Player Profiles
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ALISON
THOMAS
r-Sr. | 5-6 | Defensive Specialist | Haymarket, Va. | Middleburg Academy
2020 (r-Jr.) • Joined the team in February • Saw action in one set in WVU’s last match of the season against Old Dominion (Mar. 30) 2019 (Jr.) – At Cleveland State • Competed in six matches for the Vikings • Totaled three digs to average 0.33 per set 2018 (So.) – At Southern Illinois • Played in 75 sets • Posted 199 digs to average 2.65 per set • Tallied 21 service aces to average 0.28 per set • Turned in eight double-digit dig performances • Had a career-high 25 digs in a season-opening victory vs. IUPUI (Aug. 25) • Recorded a personal-best four service aces in the win over Alabama A&M (Aug. 31) 2017 (Fr.) – At Southern Illinois • Appeared in nine matches • Recorded an ace in five of nine matches • Notched her first career ace and dig at Murray State (Sept. 5) • Tallied an ace and two digs vs. Loyola Chicago (Oct. 30)
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• Finished with a season-best four digs at Valparaiso (Nov. 18) High School • Competed for Maureen DiClementi at Middleburg Academy • Also played for Elliott Cruz and Peter Bach at Virginia Top Team • Led Middleburg Academy to back-to-back state titles as a junior and senior • Combined for 1,387 digs, 315 service aces and 229 kills during her high school campaign • Three-time most valuable player award winner at Middleburg Academy (2014-16) • Two-time all-state honoree (2015-16) • Landed on the 2015 American Volleyball Coaches Association Phenom’s list Personal • Daughter of Robert and Kimberly Thomas • Birthday is Aug. 12 • Has one brother and one sister • Her sister Emily plays ice hockey at Liberty • Majoring in sport management • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
