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2023 Softball Roster

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7 Amelia Thomas

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • High School Rockridge
  • Hometown Andalusia, Ill.

Biography

+ All-A10 Second Team -2023
+ A10 Academic Team - 2023

2023:
Started and appeared in 49 games... led the Ramblers all season at the plate batting .315 (45-for-143)...recorded 11 doubles, three triples, three homers, 20 RBI, 28 runs, and seven stolen bases... ranked 10th in the A10 with a .427 on base percentage... became the only Rambler in history to start at every position with a start in the circle vs. Dayton (May 6)... had 10 games with at least two hits, including a season-high 3-for-3 performance with a double, triple, and three runs vs. George Washington (April 16)... had an eight game hitting streak spanning Feb. 26 through March 25... within that span, recorded two hits in three straight games at George Mason (March 18-19)... closed the year with a hit in the final three games, including a 1-for-2 outing with two RBI and a run vs. Saint Louis (May 12)... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.

2022: Turned in another impressive season, hitting .263 (35-for-133), with nearly half of her hits (16) being of the extra-base variety … Finished the year with eight doubles, six triples, which tied a single-season school record and ranked tied for 11thin NCAA Division I play, two home runs, 16 RBI and 11 stolen bases … In Missouri Valley Conference action, batted .286 (20-for-70) … Played in and started 46 contests, seeing the majority of her time at first base, committing only three errors … Notched six two-hit efforts … Reached base safely in 11 of her first 12 contests of the season … Opened the year with a four-game hitting streak … Tripled twice and drove in a run versus North Dakota (March 5) … Posted a pair of RBI in game one of a doubleheader at Murray State (March 10) … Enjoyed a season-high, eight-game hitting streak, April 4 through 20 … Homered in the opener of a three-game series at Northern Iowa (April 9) … Sizzled at the plate in both ends of the doubleheader at Indiana State (May 7), going a combined 4-for-6, with a double, triple and home run, to go with four runs and two RBI … Tripled and homered in the opener of that double dip versus the Sycamores before scoring three times in the nightcap … Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honoree … MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention selection.
 
2021: Had a breakthrough campaign and became one of the top hitters in the Loyola lineup … After seeing most of her time in the outfield in the first two months of the season, held down the second base job from March 27 on … Played in 40 games, making 36 starts, and hit .274 (32-for-117) with five doubles, a triple, a home run and 14 RBI … Her 14 RBI ranked second on the roster … Registered five multi-hit games … Ended the season by reaching base in each of the final 15 contests … Assembled four different five-game hitting streaks during the course of the season … Ranked second on the team with eight stolen bases … Posted a solid .375 (6-for-16) batting average in seven games at neutral sites … Hit .306 (11-for-36) with runners in scoring position … Capped a five-game hitting streak with a two-hit effort at Lipscomb (March 6) … Went 3-for-4 with a RBI and a stolen base in a win against Western Illinois (March 14) … Mashed her lone home run of the year to provide the Ramblers with their only run in a 1-0 victory at Evansville (March 20) in the Missouri Valley Conference opener … Recorded two hits and swiped a base in the home opener versus DePaul (March 31) … Had two hits, including a double, and drove in a pair of runs in a 3-2 victory over Bradley (April 11) … Drove in a run in both ends of a doubleheader split with Northern Iowa (April 16) … Tallied a RBI in each game of a three-game set versus Indiana State, going 2-for-3 in game two of a doubleheader (May 7).
 
2020: Most of her action came as a pinch hitter over nine games … Logged 10 at-bats but was hitless in a season cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak … Member of the MVC Honor Roll.
 
High School: Earned four letters at Rockridge High School and helped her team to the 2018 IHSA state title … Was a first team all-state pick in 2018 … Team captain … Garnered second team all-state accolades in 2017 … Three-time all-conference and three-time all-area selection … Shattered the Rockridge High School single-season records for stolen bases, runs and hits in 2018 … Hold the Rockridge career marks for hits, runs and doubles … Played travel ball with Heartland Havoc.

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2020Freshman

    INF/UT
    5'8"
    7
  • 7

    2021Sophomore

    IF/UT
    5'8"
    7
  • 7

    2022Junior

    UT
    5'8"
    7
  • 7

    2023Senior

    UT
    5'8"
    7