1. Mel Thomas averaged 20.4 points 5.4 assists and 4.0 rebounds, and made several All America teams.
14 Facts About Mel Thomas
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Mel Thomas was named a WBCA All-American, and participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game.
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Mel Thomas chose UConn over schools like Duke, Ohio State, and Cincinnati.
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Mel Thomas started the Huskies' first 28 contests before sitting out the final two games of the regular season with a sprained right ankle, suffered during the Syracuse game on February 2,2006.
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Mel Thomas started in all 36 games as the Huskies' shooting guard and tallied double-figure points in 16 games, including three 20-plus scoring efforts.
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Mel Thomas made at least one 3-pointer in 35 of 36 games.
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Mel Thomas spent the summer prior to the start of her junior season playing for the USA Pan American Games Team, which became the first US squad to capture the gold medal at the Pan American Games since 1987.
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On January 21,2008, against the University of North Carolina Tar Heels, Mel Thomas was honored with her 1,000th point ball in front of a sold-out crowd at Gampel Pavilion.
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Mel Thomas finished her UConn career with 1,098 points, and is in the school's Top 5 in total 3pt FG's made with 224.
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Mel Thomas was hoping to be a second-round pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft, but went undrafted due to an ACL injury.
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In October 2008, Mel Thomas made it back to the court to play in her first professional basketball game for the Irish League's Waterford Wildcats, scoring 33 points in her first game.
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Mel Thomas played for the Waterford Wildcats for one season.
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Mel Thomas joined the Florida Gulf Coast women's basketball staff as the director of operations in 2010.
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Mel Thomas was a member of head coach Karl Smesko's staff for four seasons.