Ryan Thomas

Class:
Senior
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 260
Position:
RHP
Hometown:
Plano, Texas
High School:
Plano East HS
Last College:
Navarro CC

2017 (Senior): Called upon exclusively as a relief pitcher during his final collegiate campaign...Toed the pitching rubber in 15 of the 'Jacks' 57 games...Produced an 0-0 record while striking out 16, walking seven and giving up 10 runs on 15 hits and seven walks in 14.2 innings of action...Tossed a season-best two innings in which he totaled a season-high two strikeouts in a non-conference road loss at UTSA (2/24)...Tied his season-high by tallying two strikeouts on four other occasions - the last of which came in a Southland Conference setback at Nicholls (5/5).

2016 (Junior): Doubled as an option at the plate and on the pitching rubber in his inaugural season at an NCAA Division I institution...Was used in four games as a position player and finished with a slash line of .250/.500/.250...Collected one hit in four plate appearances with a pair of walks...Registered his lone RBI of the season by drawing a bases-loaded walk in a 17-3 home non-conference victory over Texas Southern (4/5)...Received his only start in a non-conference tilt at Wichita State (3/29)...Stepped to the mound exclusively as a relief pitcher in 18 of SFA's 60 games...Posted a 1-1 record while striking out 20, walking 18 and giving up 24 runs on 38 hits in 23 innings of work...Made his SFA debut when he threw 0.2 innings of relief in a non-conference setback against No. 7-ranked Oklahoma State (2/20)...Amassed a career-high three strikeouts as part of a 2.2-inning relief effort against UT Arlington (3/1)...Secured his first win by throwing one inning in a 13-6 home victory over Southland Conference foe McNeese (5/8)...Turned in a season-long three-inning performance in which he allowed just one hit and tied a career best with three strikeouts in SFA's Southland Conference Tournament game against regular season champion and eventual tournament champion Sam Houston State (5/28).

Before SFA: Used up one half of his post-high school eligibility by playing for head coach Matt Podjenski at Navarro College...notched three high school letters in three seasons as a starter at first base and as a pitcher for head coach Rick Robertson at Plano HS...tabbed as an All-District performer...son of Jeffrey and Rosemary Thomas...born in Atlanta, Ga. ...will major in criminal justice.