Redshirt-Senior - 2019

• Google Cloud Academic All-District First-Team
• Big Ten All-Second Team
• Big Ten All-Defensive Team
• Stared all 58 games for the Orange and Blue
• Hit .351 with 49 R, 68 H, 24 2B, 8 HR, 44 RBI, 116 TB, 22 BB, 4 HBP
• With three doubles in a win over UNI on March 1, she became the career doubles leader at Illinois after passing Erin Montgomery's (2011-14) total of 52 two-baggers and currently owns 68 in her Illini career.
• Broke the Illini single season when she hit her 20th double of the year against Iowa (4/13)
• Scored 4 runs, and 5 RBI on 4 at-bats against Iowa (4/12)
• Went 4-for-5 performance with three runs and one RBI in a win over EIU (3/26).
• Totaled seven hits (3 2B) and seven runs over the last week as well as a .389 average.
• Went 3-for-4 with a double as well as three RBI and a run in a win over IUPUI (3/19).
• Went 3-for-3 with a run, an RBI and a double in a win over Cal Poly (3/15).
• Registered a .357 average at the LMU Tournament with five hits (1 2B, 1 HR), four runs and three RBI.
• Went 4-for-5 performance with three doubles and a home run, three runs and two RBI vs. Northern Iowa (3/1).
• Posted a .467 average at the Mardi Gras Invitational with seven hits - including three doubles - as well as four runs and three RBI.
• Notched two hits - both doubles - and three runs in a win at South Alabama (2/22).
• Led the Illini with seven RBI at the ACC/B1G Challenge, while also totaling five hits (2 2B, 2 HR) and four runs.
• Went 2-for-4 with three RBI, a double and a homer in a win at Georgia Tech (2/16).
• Posted three RBI with a home run and two runs scored in a win over Boston College (2/15).

Redshirt-Junior - 2018

• NFCA All-Midwest Region First-Team
• Big Ten Conference First-Team
• Big Ten All-Defensive Team
• Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Started all 55 games in the outfield
• Ranked second on the team with a .363 batting average, to go along with 47 R, 66 H, 17 2B, 2 3B, 9 HR, 46 RBI, 114 TB, 22 BB, 4 SF, 11-14 SB, .626 Slug%
• Registered a .982 fielding percentage with 105 PO, 3 A
• Her 17 doubles on the season ranked in a tie for fourth all-time in program history
• Ranked second in the Big Ten with four sacrifice flies, as well as sitting fourth in doubles and total bases, fifth in hits, seventh in runs, eighth in RBI, 11th in batting average and slugging percentage and 14th in home runs. 
• Owned a team-high 12 multiple RBI games with two three RBI games and three four RBI games in 2018
• Registered the longest reached base streak at 24 games
• Knocked a two-run long ball vs. Nebraska (5/6/18).
• Launched a pair of two-run home runs for for RBI in a win over IUPUI (5/1/18/).
• .556 BA, 10 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 5R, 1.000 slugging % in sweeps of Iowa and Green Bay.
• Scored a team-high six runs with three hits and two RBI in the series vs. Maryland.
• Recorded a team-high seven RBI with four hits, including two home runs and a double, and three runs in a doubleheader vs. Northwestern (3/28/18).
• Tied a program record with four walks at Fresno State (3/16).
• Posted a .583 average with team-highs of seven hits, five RBI and five runs over the weekend at Mississippi State (3/9-11/18).
• Went 4-for-4 with two RBI and a run in game two at Mississippi State (3/9/18).
• Totaled a team-high eight RBI in the Coach B Classic while totaling seven hits on the series, five of which were doubles and six runs.
• Went 4-for-5 with three doubles, four RBI and a run vs. Southern Illinois (3/2).
• Set a new program record with three doubles at Southern Illinois (3/2).
• Launched her first home run since April 20, 2016 in the B1G/ACC Challenge against Pittsburgh (2/16).
• Totaled five hits, three doubles, two runs and an RBI at the UCF Friends of Jaclyn Invitational in her first action back after sitting ot the 2017 season due to injury.

Junior - 2017

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Redshirted the 2017 season due to injury

Sophomore - 2016

• Big Ten All-Defensive Team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Started all 59 games in center field
• Batted .301 with 38 R, 59 H, 12 2B, 2 3B, 6 HR, 28 RBI, 93 TB, 9-of-12 SB
• Posted .979 fielding percentage with 87 putouts, 5 assists and 2 errors
• Ranked in a tie for second on the team in doubles, second in fielding percentage and third in runs, hits, home runs, RBI and total bases
• Totaled second-most at-bats in the Big Ten with 196 and ranked in a tie for 12th in doubles
• Paced Illini with 19 multi-hit games, including three three-hit contests
• Notched six multiple RBI games, including two three RBI outings
• Registered a 14-game reached base streak and an eight-game hitting streak during the season
• Went 2-for-2 with three runs, three RBI and a home run against IUPUI (March 15)
• Collected three RBI, two hits and two runs vs. St. Mary’s College (March 19)

