• Career Highlights (.pdf)

2005: Was named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Year and First-Team All-Horizon League, posting a 7-5 mark with a career-best ERA of 3.42 and a career-high 88 strikeouts...was named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week on May 2 and April 11...was also named to the Collegiate Baseball Foundation’s National Honor Roll three times...was a dominant 3-1 in Horizon League contests with a 2.00 ERA...allowed only two hits and one unearned run in a nine-inning complete game to lead the Penguins to a 5-1 win over Wright State (4/29)...struck out a career-high 15 batters and did not allow an earned run in a 5-1 victory over Cleveland State (4/8)...after allowing an unearned run in the bottom of the first against the Vikings, he struck out 15 of the next 29 hitters, including striking out the side in the ninth to record his first complete game of the season...struck out eight different Vikings while allowing only four singles...his mark of 15 strikeouts was the most by a Penguin since 1997...did not allow a run through 8 1/3 innings against UW-Milwaukee before allowing a pinch-hit homer in a complete game victory (5/20)...after a loss to Missouri on March 12, he went 6-2 with a 2.28 ERA and struck out 73 hitters in 67 innings...picked up victories against Dayton, Morehead State, IPFW, Cleveland State, Ashland, Wright State and UW-Milwaukee...was named to Baseball America’s Preseason All-Horizon League Team.

2004: Was YSU’s workhorse all season, making 14 starts and and hurling 93.1 innings...posted a record of 7-3 with 82 strikeouts while a 5.11 ERA...struck out six or more hitters in eight of his starts...picked up the win in YSU’s opening round win over Butler in the Horizon League Championship (5/26)...allowed three runs while striking out four in eight innings of work against the Bulldogs...also defeated Butler in the regular season as he allowed two runs on six hits in a complete game victory (4/23)...allowed only two hits as he threw seven scoreless innings at Missouri to earn his first win of the season (2/27)...allowed one run on five hits while striking out eight through seven innings in win over IPFW (4/17)...also defeated Wofford (3/6) and Illinois-Chicago (5/14)...struck out a career-high 11 hitters at Detroit (3/7).

2003: Went 5-5 with one save and a 4.88 ERA...ranked among Horizon League leaders in innings pitched (10th - 75.2) and strikeouts (third - 80)...went 2-1 with a 2.73 ERA in regular season conference bouts...was dominant at Eastwood Field, going 3-1 with an ERA of 1.78...held lefties to a .231 average...threw six innings or more in seven of nine starts...shifted to the bullpen late in the season...picked up his save against UW-Milwaukee in the Horizon League Tournament, tossing three shutout innings against the Panthers...earned his first win in relief appearance against Ohio (3/8)...allowed three runs, one earned, in 6.2 innings in win over Davis & Elkins (3/25)...fanned nine in seven innings in win over Detroit (4/11)...picked up his fourth win in a seven-inning, 11 strikeout performance against Butler in which he allowed three unearned runs...threw three scoreless innings in relief at Toledo to pick up the victory.

High School: Was a four-year letterwinner...set the school record for most homeruns and tied the school record for most homeruns in a season…. named to USSSA World Series first-team all-tournament team and was a two-time first-team All-GLL selection…named first-team all-district...was an honorable mention selection as a pitcher…helped lead team to league championship…named team MVP…received James F. O’Brian Award for Best Male Student Athlete…also a four-year letterwinner in golf and a three-year letterwinner in basketball.

Personal: Son of Steve and Jackie Thomas…major is marketing…born Jan. 18, 1984.

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