Biography
Career
A .232 hitter (42 for 181) with 40 runs, two doubles, one home run, 13 RBIs and five stolen bases in 74 games with 59 starts ... redshirt in 2015.
Awards
2017 Academic All-GAC
2018 Academic All-GAC
2019 Academic All-GAC
GAC Rankings
2nd in GAC, 45th in NCAA II - 9, Sacrifice Bunts, 2018
2018
Hit .268 (26 for 97) with 24 runs, two doubles, one home run, nine RBIs and one stolen base in 35 games with 33 starts ... started 32 games in CF and one in RF ... led the team in sacrifice hits (9) ... hit .304 vs. left-handed pitchers and .326 with the bases empty ... had six multi-hit games and one multi-RBI game ... had a three-game hitting streak and six-game on-base streak ... 2-for-2 with three runs and one RBI vs. Williams Baptist (2/13) ... 3-for-3 with one run vs. Central Baptist (4/17) ... 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs at Ark.-Monticello (4/21).
2017
Hit .208 (16 of 77) with 14 runs, four RBI and four stolen bases in 34 games with 24 starts ... started nine games in CF, nine in RF, four in LF and two at DH ... three multi-hit games and one multi-RBI game ... longest hitting streak was four games and longest on-base streak was five games.
2016
Played in five games with two starts and scored two runs ... started once in LF and once at DH.
Career 3+ Hit games
3 vs Central Baptist, Apr. 17, 2018 (3-1-3-0)
3 at Ark.-Monticello, Apr. 21, 2018 (5-2-3-2)
Career Home Runs
at Christian Brothers, Mar. 27, 2018
Previous School
A 2014 graduate of Central Arkansas Christian in North Little Rock, Arkansas ... named Arkansas Class 4A All-State by the Arkansas Activities Association as a senior ... hit .431 as a senior ... Arkansas Class 5A Southwest All-Conference in 2012 ... Arkansas Class 7-4A All-Conference in 2013 and 2014 ... 2014 River Valley and Ozarks Player of the Year ... played in the 2014 Central Arkansas All-Star Game ... played football at CAC and broke the single-season record for passing yards ... coached by Ryan Stauder.
Personal
Born: July 15, 1996
Major: Management and Business Ethics
Parents: Kirkley Thomas and Johnna Novak
Career Highs
Hits: 3, vs Central Baptist, Apr 17, 2018 ; at Arkansas-Monticello, Apr 21, 2018
Doubles: 1, Ouachita Baptist, Apr 04, 2018 ; at East Central, Apr 09, 2018
Home runs: 1, at Christian Bros., Mar 27, 2018
Total bases: 4, at Christian Bros., Mar 27, 2018
RBI: 2, at Arkansas-Monticello, Apr 21, 2018 ; Arkansas-Monticello, Apr 24, 2017
Runs scored: 3, Williams Baptist, Feb 13, 2018
Walks: 2, 5 times
Hit by pitch: 2 Â [t-3rd], Delta St., Feb 04, 2017 ; Henderson State, Mar 04, 2018
Sac flies: 1, Southeastern Okla., Mar 31, 2018
Sac bunts: 1, 11 times
At bats: 5, at Arkansas-Monticello, Apr 21, 2018 ; Arkansas-Monticello, Apr 24, 2017
Stolen bases: 2, Delta St., Feb 04, 2017
Field chances: 6, Delta St., Feb 05, 2017
Putouts: 6, Delta St., Feb 05, 2017
Assists: 1, at East Central, Apr 09, 2018 ; at Henderson State, Mar 04, 2017 ; Okla. Baptist, Mar 17, 2018
