United States2024-2025 FRESHMAN
Played in 31 games with 27 starts … averaged 11.2 points per game and 7.8 rebounds per contest … ranked No. 1 in the Southland and No. 76 in the NCAA in rebounds per game and had the highest rebounding average by a Privateer since the 2002-2003 season … 3.06 offensive rebounds per game ranked No. 1 in the Southland and No. 41 in the NCAA … 4.77 defensive rebounds per game ranked No. 3 in the Southland … 243 total rounds ranked No. 1 in the Southland and No. 55 in the NCAA … six double-doubles were 1 shy of the Southland lead … one just eight freshman in the NCAA with a game of 32 or more points … 32 points at UIW matched the school record for points in a game by a freshman originally set in 1979 … One of three freshman in the NCAA with a game of 18 or more rebounds … 18 rebounds vs. East Texas A&M set a school record for rebounds by a freshman in a conference game … finished No. 3 in the Southland in free throws attempted and No. 4 in free throws made … ended the season averaging 13.0 points per game and 8.8 rebounds per game in Southland play … averaged 10.9 rebounds per game over his final ten games.
HIGH SCHOOL
Averaged 17.0 points per game and 13.4 rebounds during his senior season at Denton High School… as a junior led Calvert High School to the state championship game and was named All-State, MVP and ESPN Texas Top-25 … led Calvert to a 78-8 record during his first three years of high school …between Denton and Calvert scored 2,323 points and pulled down over 1,500 rebounds in his high school career … McDonald’s All-American nominee… coached by his father Michael Thomas for all four years of varsity basketball.
LAGNIAPPE
Son of Michael and Nekia Thomas … one of five siblings (Chase, Chastity, Dazmine, Derodney, Camron, and Kingston) … Kinesiology major … first name is Michael, goes by the nickname “MJ” …played club basketball for Drive Nation, and Asak.
