Prior to Texas A&M-Commerce: Spent the 2004-05 season at Drury University after spending the previous two years at New Mexico Junior College...at Drury, he averaged 2.8 points and 2.3 rebounds a contest...third on the team with 29 offensive rebounds and fourth with a 53.6% field-goal percentage...recorded a career-high 11 points and seven rebounds against St. Edward's (Texas), in the contest he went 4-for-4 from the field and 3-for-3 from the free-throw line...as a two-year starter at NMJC, he averaged 12 points and seven rebounds a game...scored a career-high 19 against New Mexico Military Institute...a three-year letterwinner in basketball and in track and field at Gainesville High School...a two-time all-state, and all-region and three-time all-district selection in basketball...led team to three state tournament appearances, including a state title as a senior in 2002.

Personal: Born January 4, 1983...son of Alvin and Myrtle Thomas...undecided on a major.