Olivia Levicki

Thompson began her professional career in 2009, for the Australian Institute of Sport. In 2012, she signed with the Townsville Fire. During her time there, she played in two consecutive WNBL Grand Finals, falling short on both occasions. In 2014, she signed with the Melbourne Boomers. In 2016, Thompson re-signed with the Boomers for a third season.[1]

On 1 June 2017, Thompson signed with the Perth Lynx for the 2017–18 WNBL season.[2]

In 2012 and 2013, Thompson played for her junior association, the Forestville Eagles, in the Premier League during the WNBL off-seasons. In 2014, she joined the Brisbane Spartans and helped the team win the SEABL Championship. After a season with the Ballarat Rush in 2015, she returned to the Forestville Eagles in 2016 and 2017. Thompson was named the fairest and most brilliant player of the 2016 Premier League season, with her first Halls Medal success making her the club's first winner since 1998. She made it a clean sweep, also being named the Premier League's MVP and selected into the All Star Five.[3] In 2017, Thompson was again named to the Premier League All Star Five, after averaging 22.1 points, 13.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game with Forestville.[4]

Thompson made her national team debut at the 2009 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship in Brisbane, where she took home Gold and secured Australia's place at the inaugural Under-17 World Championship the following year. Thompson would go on to represent Australia at the FIBA World Championship in France where Australia placed seventh.[5] She also represented Australia at both the 2013 and 2015 Universiades in Kazan, Russia and Gwangju, South Korea respectively.

In June 2022, Levicki signed with Port Adelaide as a Rookie signing.[6] After she was spotted playing basketball for South Adelaide, Levicki was scouted by Erin Phillips, who contacted her via Instagram, asking if she was interested in trying Australian rules football.[6]