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Jersey Number 14
Kaden Thompson
- Position:
- OF/1B
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 205
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Flowery Branch, Ga.
- High School:
- Cherokee Bluff HS
- Major:
- Undecided
FRESHMAN (2026): Played in 38 games, mainly as a pinch runner, while making ten starts on the year in the outfield ... Finished with six hits, eight runs and an RBI while hitting .158 ... First career hits came in a 2-4 day in the second game he was a starter in against West Virginia on February 14th ... Had two hits in the South Alabama series on April 11th and 12th.
PREP: Four year letterwinner at Cherokee Bluff High School under coach Jeremy Kemp ... Rated as the number 62 overall and number ten outfielder in the state of Georgia by Perfect Game ... 2022-2025 Region 8-3A First Team selection ... 2024 First Team All-State ... Had a .450 average with 45 hits his senior season ...2024 Region 8-3A Player of the Year ... Also played football and basketball at Cherokee Bluff ... Has over 1,000 career receiving yards and over 15 touchdowns ... 2023 All-State selection for football ... Also played for Devine Baseball under coach Travis Devine.
PERSONAL: Born Kaden Emory Thompson on July 14th, 2006 in Atlanta, Ga. ... Is the son of Brad and Julie Thompson ... Has one sister, Kinsleigh ... All three family members are graduates of Georgia Southern .... Childhood friend, Will Maddox, plays for the Detroit Tigers minor league system.
MAJOR: Undecided
PREP: Four year letterwinner at Cherokee Bluff High School under coach Jeremy Kemp ... Rated as the number 62 overall and number ten outfielder in the state of Georgia by Perfect Game ... 2022-2025 Region 8-3A First Team selection ... 2024 First Team All-State ... Had a .450 average with 45 hits his senior season ...2024 Region 8-3A Player of the Year ... Also played football and basketball at Cherokee Bluff ... Has over 1,000 career receiving yards and over 15 touchdowns ... 2023 All-State selection for football ... Also played for Devine Baseball under coach Travis Devine.
PERSONAL: Born Kaden Emory Thompson on July 14th, 2006 in Atlanta, Ga. ... Is the son of Brad and Julie Thompson ... Has one sister, Kinsleigh ... All three family members are graduates of Georgia Southern .... Childhood friend, Will Maddox, plays for the Detroit Tigers minor league system.
MAJOR: Undecided
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