Freshman - 2015

• All-Big Ten First Team
• Big Ten Co-Player of the Week (4/20)
• Two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (3/30, 4/20)
• Two-time NFCA National Weekly Top Performers List (3/31, 4/21)
• College Sports Madness Big Ten Player of the Week (3/31)
• Appeared in 52 of 53 games as a freshman, making 51 starts in center field.
• Put together one of the most spectacular rookie campaigns in Illini history, posting the best batting average (.365) and slugging percentage (.629) and most home runs (9), RBIs (42), total bases (100) and sacrifice flies (4) of any Illini freshman, while ranking second all time in on base percentage (.410) and doubles (15).
• Ranked seventh overall all time in doubles and 10th in slugging percentage.
• Ranked fourth in the Big Ten and 44th in the nation in sac flies; seventh in the Big Ten and 90th in the NCAA in doubles.
• Led the Big Ten in batting average during conference play (.487), ranking second in hits (38) and doubles (12), fourth in slugging percentage (.910) and seventh in RBIs (30) and sac flies (2).
• Broke a 21-year-old Big Ten record by slugging 71 total bases during conference play, doing so in five less games than the 1994 record holder.
• Doubled the Illini record for doubles in Big Ten play (12), posting the second-best batting average and slugging percentage and sixth best on base percentage (.506).
• Also set new Big Ten play records for hits, total bases and RBIs, ranking third all time in home runs (7).
• The first Illini ever to earn two Big Ten Freshman of the Week or three Big Ten weekly awards.
• Put together a 10-game hitting streak from March 21-April 5 and has hit safely in 24 of the last 27 games.
• After being held hitless by Indiana State, she posted an eight game multi-hit streak from April 10-22, with 18 hits over those eight games.
• Singled in her first career Illini game.
• Went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI in the first game against Mississippi State.
• Posted four hits, three runs and four RBIs in three games at the Under Armour Invitational.
• Hit her first career home run against Georgia Southern on Feb. 27.
• Went 2-for-4 with a home run against Providence.
• Homered in game two against No. 15 Minnesota (3/21).
• Went 2-for-3 with a bases-clearing double against No. 20 Missouri.
• Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week and College Sports Madness Big Ten Player of the Week after hitting .643 with a 1.429 slugging percentage and 13 RBIs in four games against No. 20 Missouri and Indiana.
• Went 6-for-8 over the final two games of the Indiana series, including going 3-for-4 with two home runs (one a grand slam) and a school-record seven RBIs in the series finale.
• Became the first freshman in Illini history to hit two grand slams during her rookie campaign on April 5, going 2-for-3 with a grand salami in the Iowa series finale. She is also just the second Illini to hit two career grand slams in Big Ten play.
• Went 8-for-12 with four doubles and a home run in the Maryland series, including 3-for-4 with a double and a homer in the series opener.
• Broke the Illini freshman record for home runs on April 10 with her eighth bomb.
• Tied the Illini's record for doubles in Big Ten play in the Maryland finale (4/12), with her sixth of the year.
• Hit 2-for-3 with a double, a run, an RBI and an HBP at DePaul.
• Named Big Ten Co-Player and Co-Freshman of the Week on April 20 after registering two hits in all four games, including going 2-for-3 with a home run and five RBIs in the Wisconsin series finale (4/18).
• Doubled twice in game one against Northwestern, then walked and scored twice and had a stolen base and an RBI in the nightcap.
• Went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and two RBIs in the Purdue finale (4/26).
• Tied her personal best with three hits at Nebraska in game two (5/2).

High School

• Played two years of softball at Los Osos High School for Mike Randall.
• 2013 All-Baseline League Second Team.
• Played travel ball for the Explosion 18 Gold in 2013-14 and for the Corona Angels in 2011-13.
• Led Explosion to a top-5 finish at the 2014 Colorado Independence Day Tournament.

Personal

• Born Carly Nicole Thomas on July 23, 1996.
• Daughter of Lisa and Jeff Thomas.
• Has two siblings, Taylor and Cole.
• Sister, Taylor, plays softball at St. Cloud State.
• A Scholar-Athlete throughout high school.

Getting to Know Carly

Favorite Movie: Forrest Gump
Movie you've seen in theatres that you've regretted seeing the most: Haunted House 2
Restaurant you have to get to when going back home: In N Out
Favorite Midnight Snack: Your typical milk and Oreos
What's on your "bucket list": Live in Colorado for a year and go to a real bonfire.
What are you most proud of and why? I'm most proud of the people I surround myself with. I think I have done well in choosing them.
Famous person you admire and why? I admire Pink. She's made her mistakes, but ultimately pulled her life together and is privately happy with her family.
If you were to win $10 million, what would you buy? Real estate
Favorite book: Pride and Prejudice
Favorite ice cream flavor: Chocolate chip cookie dough
Weirdest quirk: I will play a song over and over again till I'm sick of it.
If you could have a super power, what would it be and why? It would be to freeze time or go back in time, because there are some things I believe are worth reliving.
Favorite professional sports team: Los Angeles Lakers
Favorite TV Show: Friends
Favorite Musical Group: Beyonce
If you could visit any place in the world, where you you choose and why? Spain, because of the history and also the current culture interests me.
Favorite subject in high school: Science
Crazy thing you dream of doing someday: Cliff jumping
Who did you idolize growing up: My sister
Why Illinois? I fell in love when I stepped on campus. It's something that was indescribable. It clicked it was where I was meant to be.