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Drafted 16th overall in the National Pro Fastpitch Draft by the Akron Racers
2014 Second Team All-ACC
2013 ACC Player of the Year
2013 First Team All-ACC
2013 NFCA All-Region Second Team
2011 May 3 ACC Player of the Week
As a Senior (2014): Led the team in batting average (.381; seventh in the ACC), hits (56), runs (44) and on-base percentage (.480) … Hit eight home runs and batted in 21 runs … Started all 47 games at shortstop … On opening day (Feb. 8), hit two home runs in two games against Missouri State … Finished the season with 18 steals, putting her second all-time in the Tech career record books with 113.
As a Junior (2013): ACC Player of the Year … NFCA All-Region second team … First Team All-ACC … Led ACC and team in batting average, hits, runs and stolen bases … Went on a 26-game hitting streak and reaching base safely streak … Batting average in conference play never fell below .460 … Leadoff batter in all but two games and started all 55 games at shortstop … Stole two bases in a single game nine times.
As a Sophomore (2012): Started all 60 games … Recorded a .295 batting average with a team-high 57 hits (sixth in the ACC) … Notched the second-most at bats in the league (193) and managed a team-high 46 runs (second in the ACC) … Swiped 31 bases, which was tied for second in the league … Went 7-for-9 with three runs, one RBI and one triple in a doubleheader at Florida State (April 15) … Tallied four runs and three stolen bases, after going 3-for-4 in the first game at La-Lafayette (March 22) … Registered 15 multi-hit games.
As a Freshman (2011): Appeared in 56 games on the year starting in 54 of them … Finished the season with a .305 batting average compiling 43 hits, two doubles and three triples … Scored 32 runs on the year … Was 27 for 29 on the base paths … Registered 12 multi-hit games on the year including a few three hit affairs … Notched a 2-for-3 outing against UT Chattanooga (Feb. 12) hitting the first triple of her Tech career driving in a run and scoring one of her own … Had back-to-back two hit games against Evansville (March 4) and UAB (March 6) notching a triple and a couple of RBIs … Had the first three hit game of her career at Virginia Tech (April 9) … Went 3-for-4 at home against Georgia (April 13) scoring a run … Had a 3-for-4 effort against UNC (April 17) driving in two runs … Had five consecutive multi-hit games from April 30 to May 7 racking up 10 hits, eight RBIs, and scoring seven runs during that time.
High School: Four-year letterwinner for Coach Greenway at McKinney High School … Holds school career records for hits (173), at bats (394), doubles (23), triples (14), runs scored (120), stolen bases (44), batting average (.439) and on-base percentage (.488) … As a senior, set single-season school records for batting average (.554), stolen bases (18), runs scored (40) and triples (5) … Named Lionette of the Year (Team MVP) all four years … Senior year accolades included first-team all-area by Vype Magazine and the Dallas Morning News, Lionette Big Stick Award, District Offensive Player of the Year and all-academic team … Three-time member of the all-district first team and all-academic team as well as a two-time All-McKinney team pick … As a freshman, was named to McKinney[apos]s [quote]Magnificent 9 … Played travel ball for the Texas Glory Gold team and finished in the top 20 at nationals in each of the past two seasons.
Personal: Born Ashley Eileen Thomas on May 20, 1992, in Virginia Beach, Va. … Parents are Mike Thomas and Jody Verwolf … Sister of Chelsea Thomas, Sydney Verwolf and Taylor Thomas … Graduate in December 2014 with a degree in business administration.
Thomas[apos] Career Hitting Statistics
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Single Game Highs:
Hits: 3, 4 times
Doubles: 1, 4 times
Triples: 1, at Boston College, Apr 30, 2011; vs Tenn.-Chattanooga, Feb 12, 2011; vs Evansville, Mar 04, 2011
Total bases: 5, at Boston College, Apr 30, 2011
RBI: 3, 4 times
Runs scored: 2, 9 times
Walks: 3, Liberty, May 21, 2011
Hit by pitch: 1, vs Oklahoma State, Feb 17, 2012; at Georgia State, Feb 29, 2012; NC State, Mar 26, 2011
Struck out: 2, vs Arizona, Feb 10, 2012; at Kennesaw State, Feb 23, 2011
At bats: 4, 21 times
Stolen bases: 3, North Carolina, Apr 16, 2011
Caught stealing: 1, 6 times