Adonis Thomas

Position: Guard/Forward
Height: 6-7 / 201 cms
Weight: 220 lbs / 100 kgs
School: Melrose High School '11
Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee

USA Basketball

• Named on Jan. 16, 2011, to the 2011 USA Basketball Junior National Select Team that will compete against a World Select Team in the annual Nike Hoop Summit.
  
• Member of the 2010 USA U17 World Championship Team that posted a perfect 8-0 record and captured the gold medal; started all eight games and averaged 8.5 ppg. and 4.1 rpg.
• Member of the 2009 USA U16 National Team that posted a 5-0 mark, captured the 2009 FIBA Americas U16 Championship gold medal and qualified the U.S. for the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship; started all five games and averaged 13.8 ppg., 5.8 rpg. and 2.8 apg
• Twice finished or tied for the USA’s leading scorer, including 21 points in the USA’a opening game against Brazil (6/17) and 19 points against Canada (6/20).
  
• Named to the 2009-10 USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team on May 28, 2009.

College Notes

• Signed a National Letter of Intent to attend and play for the University of Memphis.
  

Honors

• Named 2010 Best of the Preps All-Class AAA by Memphis Commercial Appeal, 2010 Mr. Basketball Finalist, 2010 State All-Tournament Team Division 1 Class AAA, All-District and All-Region Tournament Team.
  
• Named to the 2010 ESPN Rise Underclass All-America team.
  
• Named 2009 Best of the Preps All-Class 3A by the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
  
• Earned 2009 All-District 16 AAA honors and tabbed 2009 all-league.
  
• Named to the 2009 All-Region 8 AAA Tournament Team.
  
• Named 2008 Best of the Preps by the Memphis Commercial Appeal; also earned 2008 all-league and 2008 All-District 16 AAA honors.
  
• Collected a Memphis Commercial Appeal Player of the Week nod in 2007-08.
  
• Member of the National Honor Society.
  

High School Notes

• Attends Melrose High School (Tenn.), where he helped lead the Golden Wildcats to a 37-4 record, and the 2009-2010 State Championship and to Arby'sClassic and Martin Luther King championships.
  
• Averaged as a junior in 2009-10 18.0 ppg., 11.2 rpg., 2.8 apg., 3.8 bpg., 3.2 spg., while shooting 64 percent from the field, 63 percent from
  3-point and 80.0 percent from the foul line.
  
• Helped lead Melrose to a 29-7 record, the Region 8 AAA championship game and advanced to the state sectionals in 2008-09
  
• Started all 36 games and averaged 16.0 ppg., 12.1 rpg., 2.6 apg. and 4.3 bpg.
  
• As a freshman in 2007-08, helped Melrose compile a 17-15 record, started all 32 games and averaged 11.7 ppg., 10.7 rpg. and 2.6 bpg.
  
• Competes in the summer with the Memphis Magic.
  

The Personal Scoop

• Born Adonis Michael Thomas on March 25, 1993, in St. Louis, Mo.
  
• Son of Sandra Anderson and Eric Thomas.
  
• Father played basketball in college.
  
• Has post-basketball ambitions of becoming a physical therapist.
  
• Favorite sport other than basketball: football.
  
• Favorite food: shrimp.
  
• Favorite magazine: ESPN The Magazine.
  
• I play: the French horn.
  
• Favorite basketball player of all-time: LeBron James.
  
• Favorite team: Cleveland Cavaliers.
  
• I want to play one-on-one against: Kobe Bryant.
  
• Always at my bedside is: a cell phone.
  
• Always in my fridge: Kool-Aid.
  
• One piece of clothing I can’t live without: shoes.
  
• Most interesting place ever visited: Phoenix, the desert.
  
• Away from basketball I enjoy: listening to music, going out with friends.
  
• Superstitions: have to have a good meal before the game.
  
• Can’t live without: God.
  
• Most people don’t know: I like geometry.
  
• This right-hander wears No. 1 because it fits his body type.