Jasmine Thomas #5 Guard

Background

2011season: New to the Mystics starting lineup for the last six games of the season, the rookie point guard finished sixth amongst all rookies in minutes per game (19.3), seventh in points per game (6.4), and fourth in assists per game (1.88)…scored a career-high 19 points on September 2 at Atlanta…dished out a career-high five assists on four occasions…led team in scoring in two games…led team in assists in seven games…posted eight 10+ point games…played a career-high 38 minutes in her first start of the season against Minnesota on August 30…

College Career: Trained with the USA National team during April of 2010 as a member of the USA Select Team … started 120-of-137 games played in her four years … finisher her senior year starting 96 straight contests … became just the fourth Blue Devil to notch over 1,300 points, 400 rebounds, 400 assists, 200 steals and 50 blocks (Alana Beard, Monique Currie and Katie Meier) ... one of only two Blue Devils to notch 100 or more steals in a single season (Alana Beard) … an excellent student as she was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team as a sophomore, ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America as a junior and Capital One Academic All-America as a senior ... became the first Blue Devil to be named Academic All-America on two occasions … received the Kay Yow Award as the Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a junior and senior ... in 51 games against ranked opponents, posted double-figure scoring in 39 of those, while posting ten 20+ scoring contests ... became only the second Blue Devil to be named ACC Tournament MVP on two occasions (Iciss Tillis)…Ranked seventh in points (1,704) ... seventh in career field goals made (629) .... second in field goals attempted (1,674) ... third in three-point field goals made (180) ... second in three-point field goals attempted (538) ... fifth in assists (449) ... third in steals (287) ... tied for fifth in games played (137) ... tied for fourth in games started (120) ... second in minutes (4,109)…Ranked eighth and 10th in scoring with 577 points in 2009-10 and 543 points in 2010-11 ... second and third in season field goals attempted with 532 in the 2009-10 season and 513 in 2010-11 ... tied for third and fifth in three-point field goals with 65 in 2010-11 and 63 in 2009-10 ... fifth and sixth in three-point field goals attempted with 177 in 2009-10 and 166 in 2010-11 ... eighth in assists with 146 in 2009-10 ... fourth and tied for fifth in steals with 100 in 2009-10 and 85 in 2010-11 ... first and second in season minutes with 1,172 in 2010-11 and 1,168 in 2009-10.