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Emery Thigpen

Midfielder
JACKSON ACADEMY
FLOWOOD, MISSISSIPPI
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-2
Press Release

Peak Performance

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Season Goals

18

Season Assists
“ Emery Thigpen is a special player. He does everything on the field—he attacks, he defends, he scores goals. He was a massive part of that team’s success.”
John Kehoe
Head Coach head coach at Madison-Ridgeland Academy
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-2, 165-pound senior midfielder scored 14 goals and passed for 18 assists this past season, leading the Raiders (18-4-1) to the Midsouth Association of Independent Schools championship. Thigpen is a First Team All-MAIS selection and a three-time All-Tournament honoree.

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Academic Achievement

Thigpen has maintained a weighted 4.23 GPA in the classroom. He remains undecided upon a collegiate destination.

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Exemplary Character

Also a track standout, he has volunteered locally on behalf of his church’s youth group and his school’s environmental activism club.x