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VANDERBUILT STAR AND GUYANESE NATIONAL CARLA THOMAS IS 10TH PICK DRAFTED BY CHICAGO SKY FORWNBA 2007
2006-07 Most Valuable Player of the 2007 Southeastern Conference Tournament... Earned honor for second time in her career, becoming only the third SEC student-athlete to be so recognized... Unanimous first-team All-SEC selection by league coaches... Second-team pick by the Associated Press... Ranks sixth all-time at Vanderbilt in scoring with 1,774 career points... Ranked fourth in the league in scoring, 15th in rebounding... Also in the Top 10 in field goal percentage and free throw percentage... Season-high 32 points to go along with 11 rebounds at UAB... Also posted double-doubles against Arkansas (twice) and Bowling Green... Back-to-back 23-point games against LSU and Tennessee came right after she sprained her ankle in practice... Did not start first game of season due to injury, but did play a reserve role... Led Vanderbilt in scoring on 12 occasions, including six conference games... Semi-finalist at the College 3-Point Shootout which preceded NCAA Men's Final Four.
2005-06: Earned honorable-mention All-Southeastern Conference honors from the Associated Press... With a lay-up less than a minute into the Mississippi State game, Thomas became the 26th Commodore to reach the 1,000-point plateau... She is only the 11th VU player to reach 1,000 points prior to her senior campaign... Team's leading scorer in games against conference opponents, averaging 12.1 points per game... Scored in double-figures in 23 games, including a season-high 24 points to lead the Commodores over Colgate in the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament championship game... Named the tourney's Most Valuable Player for her efforts that weekend as she averaged 21 points and eight rebounds, and connected on a career-best 10-of-10 free throws against Charleston Southern... Led the team in rebounding, averaging 5.9 boards per game... Posted three double-doubles on the season... First double-double performance came in non-conference finale against Western Kentucky (14 points, 10 rebounds)... In VU's next game, Thomas scored 11 points and added 14 rebounds... Thomas' third double-double came in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament, where she scored a team-high 13 points and added 10 rebounds against third-seeded Georgia... Suffered a concussion in VU's loss to North Carolina which caused her to miss the next two games... Made a team-high 91 free throws, connecting on over 83.5 percent of her charity tosses... Posted a career-high five steals in VU victory at Alabama... Ranks among the SEC's statistical leaders in five categories: 12th in scoring; 16th in rebounding ; 12th in field goal percentage; fifth in free throw percentage; ninth in defensive rebounds.
2004-05: Named second-team All-SEC by the coaches and the AP... Finished second on the team in scoring (15.9 ppg) and second in rebounding (6.5)... Fourth in the SEC in scoring (18.3 ppg) during conference play... Scored a career-high 33 points and grabbed a career-best 17 rebounds in the come-from-behind win at Miss. State, which was third double-double of the season... Registered fourth double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds in SEC Tournament quarterfinal win over Arkansas... Picked up first double-double of the season after scoring 21 points and grabbing 10 rebounds at Miami (Ohio)... Second double-double came against N.C. State when she scored 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds... First career 30-point game came when she had 32 points in the win at Auburn... Posted six 20-point games and scored in double figures in 26-of-32 games... Started all 32 games for the Commodores... Had three 23-point efforts, including wins over St. Francis (Pa.), Arkansas and at Florida... Shot 54.1 percent from the field and 80.2 percent from the free-throw line (97-of-2
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