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Junior - Guard/Forward 6-4, 195 Harlan, KY |
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Junior - Guard/Forward 6-4, 195 Harlan, KY |
Coach Perry on Thomas: “Charles is an excellent athlete who has great range as a shooter. He has improved his ballhandling skills, which will enhance his ability to create his own shot. His past Final Four experience will benefit our team.”
Charles Thomas returns to the hardwood after transferring to EKU from the University of Minnesota in July, 1997, and sitting out last season. Thomas, who was an important factor in Minnesota’s Big Ten Conference championship during the 1996-97 season and trip to the Final Four, averaged 7.2 points and 1.5 rebounds for coach Clem Haskins’ Golden Gophers during that season as a sophomore. During that season at Minnesota, Charles had a career-best 17 points vs. Temple as the Golden Gophers went 31-4 and made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. He played his high school basketball for coach Mike Jones at Harlan High School where he won Mr. Basketball honors for the state of Kentucky in 1995 after averaging 23.4 points and 8.2 rebounds as a senior. A four-time all-state player at Harlan, he led the Green Dragons to back-to-back All-A state championships in 1994 and 1995. During his junior season, Thomas paced Harlan High School to a 36-4 record while averaging 23 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. He posted a career high 44 points against Clay County High School that season. Thomas’ list of team accomplishments is a long and impressive one. In high school, he won two state championships, a 13th region championship, a 52nd district championship, made three final four appearances and two sweet 16 appearances. Charles also earned numerous Player-of-the-Year accolades. He was 13th Region Player-of-the-Year in 1995, Gatorade Player-of-the-Year (KY) in 1995, 52nd District Player-of-the-Year in 1995, SEKC Player-of-the-Year in 1995, Associated Press All-State first-team in 1995, Mr. Kentucky in 1995 and Mountain Player-of-the-Year in 1995.
The Thomas Profile
Full Name: Charles Allen Thomas; Favorite Sport (other than basketball):
Baseball; Favorite Pro Athlete: Albert Belle; Favorite TV Show: Comic View;
Favorite Movie: The Jackie Robinson Story; Favorite Food: Steak; Major:
Sports Supervision; Why I came to Eastern: First, family and second, Coach
P; Outlook for the 1998-99 Season: Win 20 games, win the OVC regular season
and tournament titles, go to the NCAA. Second, to be productive and do
what I can to help the team meet our goals.
Career Highlights: only was able to play the one game versus Georgia State (12-30-1998)
CAREER BASKETBALL STATISTICS
-FG (INCL 3PT)- ---3 PT FG--- --FREE THROWS- -----REBOUNDS----
YEAR GP-GS MD- ATT PCT MD- ATT PCT MD- ATT PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG A TO BLK STL PF-D MIN-AVG PTS AVG
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1999 1- 0 1- 6 16.7 0- 2 0.0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0 3 0- 0 18-18.0 2 2.0
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TOTAL 1- 0 1- 6 16.7 0- 2 0.0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0 3 0- 0 18-18.0 2 2.0
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