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.
