TOWSON, Md. – This week's Student-Athlete Spotlight features Towson University basketball player
Charles Thompson.
The senior, who has been named to the All-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) defensive team the last two seasons, is averaging 13 points and eight rebounds this season for
Pat Skerry's team.
The Fort Washington, Maryland native will play in his 99
th consecutive game when the Tigers (8-6) host Drexel (8-6) in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) action Thursday night at SECU Arena.
Thompson's father, Tony, went 40-7 as a professional boxer and twice fought for the heavyweight championship of the world versus
Wladimir Klitschko. Learn more about that and why Skerry calls his star forward "the Mayor of Towson" in this story by the Towson Sports Network.