Carla Thomas (basketball)

Carla Thomas
Thomas in 2010
Personal information
Born (1985-10-31) October 31, 1985 (age 39)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High schoolCumberland Valley
(Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania)
CollegeVanderbilt (2003–2007)
WNBA draft2007: 1st round, 10th overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Sky
PositionPower forward / center
Career history
2007Chicago Sky
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Carla Thomas (born October 31, 1985) is an American basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the WNBA. She played a total of 17 games for the Sky in the 2007 season, averaging 2.5 points per game.

In 2015, she was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.

In 2019, Thomas was inducted into the Vanderbilt University Athletics Hall of Fame, where she played for four years. A graduate of Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Thomas is one of the first women's basketball players to be drafted into the WNBA from the state of Pennsylvania.

Over the course of her athletic career she has won numerous individual and team accolades at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Carla Thomas WNBA Stats | Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  2. ^ "SKY: Sky Selects Carla Thomas 10th overall". www.wnba.com. Retrieved 2017-09-15.