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2000-01: Academic all-America candidate ... Third-team all-Conference USA choice led the league in three-pointers made for the second straight year (94; 2.85/gm) and in free throw pct., matching the 49ers school-record at .909 ... broke C-USA career record for threes made with 236, which rank second to Henry Williams (308) in school history ... Verizon/CoSIDA Academic all-America Nominee (3.45 GPA; communications major) ... broke C-USA records for three-pointers made in league games only (56; 3.5/gm) and tied the league record for threes made in a league game, twice, with seven vs. Louisville and DePaul ... scored his 1000th career point on a three-pointer at Louisville and finished the season 14th all-time in school history with 1181 career points ... is just the 11th 49er to reach 1000 by during his junior year ... four or more threes in 12 games ... C-USA Player of the Week (week ending Jan. 21) after leading 49ers to a pair of C-USA road wins at DePaul (career-high 29 pts on 7-of-13 3FG) and at Marquette (19 pts) ... Scored 20 or more points, six times, including 27 points (9-16 FG; 6-7 FT) in career-high 41 minutes at Tulane; 20 points in C-USA quarters vs. South Florida (6-12 FG; 4-10 3FG); 25 pts. (7-13) in win at Louisville ... seven threes vs. Louisville and at DePaul tied C-USA record for league games and broke Allstate Arena (DePaul) record ... surpassed Henry Williams’ school-record (72) for most three-pointers by a junior (94) ... 19 points in home win vs. Cincinnati ... in the final 13 regular-season games, Thomas led the 49ers to a 10-3 record with a 17.9 scoring average while shooting .474 from the floor and .477 from three-point range, scoring in double figures 12 times and netting 20 or more points, four times ... seperate strings of 27 consecutive and 20 consecutive free throws (school record is 37, Henry Williams, 1990-91) ... hit at least one three in all but two games (0-2 vs. Saint Louis, 0-5 vs. Southern Miss) ... season-high eight rebounds at Indiana and vs. George Washington ... career-best five steals vs. Charleston Southern.
1999-00: Led the 49ers in scoring (13.9 ppg) and Conference USA in three-pointers made (81) ... Selected to five-man Conference USA all-tournament team after scoring in double figures in all three games and averaging 15.0 points and 6.3 rebounds ... His first career double-double came in C-USA semifinals (14 pts; career-high 11 rebs vs. DePaul) ... Led Niners to win vs. Louisville (quarterfinals) with 16 points (7-12 fg) ... 81 three-pointers made were the third-best single-season total in school history (behind Henry Williams’ 105 and 84) ... Challenged Henry Williams’ sophomore record (84) ... As a freshman, he hit just 17-56 twos (.304), but improved to .554 (87-157) as a sophomore ... Then-career-high 28 points at South Florida (10-14 FG) and at Miami (on a career-best seven three-pointers) ... At Miami, hit six second-half threes, including decisive four in a row for a school-record personal 12-0 run (23 second half points topped his previous career-high of 22 points) ... In February: 14.0 ppg (98 pts); .422 FG (35-83) and .352 3FG (19-54) with at least three threes in five of seven games ... 16 first half points to lead Niners at Southern Miss (finished with 19) ... 17 second-half points (4-8 3FG) as Niners rallied against #1 Cincy (finished with 19) ... Co-recipient of Charles Hayward Memorial Grubstake Award (with James Zimmerman) ... Won 49ers 1999 Slam Dunk Contest.
1998-99: Started 24 games as a freshman, averaging 7.6 points while shooting .366 from the floor and .389 from three-point range ... Received program’s Grubstake Award for best exemplifying effort and determination ... Broke Henry Williams’ freshman record with 61 threes ... Ranked second in C-USA with a .389 three-point pct. ... Was tops in C-USA in league games with a .473 long-range accuracy ... 49ers lone recipient of C-USA Player of the Week (last week of regular-season) following career-high 22-point outing at Houston and 19-point effort vs. DePaul ... Came into his own in February, averaging 12.3 points, shooting .500 from the field (34-68) and .556 (25-45) from three-point range ... Hot month included the 22-point outing, 19-point outing and three14-point performances ... 71 percent (183 of 259) of his scoring came from long-range ... Had seven double figure outings, one 20-point outing and hit at least one three in all but four games.
Independence High School: One of the nation’s top guard recruits ... Led the Patriots to the state 4A championship as a junior when he was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player ... Ranked 82nd by All-Star Sports and 102nd by Recruiter’s Handbook, he was honorable mention all-state as a senior in 1998 and a third team all-state selection as a junior in 1997 ... Averaged 22.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game as a senior (22-9) ... Shot .542 from the field, .490 from three-point range and .910 from the free throw line ... As a junior, averaged 13.3 points and 2.5 assists, shooting .525, .474 and .810 ... Said Coach Tony Huggins, “Jobey is one of those guys who can lead a team, not only in his actions, but the way he allows players to feed off of him. He plays to win. He hustles. He can shoot. And, he won’t back down”.
Personal: Jobey W. Thomas was born March 24, 1980 the son of Bob and Sandy Thomas ... Has a younger brother, Andy ... Signed with the 49ers Nov. 13, 1997 ... Chose the 49ers after visiting LSU, and considering Davidson and Wake Forest ... Jobey’s busy summer, '01 included a trek to Europe with the NIT All-Stars. Thomas led the team to a 4-1 record with a 17.3 scoring average and was able to enjoy the sights of Austria, Hungary and Slovakia ... He began his summer doing a 10-week inner-city missions project with Campus Outreach ...
