2020 Baseball Roster
Roster
Andy Thomas
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Murrieta, Calif.
- High School:
- Murrieta HS
CAREER HONORS
โข 2021 Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American
โข 2021 ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American
โข 2021 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Finalist
โข 2021 Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American
โข 2021 Senior CLASS Award Finalist
โข 2021 ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region First Team
โข 2021 First Team All-Big 12
โข Collegiate Baseball National Slugger of the Week (5/10/21)
โข Bobby Bragan Slugger of the Week (5/12/21)
โข 2021 Preseason All-Big 12 Team
โข 2021 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Preseason Watchlist
โข 2021 Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Preseason Watchlist
โข 2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
โข 2020 Buster Posey Watchlist
โข 2020 Dr. Prentice Gautt Big 12 Postgraduate Scholarship
โข 2020 Preseason All-Big 12
โข 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
โข 2019 All-Big 12 First Team
โข 2019 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
โข 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District 7 Team
โข 2018 Second Team All-Big 12ย
โข 2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Teamย
โข 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
โข Two-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2017, Fall 2017)
โข Dean's List (Fall 2017)
2021 (FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR): Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American โฆ ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American โฆ Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Finalist โฆ Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American โฆ Senior CLASS Award Finalist โฆ ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region First Team โฆ First Team All-Big 12 โฆ First Team Academic All-Big 12 โฆ Collegiate Baseball National Slugger of the Week (5/10) โฆ Bobby Bragan Slugger of the Week (5/12) โฆ Preseason All-Big 12 Team โฆ Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Preseason Watchlist โฆ Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Preseason Watchlist โฆ started all 51 games behind the plate โฆ hit a career-best .337 with a team-leading 11 home runs and 60 RBI โฆ .337 average was 2nd on the team and 7th in the Big 12 โฆ his 60 RBI were the most for a BU player since 2012 โฆ 4th in Big 12 in RBI โฆ 18 multi-hit games โฆ compiled a 16-game hitting streak (4/13-5/20) and career-best 24-game reached base streak โฆ 13 multi-RBI games โฆ hit .368 in Big 12 play with seven home runs and 30 RBI โฆ .368 average in conference games was 4th-best in the league โฆ T-3rd with 35 hits in conference games โฆ T-6th with 23 runs in 24 Big 12 games โฆ ย his 30 RBI in Big 12 play were T-1st in the league, T-5th-most in BU history โฆ threw out 17-of-32 runners โฆ .991 fielding percentage โฆ compiled five RBI with a home run and double at UTRGV (2/21) โฆ hit his second home run of the season vs. Sam Houston (3/2) โฆ crushed his third home run of the year vs. Xavier (3/14) โฆ finished 2-for-4 with two runs and four RBI vs. UTSA (3/16) โฆ went 3-for-4 with a home run, double and two RBI vs. Texas (3/20) โฆ hit 3-for-4 with three runs vs. Texas (3/21) โฆ went 2-for-3 with three RBI vs. NC A&T (4/1) โฆ finished 2-for-5 with with three RBI vs. WVU (4/10) โฆ hit a home run at KU (4/18) โฆ went 3-for-5 with a run and RBI at Texas Tech (4/23) โฆ was a triple short of a cycle vs. K-State (5/7) after going 3-for-4 with three runs and three RBI โฆ had his first career multi-home run game vs. K-State (5/9) after roping two homers and a career-high six RBI โฆ hit his 11th home run of the season vs. OU (5/20) while tallying four RBI โฆ went 3-for-5 with two runs vs. OU (5/21).
2020 (SENIOR): 2020 Buster Posey Watchlist ... 2020 Preseason All-Big 12 ... Started all 14 games he saw action in ... Hit .213 with two home runs and seven RBI ... had a perfect field percentage ... 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... 2020 Dr. Prentice Gautt Big 12 Postgraduate Scholarship
2019 (JUNIOR): Made 47 starts for the Bears โฆ Named All-Big 12 First Team โฆ Academic All-Big 12 First Team โฆ Named to Google Cloud Academic All-District Seven Team โฆ Named to the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List โฆ Finished the season second on the team with a .335 average with four home runs and 32 RBI โฆ Led team with 22 doubles โฆ Recorded season-high five hits, including four doubles, vs. Cal Poly (3/17) โฆ Drove in season-high four RBI vs. West Virginia (3/24), vs. Omaha (6/1) โฆ Has tallied 15 multi-hit and six multi-RBI games.
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 58 games with 50 starts at first base and eight at catcher โฆ Second Team All-Big 12 โฆ Academic All-Big 12 First Team โฆ Set career highs with .324 batting average, 35 runs, 70 hits, 10 doubles, one home run and 34 RBI โฆ Led team with 41 walks and .435 on-base percentage โฆ Tied for fifth in Big 12 and ranked 92ndin nation with 41 walks โฆ Hit first-career home run vs. HBU (2/17) โฆ Collected first-career stolen base vs. Texas Tech (3/17) โฆ Posted single-game career highs with three hits vs. HBU (2/18), vs. Texas Tech (3/17, 3/18), at Kansas State (4/27, 4/29), and vs. OSU (5/11) โฆ Drove in career-high four runs vs. OSU (5/11) โฆ Tallied eight multi-run, 18 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games โฆ Recorded season-long 12-game hitting streak from Feb. 16-March 10 and 20-game on-base streak from April 2-May 17.
2017 (FRESHMAN): Played in 14 games with four starts at catcher ... Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (spring 2017, fall 2017) ... Dean's List (fall 2017) ... Made Baylor debut in field at first base vs. Niagara (2/18) ... Made first start vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/28), recorded season-high three hits, with single, double, triple, walk, season-high three RBI and season-high three runs scored ... Had pinch-hit single vs. Texas (4/14) ... Started vs. Stephen F. Austin (4/18), had hit and walk in three plate appearances ... Had pinch-hit single vs. Texas State (4/25) ... Went 1-for-2 off bench vs. Prairie View A&M (5/9) with RBI and run scored ... Was 1-for-1 off bench vs. Prairie View A&M (5/10) with two runs, RBI walk and triple ... Started at UTSA (5/16), went 1-for-4 with run, walk and season-high three RBI on first career home run ... Started vs. Kansas State (5/19), walked once in three plate appearances.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner for coach Bryn Wade at Murrieta Mesa High School ... 2016 Rawlings High School Gold Glove winner at catcher position ... 2016 Rawlings/Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American ... 2016 Perfect Game second-team All-California Region ... All-league honorable mention as junior... 2015 Perfect Game Underclass honorable mention ... Second-team all-league as sophomore ... As senior threw out 21 of 31 base stealers, hit .333 with 21 runs, 34 hits, 19 RBI, 10 doubles, four triples and two home runs in 34 games ... As junior hit .299 with 17 runs, 23 hits, 18 RBI, seven doubles and three homers in 28 games ... As sophomore hit .375 with eight runs, 30 hits, five RBI, three doubles and one homer in 26 games ... At MMHS posted career average of .336 with 46 runs, 87 hits, 42 RBI, 20 doubles, four triples and six homers in 88 games.
PERSONAL: Born on June 17, 1998 ... Son of Robert and Krista Thomas ... Graduated with an undergraduate degree in marketing ... Currently working on his MBA.
