sentences:  (his first triple jump as a junior in high school was the fifth best ever recorded in the state at the time) While he was one of the best football players to come out of the state of Minnesota, he preferred soccer and chose to attend Indiana University when that school offered him an athletic scholarship to play soccer.Thompson was voted the Minnesota High School Athlete of the Year when he graduated from Stillwater in 1978.Thompson joined the Hoosiers in 1978.