Grant Thompson is in his fourth season as an assistant coach for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's and women's tennis teams in 2022-23. He was hired on full time in November 2018 after serving as a volunteer assistant for the fall 2018 season.
Thompson played for the Warhawks for three years from 2015-18, amassing 69 combined singles and doubles wins during his career. He helped lead UW-Whitewater to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2016 and 2017, serving as a captain in both 2016-17 and 2017-18. Thompson was ranked among the nation's top 50 and the region's top 10 in singles, and was regionally ranked in doubles during his tenure.
Off the court, Thompson was a two-year member of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Scholastic Honor Roll and was a UW-Whitewater Chancellor's Scholar-Athlete his senior year. He also served as the team's Nursing Home Visitation Program Coordinator.
Thompson began his collegiate playing career at Division I Eastern Illinois University, starting for the Panthers in his year and a half with the program. In 2014, he earned an Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor after posting a 4.0 grade point average over a full academic year.
A native of Hawthorn Woods, Ill., Thompson graduated from UW-Whitewater in 2018 with a bachelor's in physical education (health, human performance and recreation emphasis).
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