Jamaal Thompson was the winner of the 2020-21 OVC Steve Hamilton Sportsmanship Award as a student-athlete at Tennessee Tech.

Thompson was a three-year member of the Golden Eagles football team and last season also joined the TTU basketball program when the team needed some additional players (becoming the first Tech student-athlete to be on the roster for both sports since 1992).

In the classroom he has earned a 3.96 GPA in communications, earning his undergraduate degree this past spring. He is now working on his doctorate.

In the Fall of 2020 he was the co-creator of CODE (Center of Diversity Education), which is a student-led campus organization that promotes unity through diversity. It allows student-athletes the opportunity to convene and communicate real world issues, changes they would like to see in the community and the world.