Birth Date: | June 20, 1990 |
Height: | 5-6 |
Year: | So. |
Hometown: | Springfield, VA |
High School: | West Springfield |
Position: | OF |
Bats/Throws: | R/R |
Parents: | Johnny and Kimberly Thomas |
Career:
After two seasons of action, she ranks prominently in a
number of career categories at Emory ... Stands fourth on the
Eagles' all-time list with a .405 batting average (103-for 24) and
is tied for third with 12 home runs ... Holds down the No. 12 spot
in both doubles (24) and RBIs (77) ... Has 32 multi-hit games to
her credit.
Sophomore (2010):
Started all 36 games she saw action in ... Finished fourth on the
team and ninth among UAA players in hitting with a .389 mark ...
All-UAA First Team selection ... Also landed a berth on the NFCA
All-Atlantic Region Second Team ... Her club-best 38 RBIs ranked
fourth in the league and tied for the No. 11 spot on the school's
seasonal chart ... Tops on the squad with six homers, good for a
second-place tie and on the Eagles' season list ... Tied with Ellyn
Kocoloski for the team's lead in doubles (10) ... Paced all Emory
players with eight multiple-RBI games and totaled 13 multi-hit
affairs ... Missed the last five games of the season with an injury
... Earned a spot on the UAA All-Tournament after hitting .423
(11-for-26) over the eight games ... Scored a pair of runs and went
3-for-3 at the plate, including a solo homer, in an 8-0 win over
Rochester (Mar. 14) ... Exploded for seven RBIs, the fourth-highest
game total in school history, thanks in part to a three-run homer
and a two-run blast, in sparking the Eagles to a 9-0 vcitory over
Berrry (Mar. 28) ... Delivered a two-run homer in helping the
Eagles to a 4-0 decision over Piedmont (Apr. 14) ... Went a perfect
5-for-5 with 6 RBIs in a doubleheader sweep against Agnes
Scott (Apr. 7) ... Enjoyed a 10-game hitting streak (Mar. 10-Mar.
28) and hit .486 (18-of-37) in that stretch ... Doubled in the
team's first run that sparked a three-run frame in the bottom of
the seventh in a come-from-behind 4-3 win over Hendrix (Feb. 28)
... 2-for-3 with a RBI triple and scored the team's final run when
she stole home on a double steal in a 3-1 win over Covenant College
(Apr. 3).
Freshman (2009)
Enjoyed a banner first year with the program ... Ended the
season No. 2 on the team and No. 4 among UAA players in hitting
average with a .418 mark ... All-Atlantic Region Third Team ... Was
named UAA Rookie of the Year ... UAA All-Tournament Team ... Tied
for the team lead and the No. 2 spot in the UAA with a .667
slugging percentage ... Her 15 doubles led the team and the UAA and
ranked her fifth on the school's seasonal ladder ... Paced the
squad with six home runs and 19 multi-hit games ... Tied with Kim
Bandy for the team lead with 59 hits, tying for eighth place on the
school's seasonal ladder ... Registered nine multi-RBI contests,
second only to Kim Bandy's 11 ... Landed a spot on the Salisbury
Regional during the NCAA Tournament after hitting .435 (7-of-16)
with a pair of doubles, a home run and two RBIs ... Went
three-for-four at the plate and knocked in the game's lone run in
the seventh inning in a 1-0 win over LaGrange (May 7) in the NCAA
Tournament ... The following day, she contributed a solo homer in a
6-0 decision over Neumann College ... Enjoyed a memorable opening
weekend to her college career, earning UAA Player of the Week
honors after hitting .615 (8-for-13) with 14 RBIs in helping Emory
to four wins ... In her first collegiate game, she went 2-for-3
with a three-run homer in her second collegiate at-bat, and then
stroked a grandslam the following inning, while finishing with
eight RBIs, the third-highest game total in school history, in a
15-1 win over Maryville College ... Drove in Zara Louy in the
bottom of the eighth inning with the winning run in a 1-0 win over
Greensboro (Feb. 14) ... Recorded four hits in five trips to the
plate and scored twice in helping the Eagles to a 16-4 win over
Millsaps (Feb. 28) ... Went 3-for-4 and droing run in the bottom of
the seventh inning in a 3-2 win over regionally ranked Brandeis in
the UAA Tournament ... Went 3-for-3, including a home run, and
totaled three RBIs in the second meeting against Case at the UAA
Tournament ... Helped the Eagles to a 5-2 win over regionally
ranked Bridgewater when she led off the game with a homer and then
later scored the eventual game-winning run ... Opened the season
with a 12-game hitting streak and recorded RBIs in each of her
first seven contests.
Prior to Emory:
Attended West Springfield High School where she earned
four letters in softball ... High school coach was Maggie Gibson
... Served as her team's captain her junior and senior years ...
Captured a first-team berth on the all-district team ... Was the
recipient of her school's Donna D. Vernona Award ... Also competed
in field hockey ... Played club softball for Shamrocks Gold which
finished 5th at Gold Nationals in the summer of 2008.
Personal: Born June 20, 1990 ... Daughter of
Johnny and Kimberly Thomas.
Stats
Year | G-GS | AB | R | H | RBI | 2B | 3B | HR | SB-ATT | AVG |
2009 | 42-41 | 141 | 33 | 59 | 39 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7-7 | .418 |
2010 | 36-36 | 113 | 23 | 44 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 8-9 | .389 |
TOTAL | 78-77 | 254 | 56 | 103 | 77 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 15-16 | .405 |