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2013: MAAC Defensive Player of the Year, All-MAAC First Team, MAAC All-Academic Team, Academic All-District First Team, MAAC Defensive Player of the Week – 2/12, 2/10, 4/9 … Appeared in 35 of Marist’s 37 games as a senior… Went 22-12 with a .521 save percentage, making 271 saves on 520 shots against… Had an 8.10 goals against average… Stopped six of 19 five-meter penalties faced… Was fifth on the team with 58 steals and also added 12 assists… Had 11 games with at least 10 saves, including a season-high 15 saves on April 5 at Brown in an 8-7 sudden death overtime victory.

2012: MAAC Co-Defensive Player of the Year, All-MAAC Second Team, MAAC Defensive Player of the Week 2/14, 2/28, 3/13, 4/3, 4/17... Played in 32 games for the Red Foxes... She registered 396 saves with a save percentage of 63.7%.... Goals against average was 7.63... Posted a 14-16 record in her first season at Marist... Recorded 19 games with 10 or more saves including three games where she had at least 15 saves ... Made a season-high 17 saves versus St. Francis (N.Y.) on 3/31, followed by a 15-save performance on the same day against Villanova ... Also had a season-high three assists in the 3/31 win over Villanova ... Had seven saves, an assist and a season-high three steals versus Redlands University on 3/13 ... Recorded two steals on three difference occasions: 2/18 vs. Princeton,  3/17 vs. Claremont and 4/7 vs. Iona

Prior to Marist: Thomas joined the Red Foxes for the 2012 season after transferring from the Univeristy of Cape Town in South Africa... She played for the South African 18-and-under and 20-and-under National Teams. She competed in the FINA World Cup in Russia for the 18-and-under team and in Italy for the 20-and-under team. 

She studied film and advertising for two years at the University of Cape Town. 

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