Chris Thomas (basketball)

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Chris Thomas (born 1982 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a former basketball player at Pike High School and the University of Notre Dame. Thomas lead the Pike High School Red Devils to victory at the Indiana State High School competition in 2001. He was Indiana's "Mr. Basketball" in 2001. 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 was the 2002 Big East Conference Rookie of the Year winner, as well as a 2 time Big East all-conference selection. 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. Thomas is currently playing for Polaris World Murcia in Spain's top professional basketball league the ACB.

[edit] External links

• Player profile @ ESPN.com
• [http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/thomas_chris00.html Notre Dame Player profile

Preceded by Jared Jeffries

Indiana "Mr. Basketball" award 2001

Succeeded by Sean May