LaToya Thomas (San Antonio, 2004-06)

WNBA	Overseas	College	High School	Personal
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NO: 32
POS: Forward
HGT: 6-2
DOB: July 6, 1981
SCHOOL: Mississippi State ‘03

WNBA TRANSACTIONS

April 25, 2003	Selected No. 1 by Cleveland in the 2003 WNBA Draft
January 6, 2004	Selected No. 3 by San Antonio in the 2004 WNBA Dispersal Draft
May 4, 2007	Signed as a free agent with Los Angeles
February6, 2008	Selected No. 6 by Atlanta in the 2008 WNBA Expansion Draft; traded that day to Detroit
June 22, 2008	Traded by Detroit to Minnesota.

WNBA REGULAR SEASON CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Played for five teams in her six-year WNBA career, posting career-bests of 14.2 ppg and 1.4 apg in her first year at San Antonio in 2004.
• Capped her career with averages of 9.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg and 1.1 apg, while shooting 39.7% from 3-point range over 150 WNBA games.

WNBA REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

YEAR	TM	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB/AVG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/AVG
2003	CLE	32	25	852	137	296	.463	0	6	.000	71	90	.789	63	101	164/5.1	37	28	13	42	62	345/10.8
2004	SAS	31	30	964	171	350	.489	3	8	.375	95	113	.841	48	90	138/4.5	42	25	11	56	99	440/14.2
2005	SAS	21	12	505	69	161	.429	3	7	.429	44	49	.898	18	50	68/3.2	22	7	8	33	42	185/8.8
2006	SAS	19	0	369	56	124	.452	0	0	.—	45	59	.763	27	55	82/4.3	22	14	7	27	49	157/8.3
2007	LAS	27	7	487	77	174	.443	16	38	.421	38	46	.826	27	34	61/2.3	32	9	7	29	63	208/7.7
2008	TOT	20	0	187	23	53	.434	5	9	.556	4	9	.444	10	20	30/1.5	4	3	1	20	19	55/2.8
2008	DET	7	0	40	4	15	.267	0	2	.000	0	0		2	3	5/0.7	1	1	1	2	3	8/1.1
2008	MIN	13	0	147	19	38	.500	5	7	.714	4	9	.444	8	17	25/1.9	3	2	0	18	16	47/3.6
CAREER		150	74	3364	533	1158	.460	27	68	.397	297	366	.811	193	350	543/3.6	159	86	47	207	334	1390/9.3

WNBA POSTSEASON CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Competed in three postseason games for Cleveland in 2003, and despite contributing 13.7 ppg and 7.7 rpg, the Rockers fell to the Shock two games to one in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

WNBA POSTSEASON STATISTICS

YEAR	TM	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB/AVG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/AVG
2003	CLE	3	3	100	14	32	.438	0	2	.000	13	17	.765	6	17	23/7.7	4	1	4	6	11	41/13.7
CAREER		3	3	100	14	32	.438	0	2	.000	13	17	.765	6	17	23/7.7	4	1	4	6	11	41/13.7

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OVERSEAS HIGHLIGHTS

• From 2003-04 through 2013-14, competed in domestic professional leagues in South Korea, Russia, France, Spain and Israel.
• Got experience during part of the 2004-05 season playing for Russia’s Kazan team in the FIBA EuroCup.

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COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS

• Compiled 2,981 points (23.8 ppg) and 1,108 rebounds (8.9 rpg) in her four-year collegiate career.
• Three-time Associated Press All-American, including first team in 2002 and 2003 and second team in 2001.
• Four-time WBCA All-American.
• SEC Player of the Year in 2002 and 2003, and was a three-time All-SEC first team selection (2001, 2002, 2003).
• Named the 2000 SEC Freshman of the Year and Newcomer of the Year.
• Majored in educational psychology.
• No. 32 jersey was retired on November 11, 2022.

COLLEGE STATISTICS

YEAR	G/S	MIN/AVG	FGM-FGA	PCT	FGM-FGA	PCT	FTM-FTA	PCT	OFF	DEF	TOT/AVG	PF	FO	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS/AVG
1999-00	32/32	967/30.2	260-456	.570	10-35	.286	142-181	.785	104	150	254/7.9	90	4	50	69	32	44	672/21.0
2000-01	31/30	979/31.6	276-504	.548	5-25	.200	195-265	.736	103	162	265/8.5	87	2	42	91	35	39	752/24.3
2001-02	31/31	1085/35.0	286-502	.570	1-8	.125	190-245	.776	126	182	308/9.9	84	0	62	105	18	44	763/24.6
2002-03	31/31	1066/34.4	297-562	.528	18-42	.429	182-223	.816	106	175	281/9.1	69	0	49	82	24	49	794/25.6
TOTALS	125/124	4097/32.8	1119-2024	.553	34-110	.309	709-914	.776	439	669	1108/8.9	330	6	203	347	109	176	2981/23.8

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HIGH SCHOOL

• Played for Greenville High School in Mississippi and was a 1999 Parade Magazine All-American.
• Was an all-state selection in basketball as a sophomore, junior and senior.
• Also competed for her school’s softball team.
• Member of Greenville’s Honor Roll as a junior and senior.

PERSONAL

• Born in Greenville, Mississippi.

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