NDSU

Versatile player who could play anywhere on the diamond...Instinctive infielder with a solid glove...Contact hitter and hard worker...Valuable bench player who can fill many roles...2004 SEASON (JUNIOR): Made three starts in 19 games...Hit 2-for-3 and scored a pair of runs against Minnesota-Crookston...Scored three times in pinch-running assignments...2003 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in eight games including one start against Concordia-Moorhead...Walked three times, scored a run and drove in two in the win over the Cobbers...2002 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in three games for the Herd, earning a start against Minnesota-Crookston in which he hit 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored...Also stole a base in that game...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2000 from Brainerd High School where he was an honorable mention all-conference selection as a senior under coach Lowell Scearcy...Team captain and gold glove winner...Member of the National Honor Society...PERSONAL: Majoring in civil engineering...Family includes one older brother, Tyler...Son of Lonnie and Theresa Thomas of Fort Ripley, Minn.