Chris Thomas (born 1982 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a former basketball player at Pike High School and the University of Notre Dame.

Contents 1 Personal 2 High School 3 College 3.1 Freshman 3.2 Sophomore 3.3 Junior 3.4 Senior 4 Pro career 5 External links

[edit] Personal

Christopher Ryan Thomas is the son of Frank & Tammy Thomas. He was born October 3, 1982 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has 3 siblings. His dad Frank also played college basketball at Butler University and was an Indiana all-state selection at Northside High School.

[edit] High School

Thomas lead the Pike High School Red Devils to 2 state titles in his 4 years at Pike. In 2001, he was named Indiana's "Mr. Basketball"

[edit] College

Thomas chose Notre Dame over Stanford, Purdue, Indiana, Duke and Michigan State. At Notre Dame he was a economics major in the College of Arts and Letters. After College he still is in the UND basketball record books for a number of categories. He ranks eighth on the Notre Dame's all-time scoring list with 1,783 points. He is also the school's all-time leader in assists, having dished out 638 in his career. His career scoring average of 18.0 ppg ranks 11th on the school's all-time list. He also ranks second all-time in school history with 302 3-Point Field Goals, third in steals with 184, and 11th in 3 Point Field Goal Percentage. He recorded the only triple-double in school history, against University of New Hampshire, when he scored 24 points, had 11 assists, and 11 steals in his first game. He was named to the First Team All Notre Dame team as the point guard. This team was put together to celebrate 100 years of Notre Dame basketball and Thomas was the first team point guard.

[edit] Freshman

He received many post season awards such as Big East Conference Freshman of the Year. He also won the National Freshman of the Year by Basketball Times and Basketball News. He finished as the team's second-leading scorer with a 15.6 scoring average.

[edit] Sophomore

An honorable mention Associated Press selection. His numbers were up from last season as Chris finished the season second in scoring again with an 18.7 scoring average. He became the 43rd player in Notre Dame basketball history to score 1,000 career points and just seventh player to reach the mark in his second season. Coming off a season where he garnered Associated Press honorable mention All-American honors, Thomas declared himself eligible for the 2003 NBA Draft on May 6, 2003. After participating in individual workouts with a number of teams, Thomas never got a guarantee he would be a first-round pick, which meant a guaranteed three-year contract. Thomas withdrew on June 6 to return to Notre Dame for the 2003-04 year.

[edit] Junior

He was named to the Associated Press Honorable Mention selection and BIG EAST second-team honoree for the second straight year. He became the career leader in assists with 638, setting the record in home game against Connecticut on February 9, 2004. He is the only player in Notre Dame basketball history to score more than 1,700 points and dish off 600-plus assists.

[edit] Senior

Up until his senior season Chris never missed a game during his Irish career and started all 99 contests. On April 9 he underwent underwent arthroscopic surgery knee for a cartilage tear in left kneecap. He was schedule to return to the court by mid-August 2004. Despite playing with knee injury throughout the season, averaged 38.3 minutes per game.

[edit] Pro career

Thomas is currently playing for Ayuda en acción Fuenlabrada in Spain's top professional basketball league the ACB.

[edit] External links

• Player Profile @ ESPN.com
• Notre Dame Player Profile
• Basketpedya.com Profile

Preceded by Jared Jeffries	Indiana Mr. Basketball award 2001	Succeeded by Sean May
Preceded by Eddie Griffin	Big East basketball Rookie of the Year 2002	Succeeded by Carmelo Anthony