Solei Thomas

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Position:
Outside Hitter/Right Side
Height:
5-11
Class:
Senior
High School:
Renaissance
Hometown:
Detroit, Mich.
Prev School:
Clemson

Awards and Honors
Cardinal and Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team (2022) ... Billiken Classic All-Tournament Team (2022) ... ACC All-Freshman Team (2018) ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2022) ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022)

2022 (Senior)
Played in 28 matches and took 21 starts … had third-highest kill total on team with 245 at .233 hitting … surpassed 1,000 career kills, hitting No. 1,000 at Kansas (Nov. 19) … put up 14 double-digit kill performances with two separate runs of four-straight 10-plus kill matches … set a season best of 16 kills at Oklahoma (Oct. 15) and hit at .500 vs. Iowa (Sept. 9) … put up five block assists vs. TCU (Oct. 28) … had a solo block in the victories over Kansas City (Sept. 16) and No. 13 Baylor (Sept. 28) … hit 15 kills at .407 hitting vs. Baylor (Sept. 28) … hit over .300 in 11 matches and over .400 four times.

2021 (Senior)
Played in 11 sets across eight matches for the Cyclones … finished the season with seven kills, getting a season-best four at Iowa (Sept. 11) … recorded two kills against Syracuse (Sept. 10) … had one dig against St. Thomas (Sept. 17).

2020 (Junior – Clemson)
Played in 83 sets across 22 matches … recorded 204 kills on the season, finishing in double figures 10 times … closed out season with season-best 17 kills at .560 hitting against Virginia Tech (Apr. 3) … had 16 kills vs. Western Carolina (Jan. 23) … had a run of three-straight matches in double figures in the fall, capping with 16 kills at .625 hitting vs. Wake Forest (Oct. 30) … posted 70 digs on the year … got double-double against Western Carolina on Jan. 23, getting 18 digs to go with 16 kills … had 45 total blocks (2 solo, 43 assists) … had season-best five blocks (all assists) vs. UNC-Wilmington on Feb. 20 … notched two aces in each match against Western Carolina.

2019 (Sophomore – Clemson)
Played in 101 sets across 28 matches, making 25 starts … recorded 248 kills at .257 hitting … finished in double figures for kills 12 times … notched season-best 19 kills at .308 hitting percentage against Boston College (Sept. 27) …. got 14 kills against Georgia Tech (Nov. 22) … had four matches hitting over .400 (min. 15 attacks) … finished with eight kills and no errors on 11 swings (.727 hitting) against Miami (FL) (Oct. 25) … recorded 38 blocks (2 solo, 36 assists) … posted season-best four total blocks at Georgia Tech (Nov. 22) … finished season with 36 digs.

2018 (Freshman – Clemson)
Took part in 113 sets across 32 matches, making 16 starts for Clemson … was second on Clemson with 327 kills on the season, finishing in double figures 16 times … posted season-best 20 kills at .385 hitting at Appalachian State (Sept. 1) … had 19 kills at .444 hitting vs. Radford in NIVC Second Round (Nov. 30) … had run of six-straight matches with at least 10 kills during non-con, including 20-kill match at App. State, 18 kills at .351 vs. Mississippi State (Aug. 31) and 17 kills vs. UAB (Sept. 7) … recorded 14 kills at career-best .632 hitting (min. 15 attempts) at Virginia (Nov. 10) … finished season with 54 total blocks (7 solo, 47 assists) … had season-best six blocks (all assists) vs. Boston College (Nov. 23) … had two solo blocks at BC on Sept. 21 … had season-high six digs in Nov. 23 match vs. Boston College.

Personal
Born on Dec. 27, 2000 … daughter of Randal and Sonya Thomas … received Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Clemson.