Jason Thomas
Jason Thomas
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Herndon, Va.

High School:
Notre Dame Academy (Mass.)

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 195

Position:
G

General: A talented player who provides quality backup minutes at the two- or three-guard slot ... has great athleticism and plays with passion ... father Wilbur was a star at AU in the mid-1970's.

2003-04: Started in all but three games ... was in the top 15 in the Patriot League in rebounding ... snared team best 16 rebounds against FDU (11/29), which is a career high ... drained a career high 23 points against Radford (12/2) on nine for 12 shooting ... had seven boards to go along with 14 points against UNC-Greensboro (12/6) ... tied a career high in steals (three) against St. Francis (12/18), Yale (1/3) and Bucknell (2/7) ... played in a career high minutes (36) against FDU (11/29) and Lafayette (1/30) ... had a team high 16 points and four rebounds against Lehigh (2/13) to go along with his career high four assists.

2002-03: Saw his first action of the season versus Missouri (11/22) ... was one-of-three in five minutes vs. UNC-Greensboro (11/25) and also had two rebounds and an assist ... made his second collegiate start against Liberty ... for the second year in a row Thomas scored a career-high nine points against Radford (12/6) and this year he was four-of-five shotting and had a steal and assist ... played a season-high 14 minutes vs. Elon (12/28) ... against GW he made his third career start and he got AU off to a fast start (3-0 lead) by knocking down his only three of the afternoon just 55 seconds into the game .... started against St. Francis (1/4) and led the Eagles in rebounding with six ... played a career-high 23 minutes against Penn (1/8) and picked up four points, three rebounds and two assists ... managed six points anx four rebounds in just nine minutes of action vs. Navy (1/15) ... knocked down two threes vs. Army (2/2) in just 13 minutes ... had a career-high three assists vs. Army (2/27) and shared rebounding honors with seven boards.

2001-02: Scored his first career points on a three-pointer at Maryland (11/17) ... also had two steals against the Terps ... had three rebounds in a season-high 16 minutes of action against Fairleigh Dickinson (11/24) ... scored two points and had two rebounds against Penn (12/1) ... had his best game of the season against Radford (12/4) ... scored a career-high nine points on four-of-eight shooting, while adding three rebounds, two assists, and two steals ... made first career start at North Carolina A&T (12/7) ... scored four points and pulled down a career-high four rebounds in 22 minutes of action.

Before American: Was a First-Team Concorde District selection as a senior ... also named First-Team All-Region and an All-Defensive Team pick ... averaged 20.2 points and 9.6 rebounds per game ... was a team captain as a senior ... led Herndon to a two-year record of 40-9 ... completed a post-graduate year at Notre Dame Prep ... at Notre Dame he averaged nine points, six rebounds and two assists per game ... named team captain ... team went 38-5 and was the No. 1-ranked prep team in the New England region ... played prep ball for Bill Barton.