2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

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5 Mya Thomas

  • Position Point Guard
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Deep Creek H.S.
  • Hometown Chesapeake, Virginia
  • Major Business Administration

Biography

2022-23 (Senior): One of four Hawks to appear in all 30 games while making 20 starts ... Led Hawks in minutes (804) and minutes-per (26.8) ... Ranked second on team in scoring (9.2), first on team with 108 field goals made ... Ranked second with 22 three-pointers made ... Finished second among qualified Hawks in free throw percentage (.776) ... Finished second on Hawks dishing out 48 assists ... Swiped 33 steals to rank third on the squad ... Scored season-best 20 points vs. La Salle on Dec. 10 ... Collected five rebounds twice, vs. Navy on Dec. 1 and Fairleigh Dickinson on Nov. 27 ... Posted three four-assist games and two four-steal efforts 

2021-22 (Junior): Started 17 of 24 games played ... Averaged a team high 22 minutes per game ... Led the team with 57 assists ... Ninth in the MEAC with 2.4 assists per game ... Season high 14 points at Coppin on January 29 ... Made three 3-pointers against Navy on December 5 ... Had six assists against Howard on March 11 ... Had three steals twice (Clafin on November 13 and William and Mary on November 23 ... 

2020-21 (Sophomore): Lost season due to COVID 19 pandemic ... Made MEAC Commissioners' All-Academic Team ...

2019-20 (Freshman): Picked up her first start of the season in a win at Morgan State (2/8/20) where she scored 18 points including a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line ... Started 11 straight games at the point through the end of the season ... Reached double digits in scoring six times including a career-high 21 pints in the opening round of the MEAC Tournament against Coppin State ... Had a season-high six assists at Coppin State (2/10/20) ... Was 12-of-32 from behind the arc (37.5%) and converted 28 of 35 from the free throw line (80%) ... Played in 26 games on the season missing a few early due to injury ... Named the team's Rookie of the Year at the end-of-year Digital Harrys Awards ... 

High School: Led Deep Creek High School to the state tournament for the first time since 2002, while earning First-Team Class 4A All-State honors. Thomas averaged 18.4 points and 6.2 assists while finishing her career as the No. 4 scorer in school history with 1,477 points ... Earned the VHSL Academic Excellence Award for 2018-19 ... Honors graduate ... 

Personal: Born May 6, 2001 ... Daughter to Keysha and Monir Thomas ... Has one brother, Lavonte' ... Pregame routine involves praying during the anthem ... Favorite athletic moment was taking down top seeded Bethune Cookman in the 2020 MEAC tournament ... Considers her mother and father as her biggest influence for always pushing her through her adversities ... Favorite non-athletic achievement is graduating high school with honors ... After graduating hopes to work in the marketing field and start her own clothing business ... Favorite saying is "The only impossible journey is the one you never begin" - Tony Robbins ... Favorite book is the Bible ... Favorite movie is Zootopia ... Goals for the team are winning a MEAC title ...

Career Highs
Minutes: 32 (2/8/20 Morgan State)
Points: 21 (3/11/20 Coppin State)
Rebounds: 5 (2/3/20 Delaware State)
Assists: 6 (2/10/20 Coppin State)
Steals: 2 (2x, last 2/10/20 Coppin State)
Blocks: 1 (3x, last 11/27/18 Longwood)
FGM: N/A
3PTM: 2 (2x, last 3/11/20 Coppin State)
FTM: 6 (2/8/20 Morgan State)
Double Doubles: N/A

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2019-20Freshman

    Point Guard
    5'5"
    5
  • 5

    2020-21Sophomore

    Point Guard
    5'5"
    5
  • 5

    2021-22Junior

    Point Guard
    5'5"
    5
  • 5

    2022-23Senior

    Point Guard
    5'5"
    5
  • 5

    2023-24Graduate Student

    Point Guard
    5'5"
    5