Bud Thomas

Height:
6-6
Weight:
200
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Highlands Ranch, Colo.
High School:
Regis Jesuit

2012-13
Game-by-Game Stats
Started all 36 games, averaging 27.7 minutes, 7.6 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game … Ranked 11^th in the conference in assists per game … Reached double-figure scoring 12 times, including a career-high 20 point showing in the A-Sun semifinals … Registered at least one assist in 34 of 36 games … Scored 10 points against Wake Forest (11/19) ... Scored seven points and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds in Mercer’s win at Florida State (12/2) ... Scored seven points, grabbed six rebounds and set a career-high with six assists against Alabama A&M (12/8) ... Scored eight points and added seven rebounds, five assists and three steals at Chattanooga (12/16) ... Scored six and registered four assists, three rebounds, two blocks and two steals against Florida Gulf Coast (1/2) ... Hit a career-high five three’s en route to a 16 point output at Northern Kentucky (1/24) ... Scored seven and tied a career-high with 10 rebounds at Lipscomb (1/26) ... Tied a career-high with six assists while also adding 12 points against North Florida (2/9) ... Scored 18 first-half points on a career-high six three pointers at USC Upstate (2/14) ... Hit 4-of-5 from three point range for 14 points at Stetson (3/2) ... Scored a career-high 20 points versus USC Upstate (3/8) ... Scored 14 points with six boards and two blocks versus Florida Gulf Coast (3/9) ... Named to A-Sun All-Tournament team.

2011-12
Game-by-Game Stats
Started all 38 of Mercer’s games … Averaged 31.6 minutes, 8.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game … Ranked 14^th among A-Sun players in field goal percentage (50.4%) … Led or tied for the team lead in scoring in seven games … Led or tied for the team lead in rebounds eight times … Scored in double figures 15 times … Handed out five assists on five occasions … Tallied 18 points and nine rebounds in Mercer’s season opener against Emory (11/12) … Poured in 16 points on six-of-nine shooting against Furman (11/17) … Converted five of six shots and finished with 13 points at Seton hall (12/18) … Posted 12 points and seven rebounds in Mercer’s win at Georgia Tech (12/22) … Booked a career-high 19 points at Stetson (1/28) … Tied a career-high with two block against USC Upstate (2/4) … Netted a team-high 13 points in Mercer’s CIT Semifinal win at Fairfield (3/24) … Was a perfect four-of-four from the field in Mercer’s CIT Championship victory at Utah State (3/28) … Named an A-Sun All-Academic Honoree.

2010-11
Game-by-Game Stats
Saw court time in all 33 of Mercer’s games … Averaged 19.7 minutes, 4.2 points, and 2.6 rebounds per game … Posted five double figure scoring efforts … Led or tied for the team lead in rebounds twice … Hit a three pointer, tallied two assists and grabbed a rebound versus Oglethorpe (11/12) ... Collected three points, three rebounds and two steals versus William & Mary (11/27) ... Recorded three points and two steals in his first A-Sun game at Belmont (12/2) ... Received his first career start versus Lipscomb, responding with nine points, two rebounds, two assists and a block (12/4) ... Had 10 second half points in a season-high 13 point effort at Upstate (1/29) ... Netted seven points with four rebounds at ETSU (1/31) ... Notched his first collegiate double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds versus Campbell (2/5) ... Gathered a career-best five steals versus Stetson (2/10) ... Scored nine points in a season-high 37 minute stint at Jacksonville (2/20) ... Set game highs for field goals made (5) and field goals attempted (9) in the regular-season finale win over Lipscomb (2/26).

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2010 graduate of Regis Jesuit High School … Led Regis Jesuit to back-to-back Colorado state 5A championships … Was Colorado’s 5A Mr. Basketball in both 2009 and 2010 by the Denver Post … Also named Colorado’s Gatorade Player of the Year twice … A three-time all-state selection, a three-time first team All-Continental League pick and a three-time Aurora all-city award winner … Joined Chucky Sproiling, Matt Bouldin and Chauncy Billups as the only players to win back-to-back Mr. Basketball honors and Gatorade Player of the Year distinctions in Colorado … He and Bouldin are the only two players to also garner consecutive state titles to go along with those individual accolades … Named all-tournament in the Colorado state championships as a junior and senior, earning the 5A tourney MVP award in 2009 … Made ESPN’s SportsCenter with a game-tying half-court shot in the 2009 state semifinal helping send RJHS to a program first state title game ... Helped lead his varsity teams to a combined 72-11 (.867) record, including a 27-1 record as a senior … Elevated his team to Colorado’s No. 1 ranking and the No. 7 spot in USA Today’s West Region poll his senior season … Averaged 20.5 points, nine rebounds, four assists and three blocks per game in his senior year.