NDSU

Up-and-coming infielder who will challenge for time at second base...Swings the bat well but will need to adjust quickly to a high caliber of college pitching...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2005 from Choctawhatchee High in Fort Walton Beach...Three-year starter at second base for coach Andy Snaith...All-state in Florida as a junior when he hit .437 with 13 doubles and 19 RBIs...Earned a second all-conference award his senior year with a .345 average...Also a three-year letterwinner and two-time all-conference pick in football...Charted more than 100 tackles each of his junior and senior seasons...PERSONAL: Undecided on a college major, but has ambitions of being a sports agent...Enjoys video games and playing poker in his spare time...Has an older brother, Robbie, and an older sister, Jenna...Son of Robert and Karen Thom of Papillion, Neb.