Birth Date: | June 20, 1990 |
Height: | 5-6 |
Year: | Sr. |
Hometown: | Springfield, VA |
High School: | West Springfield |
Position: | OF |
Bats/Throws: | R/R |
Parents: | Johnny and Kimberly Thomas |
Career:
Made her mark during a memorable four-year career as one
of the program's most dynamic offensive players in school
history ... Finished first on the Eagles' all-time list with 26
home runs while ranking third in RBIs (151) and slugging percentage
(.668) ... Played in a total of 160 games, the 11th most in
Emory history and her 159 starts placed ninth on the Eagles'
career chart ... Stands No. 7 on Emory's all-time ladder
with 196 hits and her 127 runs scored ranks sixth ... Totaled 52
doubles, second most in school annals, and accounted for 334
total bases, good for the No. 2 position all-time at Emory ...
Recorded 55 multi-hit contests.
Senior (2012):
Final season in an Emory uniform saw her start all 39 of the team's
games and finish with a .390 hitting mark (46-of-118), good for
first place among the Emory starters and seventh on the
UAA list ... Captured Second Team All-Atlantic Region honors ...
First Team All-UAA selection ... Finished second on the club with
46 hits and her team-high 15 doubles tied for third place among UAA
performers and tied for the No. 6 position on the Eagles' all-time
season list ... Delivered 11 multi-hit games and knocked in two or
more runs on six occasions ... 28 RBIs were third on the club while
her 72 total bases were second ... Big effort against regionally
ranked Keene State (Mar. 12), going 4-for-4 at the plate with 5
RBIs that included a two-run double and solo homer in an 8-0
triumph ... Went a combined 3-for-8 with three RBIs in helping the
Eagles to a pair of wins over No. 10-ranked Christopher Newport
(Feb. 11-12) ... Enjoyed a 4-for-4 showing at the plate with six
RBIs (tying the sixth-highest game mark in school history) and
socked a grand slam in a season-opening 26-2 win over Maryville
(Feb. 11) ... In a pair of victories over regionally ranked Case
Western at the UAA Tournament, she picked up three hits in five
trips to the plate ... Earned a spot on the UAA All-Tournament Team
after hitting .400 with eight hits in 20 plate appearances ... Hit
safely in six of the eight UAA Tournament
contests and finished with a pair of multi-hit games ...
Went 2-for-2 with a pair of RBIs in helping the Eagles to a 6-3
triumph over regionally ranked Ithaca (Mar. 11) ... Fueled a 12-4
win over Piedmont College (Apr. 24) with a 3-for-4 effort at the
plate that included a double, two runs scored and one RBI ...
Stroked a pair of doubles and knocked in a pair of runs in an 8-0
victory over Transylvania (Mar. 3).
Junior (2011):
Started all 43 games she saw action in and her .367 average
(47-of-128) at the plate ranked 12th among UAA players ...
Second-team selection to the NFCA All-America Team ... One of four
Emory players to capture first-team kudos on the All-Atlantic
Region Team ... Established a school seasonal record with a
conference-leading 11 homers ... Her 46 RBIs placed her second on
the team, fourth among UAA players and tied for third on the
school's seasonal chart ... Recorded 14 multiple-RBI contests, good
for second high on the team, and her 12 multi-hit contests was the
squad's third-highest effort ... .742 slugging percentage was
second both on the team and the UAA, ranked 61st nationally and was
good for the No. 5 spot on the school's seasonal ladder ... Second
on the team and tied for fourth place in the league with 13 doubles
... First Team All-UAA ... Socked a solo homer that accounted for
the game's only run in a 1-0 victory over Birmingham Southern (Feb.
27) ... Was named Co-MVP with teammate Bridget Holloway at the UAA
Tournament after helping the Eagles to an 8-0 record by hitting
.529 (9-for-17) and leading all players with 13 runs scored ...
Totaled 10 RBIs at the UAA Tourney ... Hit two homers vs.
Washington University (Mar. 10) in an 8-0, 5-inning triumph ...
Against No. 11-ranked Moravian, she went 2-for-2 at the plate with
a pair of RBIs, including the eventual game winner, in a 5-3
triumph ... In the second game of a twinbill vs. No. 8-ranked
DePauw (Mar. 24), she collected a pair of doubles along with three
RBIs in a 9-9 deadlock ... Big offensive explosion in a 10-6
victory in the second game of a doubleheader at Berry (Apr. 16),
coming through with a pair of run-producing doubles as well as a
two-run homer ... Three-for-three performance at the plate with
five RBIs, including a three-run homer, in an 11-1 victory vs.
Maryville (Feb. 20) ... Singled twice and scored the game-winning
in a tight 3-2 decision vs. Greensboro College (Feb. 26) ... Her
two-run homer in the fifth inning scored what proved to be the
deciding tally in an 8-3 defeat of Maryville (Apr. 23) ... Named
UAA Player of the Week (Feb. 28) in aiding the Eagles to
a pair of wins over both Greensboro College and Birmingham
Southern, hitting .417 with five hits in 12 plate appearance
and tying for the team lead with four RBIs, three of which were
game-winners.
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 |
2011 | 43-43 | 128 | 36 | 47 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 2-3 | .367 |
2011 | 39-39 | 118 | 35 | 46 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0-0 | .390 |
TOTAL | 160-159 | 500 | 127 | 196 | 151 | 52 | 4 | 26 | 17-19 | .392 |