CAREER HONORS
• 2021 Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American
• 2021 ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American
• 2021 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Finalist
• 2021 Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American
• 2021 Senior CLASS Award Finalist
• 2021 ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region First Team
• 2021 First Team All-Big 12
• Collegiate Baseball National Slugger of the Week (5/10/21)
• Bobby Bragan Slugger of the Week (5/12/21)
• 2021 Preseason All-Big 12 Team
• 2021 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Preseason Watchlist
• 2021 Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Preseason Watchlist
• 2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
• 2020 Buster Posey Watchlist
• 2020 Dr. Prentice Gautt Big 12 Postgraduate Scholarship
• 2020 Preseason All-Big 12
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2019 All-Big 12 First Team
• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District 7 Team
• 2018 Second Team All-Big 12
• 2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• Two-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2017, Fall 2017)
• Dean's List (Fall 2017)
2021 (FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR): Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American … ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American … Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Finalist … Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American … Senior CLASS Award Finalist … ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region First Team … First Team All-Big 12 … First Team Academic All-Big 12 … Collegiate Baseball National Slugger of the Week (5/10) … Bobby Bragan Slugger of the Week (5/12) … Preseason All-Big 12 Team … Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Preseason Watchlist … Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Preseason Watchlist … started all 51 games behind the plate … hit a career-best .337 with a team-leading 11 home runs and 60 RBI … .337 average was 2nd on the team and 7th in the Big 12 … his 60 RBI were the most for a BU player since 2012 … 4th in Big 12 in RBI … 18 multi-hit games … compiled a 16-game hitting streak (4/13-5/20) and career-best 24-game reached base streak … 13 multi-RBI games … hit .368 in Big 12 play with seven home runs and 30 RBI … .368 average in conference games was 4th-best in the league … T-3rd with 35 hits in conference games … T-6th with 23 runs in 24 Big 12 games … his 30 RBI in Big 12 play were T-1st in the league, T-5th-most in BU history … threw out 17-of-32 runners … .991 fielding percentage … compiled five RBI with a home run and double at UTRGV (2/21) … hit his second home run of the season vs. Sam Houston (3/2) … crushed his third home run of the year vs. Xavier (3/14) … finished 2-for-4 with two runs and four RBI vs. UTSA (3/16) … went 3-for-4 with a home run, double and two RBI vs. Texas (3/20) … hit 3-for-4 with three runs vs. Texas (3/21) … went 2-for-3 with three RBI vs. NC A&T (4/1) … finished 2-for-5 with with three RBI vs. WVU (4/10) … hit a home run at KU (4/18) … went 3-for-5 with a run and RBI at Texas Tech (4/23) … was a triple short of a cycle vs. K-State (5/7) after going 3-for-4 with three runs and three RBI … had his first career multi-home run game vs. K-State (5/9) after roping two homers and a career-high six RBI … hit his 11th home run of the season vs. OU (5/20) while tallying four RBI … went 3-for-5 with two runs vs. OU (5/21).
2020 (SENIOR): 2020 Buster Posey Watchlist ... 2020 Preseason All-Big 12 ... Started all 14 games he saw action in ... Hit .213 with two home runs and seven RBI ... had a perfect field percentage ... 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... 2020 Dr. Prentice Gautt Big 12 Postgraduate Scholarship
2019 (JUNIOR): Made 47 starts for the Bears … Named All-Big 12 First Team … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Named to Google Cloud Academic All-District Seven Team … Named to the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List … Finished the season second on the team with a .335 average with four home runs and 32 RBI … Led team with 22 doubles … Recorded season-high five hits, including four doubles, vs. Cal Poly (3/17) … Drove in season-high four RBI vs. West Virginia (3/24), vs. Omaha (6/1) … Has tallied 15 multi-hit and six multi-RBI games.
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 58 games with 50 starts at first base and eight at catcher … Second Team All-Big 12 … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Set career highs with .324 batting average, 35 runs, 70 hits, 10 doubles, one home run and 34 RBI … Led team with 41 walks and .435 on-base percentage … Tied for fifth in Big 12 and ranked 92ndin nation with 41 walks … Hit first-career home run vs. HBU (2/17) … Collected first-career stolen base vs. Texas Tech (3/17) … Posted single-game career highs with three hits vs. HBU (2/18), vs. Texas Tech (3/17, 3/18), at Kansas State (4/27, 4/29), and vs. OSU (5/11) … Drove in career-high four runs vs. OSU (5/11) … Tallied eight multi-run, 18 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games … Recorded season-long 12-game hitting streak from Feb. 16-March 10 and 20-game on-base streak from April 2-May 17.
2017 (FRESHMAN): Played in 14 games with four starts at catcher ... Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (spring 2017, fall 2017) ... Dean's List (fall 2017) ... Made Baylor debut in field at first base vs. Niagara (2/18) ... Made first start vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/28), recorded season-high three hits, with single, double, triple, walk, season-high three RBI and season-high three runs scored ... Had pinch-hit single vs. Texas (4/14) ... Started vs. Stephen F. Austin (4/18), had hit and walk in three plate appearances ... Had pinch-hit single vs. Texas State (4/25) ... Went 1-for-2 off bench vs. Prairie View A&M (5/9) with RBI and run scored ... Was 1-for-1 off bench vs. Prairie View A&M (5/10) with two runs, RBI walk and triple ... Started at UTSA (5/16), went 1-for-4 with run, walk and season-high three RBI on first career home run ... Started vs. Kansas State (5/19), walked once in three plate appearances.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner for coach Bryn Wade at Murrieta Mesa High School ... 2016 Rawlings High School Gold Glove winner at catcher position ... 2016 Rawlings/Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American ... 2016 Perfect Game second-team All-California Region ... All-league honorable mention as junior... 2015 Perfect Game Underclass honorable mention ... Second-team all-league as sophomore ... As senior threw out 21 of 31 base stealers, hit .333 with 21 runs, 34 hits, 19 RBI, 10 doubles, four triples and two home runs in 34 games ... As junior hit .299 with 17 runs, 23 hits, 18 RBI, seven doubles and three homers in 28 games ... As sophomore hit .375 with eight runs, 30 hits, five RBI, three doubles and one homer in 26 games ... At MMHS posted career average of .336 with 46 runs, 87 hits, 42 RBI, 20 doubles, four triples and six homers in 88 games.
PERSONAL: Born on June 17, 1998 ... Son of Robert and Krista Thomas ... Graduated with an undergraduate degree in marketing ... Currently working on his MBA.
