Carla Thomas (basketball)

Carla Thomas

Thomas in 2010
Personal information
Born	(1985-10-31) October 31, 1985 (age 39)
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school	Cumberland Valley (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania)
College	Vanderbilt (2003–2007)
WNBA draft	2007: 1st round, 10th overall pick
Drafted by	Chicago Sky
Position	Power forward / center
Career history
2007	Chicago Sky
Career highlights
First-team All-SEC (2007) 2× SEC Tournament MVP (2004) SEC All-Freshman Team (2004)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Carla Thomas (born October 31, 1985) is an American basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the WNBA. She played a total of 17 games for the Sky in the 2007 season, averaging 2.5 points per game.

In 2015, she was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.

In 2019, Thomas was inducted into the Vanderbilt University Athletics Hall of Fame, where she played for four years. A graduate of Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Thomas is one of the first women's basketball players to be drafted into the WNBA from the state of Pennsylvania.

Over the course of her athletic career she has won numerous individual and team accolades at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels. ^{[1] [2]}

Career statistics

WNBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2007	Chicago	17	0	7.2	39.5	0.0	92.9	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.4	2.5
Career	1 year, 1 team	17	0	7.2	39.5	0.0	92.9	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.4	2.5

College career statistics

Source ^[3]

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2003-04	Vanderbilt	34	341	55.2	-	77.4	5.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	10.0
2004-05	Vanderbilt	32	509	54.1	-	80.2	6.5	1.6	1.1	1.4	15.9
2005-06	Vanderbilt	30	373	52.6	-	83.5	5.9	1.9	1.1	0.7	12.4
2006-07	Vanderbilt	34	551	55.0	25.0	80.5	6.4	2.3	1.2	1.0	16.2
Career	Vanderbilt	130	1774	54.3	25.0	80.5	6.0	1.6	1.1	1.1	13.6

References

1. "Carla Thomas WNBA Stats | Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
2. "SKY: Sky Selects Carla Thomas 10th overall". www.wnba.com. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
3. "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

• "Vanderbilt reveals newest Hall of Fame class". Archived from the original on December 4, 2019.
• Hall of Fame Class Revealed
• Local Sports: Nine included in PA Sports Hall of Fame

External links

• Vanderbilt Commodores bio