2003: Played in 42 games and earned 27 starts...belted the game-winning two-run bomb at Virginia Tech...went 2-4 with two runs and three RBI in the contest at Virginia Tech...career-high five-game hit streak...fifth on the team with a .307 batting average with 31 hits, five doubles and 15 RBI.

2002: Played in 11 games, starting two ... hit .429 with three hits, three RBI and three runs scored ... hit a home run against George Washington in the second game of the Atlantic 10 Championship Series (May 24) ... went 1-1 with an RBI and a run scored against La Salle (May 4).

2001: Played in 10 games, making one start ... collected one hit and earned three walks ... went 1-1 with a run scored and an RBI at Virginia Commonwealth (May 6) ... made first career start, as the designated hitter, at Towson (May 9).

High School and Personal: Played four years of baseball and two years of basketball at McLean High School ... captain of baseball team ... all-district, all-region and all-met ... American Legion all-star ... son of Harry Thomas and Anna Bruce of McLean, Va. ... born May 19, 1982 ... has two brothers, John and Andrew (14)...John played baseball at UVA from 1997 to 2000 and recently returned from playing for two years in the Czech Baseball Association...His father, Harry, played baseball at UVA from 1973 to 1976 and is co-holder of the ACC record for strikeouts in one game (19) in 1974... interests include all sports.

THOMAS' CAREER STATISTICS

Year	G	AB	R	H	AVG	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB-A	BB	SO
2001	10	10	1	1	.100	0	0	0	1	0-0	3	3
2002	11	7	3	3	.429	0	0	1	6	0-0	1	2
2003	42	101	14	31	.307	5	0	1	15	2-2	17	22
Totals	63	118	18	35	.297	5	0	2	22	2-2	21	27