Outlook

Lisa Thomas is a true point guard with a high basketball IQ … Possesses great vision and quickness … An excellent passer and runs the floor well ... Signed a National Letter of Intent to play at at the University of Missouri Kansas City next year.

Career

Played in 77 career games with 35 starts … Averaged 6.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.1 steals and connected on 72.6 percent of the shots at the free throw line … Helped the program to an 89-7 record, three conference titles, three region/district titles, three national tournament appearances, a national runner-up finish in 2021 and a fifth place finish in 2022.

Sophomore Year 2022-23

Earned All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Division II second-team and All-Region VI/Plains District second-team … Played in and started 35 games … Averaged 11.3 points 6.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.9 steals and shot 43.6 percent from the field (154-for-340) and 72.5 at the free throw line (79-for-109) … Led the conference in total assists (146), ranked third in the conference in assists average, third in free throw accuracy, third in total rebounds (236), sixth in rebound average, second in free throws made (79) and eighth in the scoring average … Scored in double figures 20 times, twice with 20+ points … Ledthe team with five double figure rebound games and three double-doubles … Led the team in scoring eighttimes, 13 times as the top rebounder, led in assists 19 times and 15 times in steals … Flirted with a quadruple double with 12 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and seven steals in an 89-35 win over Cottey JV (11-6-22) … Led JCCC with 17 points and seven rebounds in a 73-64 win over Iowa Lakes (11-12-22) … Followed with 15 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in a 68-51 win at Southeast (11-16-22) … Matched her season high of seven steals to go along with 17 points in a 103-30 blowout of Sauk Valley (12-3-22) … Opened conference play with 15 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals in a 62-58 win at Kansas City Kansas (1-14-23) … Poured in 22 points on 10-of-13 shooting with a 3-pointer and free throw, and contributed seven assists, five rebounds and two steals to lead the Lady Cavaliers to an 81-30 win at Hesston (1-25-23) … Tallied 16 points, seven boards and seven assists in a 73-53 win at Neosho County (2-1-23) … Posted her first double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds, and nearly had a triple-double with eight assists in a 69-28 win over Missouri Valley JV (2-16-23) … Followed with a second double-double of 18 points and 12 rebounds, along with seven assists and six steals in a 112-25 blowout over Hesston (2-18-23) … Made it three straight with 12 points and 12 boards in a 68-37 win at Highland (2-22-23) … Scored a career high 25 points and matched her season high with nine assists in a 98-53 win over Neosho County (2-25-23) … Was selected the week 15 KJCCC D-II Player of the Week following her two performances at Highland and against Neosho County … Grabbed a career high 13 rebounds, scored seven points and dished out five assists in a 77-43 victory over Allen in the Region VI/Plains District semifinals (3-10-23) … Averaged 10.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists in the national tournament … Her total of 25 rebounds rank tied for 17^th in team tournament history, and her 8.3 average ranks tied for eighth .. Opened with a game-high 21 points, eight rebounds and three assists in a 92-42 win over Delta (3-22-23) … Followed with four points, eight rebounds and four assists in a 60-55 loss to Harcum (3-23-23) … Closed out the tournament with six points and nine boards in a 69-55 loss to Morton (3-24-23).

Freshman 2^nd-Year 2021-22

Played in 20 games … Averaged 2.1 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game … Was JCCC’s game leader in assists three times … Tallied four points in wins over North Platte (1-5-22), Neosho County (1-29-22) and No. 4 Labette (2-9-22) … Also dished out four assists against the nationally ranked Cardinals … Led JCCC’s bench with a career high 11 points along with four rebounds and three assists in a 70-60 win over No. 5-rannked Labette in the Region 6/Plains District Championship Game … Made three field goals and was a perfect 5-of-5 at the free throw line.

Freshman Year 2020-21

Played in 23 games … Averaged 2.8 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game … Shot 43.8 percent from the field and 67.6 percent at the free throw line … Finished with five points and five rebounds in a 92-46 win over Missouri Valley JV (2-2-21) … Established her career highs for points with nine and rebounds with eight, along with three assists, in an 86-38 win over Metropolitan (2-24-21) … Hit 4-of-6 shots and a free throw … Connected on all three of her field goal attempts and both free throws for eight points in a 65-28 win at Hesston (3-6-21) … Finished with seven points and two steals in a 67-59 loss to Kansas City Kansas in the Region VI Championship Game (4-10-21) … Was a key player off the bench during the NJCAA D-II National Tournament, averaging 4.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists … Had two points, five rebounds and three assists in JCCC’s 86-49 win over Grand Rapids in the first round of the tournament (4-21-21) … Led JCCC with nine rebounds and five assists, along with two points in a 63-60 win over Iowa Central in the quarterfinals (4-22-21) … Provided eight points and three boards in a 69-56 win over Illinois Central in the national semifinals (4-23-21) … Was second on the team with eight points, and added four rebounds and three assists in the 53-49 loss to Lake Land in the National Championship Game (4-24-21) ... Earned NJCAA All-Academic third-team with a grade point average between 3.60 and 3.79.

High School

Was a two-year starter for coach Katrina Johnigan at Center High School, Kansas City, Mo. … Earned Missouri All-Class 4 District 13 first-team honors as a junior … Earned All-Tournament as the Neosho Holiday Classic as a junior … Averaged 21.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists as a junior, and 25.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists her senior season … Played club basketball for Missouri Phenom. 

Born

Born Lisa E. Thomas on August 12, 2000, in Brooklyn, N.Y. … Daughter of Oniel and Elizabeth Thomas … Has three siblings, Eliza, Oniel and Anthony … Majoring in education … Also recruited by Highland Community College … Favorite foods are Jamaican, pizza and pasta … Favorite restaurant is Texas Roadhouse … Favorite sports movie is Love & Basketball … Favorite music entertainers are City Girls, Big Latto, Cardi B, Saucy and Santana … Favorite sports team is the Los Angeles Sparks … Favorite athlete is Lisa Leslie ... Her greatest sports moment was scoring 34 points in a game.