2009: Appeared inall 108 sets and 30 matches, running her total to 232 consecutivesets played ... Started 19 matches ... Led Spartans with 237 killsand finished second with 2.19 kills per set and 85 blocks (0.79 perset) ... Led team with 10 10-kill efforts ... Also added fourmatches with five or more blocks ... Posted 10 kills, hitting .500,to go with two blocks at Bradley (8/28) ... Added nine kills andseven blocks in win over Lehigh (8/28) and also added four blockseach against Chicago State and IUPUI (8/29) to earn Hotels at GrandPrairie Invitational All-Tournament honors ... Posted 12 kills anda career-high eight blocks agaisnt The Citadel (9/4) ... Added 12kills and four blocks against Mercer (9/11) and 10 kills and sixblocks against Kennesaw State (9/12) ... Posted 10 kills atJacksonville (9/18) and notched 15 kills and six blocks atPresbyterian (9/22) ... Posted 10 kills at Campbell (10/17) andadded five blocks against North Florida (10/23) ... Posted 10 killsand four blocks at Stetson (11/14) ... A member of the A-SunAll-Academic Team.

2008: Appeared in all 34 matches and 124 setsas a true freshman ... Started 31 times ... Led the team in blockswith 89 (0.72 per set) and finished fourth in kills with 223 ...Had seven double-digit kill efforts and five five-block matches ...Posted four kills, four aces, eight digs and four blocks in sweepof Hampton (9/5) ... Added 10 kills, two aces and three blocksagainst Wofford (9/5) ... Posted seven kills, five blocks and threedigs at ETSU (9/9) ... Had four digs and four blocks against NorthFlorida (9/19) ... Posted 11 kills, two aces and a block infive-set win over Presbyterian (9/23) ... Notched nine kills andfour digs in sweep of Stetson (9/27) ... Added 10 kills and fourblocks against Mercer (10/5) ... Notched four kills and six blocks(three solo) at Campbell (10/9) ... Had eight kills and four blocksagainst Stetson (10/24) ... Tied season-high with six blocks,adding six kills, against FGCU (10/25) ... Had 10 kills, six digsand four rejections at North Florida (11/1) ... Notched 12 killsagainst ETSU (11/11) and then added 11 kills in regular-seasonfinale against Campbell to go with six digs and three blocks(11/15) ... Earned Provisional Invitational All-Tournament honorsafter hitting .352, averaging 2.71 kills and 1.06 blocks per set inthe five-match tournament ... Had four blocks against CentralArkansas (11/21) and N.C. Central (11/22) ... Added five blocks andfive kills against Presbyterian (11/22) ... Notched 19 kills andthree blocks in third-place match against North Florida, leadingUpstate to the 3-1 win (11/22).

HighSchool: Earned three letters at South Florida powerSt. Thomas Aquinas ... A member of Florida 5A state semifinalistSt. Thomas Aquinas team as a senior ... A Miami Herald All-BrowardCounty First Team selection as a senior, posting 179 kills and 125blocks while helping lead St. Thomas Aquinas to a 27-5 overallrecord and a perfect 10-0 district mark ... Also an honorablemention All-State and Sun-Sentinel All-County Second Team selection... Was an honorable mention Miami Herald and Sun-SentinelAll-Broward County selection as a junior while helping the Raidersto a district title ... A member of the Boomers Volleyball Club forfive years ... Was active in the Student Government ... Awarded thePrincipal Service Hour Recognition Award and the Jeanie DonovanAward for her volunteer work.

Personal: Born on May 18, 1990 ... Daughterof Jay and Ann Thomas ... Has an older sister, Barbara ... Major isundecided ... Father, Jay, earned a letter as a goalkeeper with theClemson men''s soccer team in 1981 ... Father was also a fencer ...Mother, Ann, was a four-year volleyball letterwinner at Clemsonfrom 1978-81 ... Sister, Barbara, earned two letters with NorthCarolina''s Women''s Swim Team ... Enjoys the beach and spending timewith friends and family ... Favorite musical artists are John Mayerand The Rocket Summer ... Favorite movie is "Push" ... Favoritesong is John Mayer''s cover of "Free Fallin" and Jeremih''s "Break upto Make up" ... Favorite sports figure is pro volleyball starGabrielle Reece ... Admires Kelsey Marie Falter, her sister,Barbara, and Joe Bowman ... Favorite quotes are "Teamwork makes thedream work" and "Wear it".

Thomas Career Statistics

 
ALL-TIMERANKINGS:
Blocks per set: 16th (0.75)
Block assists: 18th (141)
Total blocks: 22nd (174)
SINGLE-SEASONRANKINGS:
Block assists: t-18th (75 in 2008)