Background
Miles grew up in the Onondaga Nation, New York, to Doloris and Jerome Thompson.
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Education
Miles (along with his brother Lyle) is the first Native American player to win the Tewaaraton Trophy. Tewaaraton is the Mohawk term for the precursor of modern lacrosse.
As a player for the Iroquois Nationals in the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship, Miles and Lyle helped the Nationals place third, their best-ever result in international competition.
Career
Miles Thompson was drafted in the third round, 20th overall in the 2014 MLL Draft by the Rochester Rattlers. He was then traded to the, and was on the active roster with them in their inaugural season. In 2015, the Launch selected Miles" brother Lyle first overall in the 2015 MLL Draft.
The brothers" first game together was against the Ohio Machine.
They both played a total of eight games for the Launch in the 2015.
