Former Maryland women’s basketball player and current Phoenix Mercury star was named first team All-WNBA on Friday, the league announced.
This marks Thomas’ third straight All-WNBA first team selection,
and fourth overall. Thomas and the Mercury fell in WNBA Finals to the Las Vegas Aces Friday, but Thomas still recorded a triple-double of 17 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.
This past season, Thomas averaged 15.4 points, a career-high 9.2 assists and 8.8 rebounds. Her 357 total assists passed Caitlin Clark’s single-season record for most assists in a season. Thomas also set a new WNBA mark for triple-doubles in a season with eight, surpassing her own record of six that she set in 2023.
In other news
Maryland women’s soccer fell to Nebraska Sunday, 2-0. Jude Wilkenfeld recapped the action.
Maryland volleyball dropped in straight sets to No. 7 Wisconsin Sunday. Henry Quach had the games story.
Maryland football suffered a close defeat at the hands of Nebraska Saturday, 34-31. Nolan Rogalski provided the game’s takeaways.
Former Maryland wide recievers Tai Felton and Jeshaun Jones were in attendance for Maryland football’s game against Nebraska.
Former Maryland football wide receiver Stefon Diggs won ESPN’s Week 5 Himmy Award Friday.
Dominique Foxworth will be back in College Park for Homecoming.
