Albany, SUNY, where he played lacrosse with his brother Lyle and cousin Ty Thompson. The three Thompsons all played attack and scored 259 points in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Schilling|first1=Vincent|title=For Love of the Creator's Game: All-World Lyle Thompson Talks With ICTMN - Indian Country Media Network|url=https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/culture/sports/for-love-of-the-creators-game-all-world-lyle-thompson-talks-with-ictmn/|accessdate=18 December 2017|work=Indian Country Today|date=June 8, 2013}}</ref> In 2014, Miles and Lyle were the first Native American players to win the Tewaaraton Trophy; ''tewaaraton'' is the Mohawk term for the precursor of modern lacrosse. He finished at the University of Albany with 293 total points and holds an NCAA Record for scoring a goal in every game he played in.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://thompsonbrotherslacrosse.us/miles-thompson/ |title=Miles Thompson - Thompson Brothers |website=Thompson Brothers Lacrosse |access-date=2017-04-11 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Major League Lacrosse == Miles Thompson was drafted in the third round, 20th overall, in the 2014 MLL Draft by the Rochester Rattlers. He was then traded to the Florida Launch and was on the active roster with them in their inaugural season. In 2015, the Launch selected Miles' brother Lyle first overall in the 2015 MLL Draft. The brothers' first game together was against the Ohio Machine.

== National Lacrosse League == Miles was drafted third overall in the 2014 NLL draft by the Minnesota Swarm. After his rookie season in Minnesota, the Swarm relocated to Georgia, becoming the Georgia Swarm. Thompson's younger brother Lyle was also drafted by the Swarm the next season, and older brother Jerome was acquired by the Swarm in 2016.

== Premier Lacrosse League == Thompson signed with the PLL and was selected to play for the Chaos Lacrosse Club prior to the PLL's inaugural season in 2019.

== International competition == As a player for the Iroquois men's national lacrosse team in the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship, Miles helped the Iroquois Nationals place third, their best-ever result in international field lacrosse competition.

Miles played for the Iroquois national indoor lacrosse team at the 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship. The Iroquois won the silver medal, falling to Canada in the final match on September 27, 2015.

Miles again led the Iroquois to a 3rd place finish at the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldlacrosse2018.com/ |title=Home |website=worldlacrosse2018.com}}</ref>

== NLL career statistics == {{NLLCareerStats|player_name=Miles Thompson|season5_games_played=18|season4_team=Georgia Swarm|season4_games_played=17|season4_goals=21|season4_assists=22|season4_loose_balls=53|season4_penalty_minutes=8|season4_playoff_games_played=1|season4_playoff_goals=1|season4_playoff_assists=1|season4_playoff_loose_balls=6|season5_team=Georgia Swarm|season5_goals=23|season4_year=2018|season5_assists=20|season5_loose_balls=39|season5_penalty_minutes=12|season5_playoff_games_played=1|season5_playoff_goals=1|season5_playoff_assists=1|season6_year=2020|season6_team=Georgia Swarm|season6_games_played=11|season6_goals=17|season6_assists=16|season6_loose_balls=43|season5_year=2019|season3_playoff_loose_balls=19|season1_year=2015|season2_loose_balls=56|season1_team=Minnesota Swarm|season1_games_played=18|season1_goals=27|season1_assists=35|season1_loose_balls=69|season1_penalty_minutes=7|season2_year=2016|season2_team=Georgia Swarm|season2_games_played=17|season2_goals=19|season2_assists=17|season2_penalty_minutes=9|season3_playoff_assists=4|season2_playoff_games_played=1|season2_playoff_goals=2|season2_playoff_loose_balls=5|season3_year=2017|season3_team=Georgia Swarm|season3_games_played=16|season3_goals=32|season3_assists=25|season3_loose_balls=65|season3_penalty_minutes=11|season3_playoff_games_played=4|season3_playoff_goals=6|season6_penalty_minutes=6|season7_year=2022|season7_team=Georgia Swarm|season7_games_played=3|season7_goals=6|season7_assists=2|season7_loose_balls=3}}

== PLL career statistics == {{MLLCareerStats|player_name=Miles Thompson|season1_playoff_assists=3|season2_assists=1|season2_goals=4|season2_games_played=7|season2_team=Chaos LC|season2_year=2020|season1_playoff_ground_balls=4|season1_playoff_shots=5|season1_playoff_goals=2|season1_year=2019|season1_playoff_games_played=2|season1_ground_balls=7|season1_shots=28|season1_assists=6|season1_2pt_goals=0|season1_goals=11|season1_games_played=6|season1_team=Chaos LC|season2_shots=11}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/21/sports/lyle-thompson-who-succeeded-among-family-members-begins-this-season-alone.html New York Times profile] * [http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/lacrosse/bs-sp-lacrosse-feature-0206-20150205-story.html Baltimore Sun, "Albany's Lyle Thompson has become the face of college lacrosse"] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150501102242/http://laxmagazine.com/college_men/DI/2014-15/news/043015_overtime_with_paul_carcaterra_lyle_thompson_albany_lacrosse Lacrosse Magazine interview with Lyle Thompson] * [http://m.ualbanysports.com/mobile/ViewArticle.dbml?atclid=205101030&DB_OEM_ID=15800& 2014 Lacrose Roster - Miles Thompson, ualbanysports.com]

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