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University of North Florida Athletics

2014 Softball Roster

5 Marissa Thomas

  • Position Third Base
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-5
  • Hometown Boynton Beach, Fla.
  • High School Park Vista HS

Biography

SENIOR (2014)
Started in all 49 games, including 48 starts at third base… finished career ranked among UNF’s leaders in at bats (560) and home runs (11)… solo leader for UNF in 2014 in batting average (.283) and runs (28) and tied for first in home runs (6)… second on the team in hits (41) and one of two Ospreys with 23 RBI… tallied 11 multi-hit and four multi-RBI games… scored in 22 games… went 3-for-3 in the season-opener against Northwestern State (Feb. 7)… four of six home runs on the season were lead-offs… blasted first homer of the year against then-No. 6 Alabama (Feb. 7)... tallied 76 assists on the year, including 75 at third... Atlantic Sun Academic Honor Roll selection.

JUNIOR (2013)
Played in 56 games, starting in 55 at third base... hit .287, which was third on the team... recorded 43 hits and drove in 23 RBI on the season... recorded nine hits during a seven-game hitting streak (Apr. 13-21)... provided UNF with the game-winning hit against Troy (Feb. 16) to complete a bottom of the seventh rally at the Troy Subway Invitational... sent a three-run double to right center to cap off a six-run inning and lift UNF to a 7-6 win over Troy... followed that game up with a 2-for-3 performance, two RBI and one home run against Virginia Tech (Feb. 17) in the Troy Subway Invitational championship game... was 3-for-4 against Providence (Feb. 22) at the FAU Strike Out Cancer Invitational... kept UNF alive in the Atlantic Sun Tournament with a lead-off shot to left field in the fifth inning against Stetson (May 9) in an elimination game... drove in the game-winning run in the eighth inning in UNF’s 3-2 Game One win over Northern Kentucky (Apr. 20)... recorded six multi-RBI games... Atlantic Sun All-Academic.

SOPHOMORE (2012)
One of three players to start and appear in all 55 games... second on the team for home runs (3) and sacrifice hits (10)... went 3-for-4 from the plate twice during the Dot Richardson National Collegiate Softball Invitational... drove in two RBI during UNF’s big eight-run fifth inning against Ohio State (Feb. 11) at the Dot Richardson National Collegiate Softball Invitational... added two RBI in the Ospreys’ sixth-inning rally against Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 12) at the Dot Richardson National Collegiate Softball Invitational... two of three homers on the season were lead-offs... blasted a lead-off shot in the sixth inning against Albany (Feb. 24) at the Eagle Classic... scored the game’s only run with a fifth-inning, lead-off homer in UNF’s 1-0 Game One win at Stetson (Mar. 26)... hit a two-out solo home run in the third inning in Game Two against USC Upstate (Apr. 14)... tallied 295 putouts on the season... had 10-or-more putouts in seven games, including 14 in Game One against USC Upstate (Apr. 14).
 
FRESHMAN (2011)
Appeared in 44 games and made 37 starts... registered 23 hits, drove in 11 RBI and had seven doubles... recorded two hits in five games, including at Troy (Feb. 20), against Villanova (Feb. 23), UMKC (Feb. 26), Mercer (Mar. 26) and FIU (Apr. 22)... also had a pair of RBI at Troy (Feb. 20)... drove in two RBI against Delaware State (Mar. 12) and versus Rutgers (Mar. 19)... Atlantic Sun All-Academic.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Chuck Layman... started in left field her freshman and sophomore years before moving over to start third base in her junior and senior years... helped lead her team to district titles from 2007-10 and conference titles from 2007-10... named Second-Team All-Area her freshman year and First-Team All-Area in her sophomore to senior years... made the FACA All-Star team in 2010... batted .447 as a senior with 22 runs scored, 22 RBI and two home runs... over her high school career, she batted .431 with 82 runs scored, 87 RBI, 15 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and two stolen bases... became the first player at her high school to hit over .400 all four years of varsity play... also played junior varsity volleyball in her freshman year... also played for the club teams, Tropic Wave Gold and Lady Gators... member of the National Honor Society and National Technical Honor Society...
 
PERSONAL
Daughter of Lyle and Renee Thomas... has a twin brother, Marc... cousin, Sarah Hamilton, pitched for the Florida State softball team... born on Jan. 7... major is psychology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2011Freshman

    Third Base
    5'5"
    5
  • 5

    2012Sophomore

    Third Base/First Base
    5'5"
    5
  • 5

    2013Junior

    Third Base/First Base
    5'5"
    5
  • 5

    2014Senior

    Third Base
    5'5"
    5