35  Adonis Thomas
	Class: Freshman Hometown: Memphis, Tenn. High School: Melrose Height / Weight: 6-6 / 222 Position: Forward/Guard Experience: HS

High School
A member of the National Honor Society at Melrose ...

Played in the 2011 McDonald's All-America Game, 2011 Jordan Brand Classic and 2011 Nike Hoops Summit ... Scored four points and added two boards and two assists for the West All-Americans in the Jordan Brand Classic held in Charlotte, N.C. ... Posted two points, two blocks and one board in the Nike Hoops Summit ... Helped lead the USA Junior National Team to a 92-80 win over the World Select Team at the Nike Hoops Summit ... Scored two points for the West Team in the McDonald's All-America Game held in Chicago, Ill. ... The 13th overall player from the city of Memphis to play in the McDonald's All-America Game and fourth player in the last six years ...

Named the state of Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year and was a finalist for the Gatorade National Player of the Year honor ... A finalist for Tennessee's Class AAA Mr. Basketball honor in 2010-11 ... Became the fifth player in the city of Memphis history to be named to the Parade magazine All-America first team ... Also named to SLAMmagazine's All-America squad ... Earned Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) Class AAA All-State honors ...

Averaged 19.2 points, 12.3 rebounds, 4.9 blocks, 4.1 assists and 3.6 steals in helping lead Melrose to a 26-7 overall record ... Scored 15 points in Melrose's District 16-AAA championship game win over White Station ... Netted a game-high 27 points in a loss to White Station in the Region 8-AAA title contest ...

Entering 2010-11, the Golden Wildcats were rated as one of the country's top teams, including a No. 4 preseason national ranking from MaxPreps.com and a No. 6 ranking from ESPN.com/RISE ... ESPN.com/RISE also has Melrose ranked the No. 2 team in the Southeast Region and the No. 1 team in the state of Tennessee ...

Rated the No. 1 player in the nation by The Sporting News... Also among the top-10 players in the country by MaxPreps.com (No. 3), ESPNU 100 (No. 8) and Scout.com (No. 8) ... Rivals.com rated him the No. 15 overall player in the country ... For position rankings, ranked the No. 2 small forward in the nation by ESPNU, MaxPreps.com and Scout.com and rated the No. 6 small forward by Rivals.com ... Considered the top hoops prospect in the state of Tennessee ...

During the summer of 2010, played with Team USA as a member of the under-17 squad ... Team USA played in the FIBA Under-17 Championships in Hamburg, Germany ... Helped lead Team USA to the gold medal ... Averaged 8.5 points and 4.1 rebounds in eight games ... Also played in the prestigious Boost Mobile Elite 24 in Venice Beach, Calif., this past summer ...

Played for Team USA in the summer of 2009 in the FIBA Americas U16 Championship in Argentina ... Team USA won that tournament ... Averaged 13.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists in five games ...

As a junior in 2009-10, helped lead Melrose to a 37-4 overall record and the Tennessee Class AAA state crown ... The state championship was Melrose's first since 1983 ... En route to the state title, Melrose won the Region 8-AAA and District 16-AAA crowns ... Averaged 19.3 points, 12.5 rebounds, 5.2 blocks, 4.3 assists and 3.7 steals for the Golden Wildcats ... Was a finalist for the Class AAA Mr. Basketball honor ... Named to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) Class AAA All-State team ... Also selected to the Tennessee Class AAA All-Tournament Team and the District 16-AAA All-Tournament squad ... Named to Commercial Appeal'sBest of the Preps squad ...

In 2008-09 as a sophomore, averaged 16 points, 12.1 rebounds, 4.3 blocks and 2.1 assists in helping lead Melrose to a 29-7 overall record ... The Golden Wildcats appeared in the Region 8-AAA title game and advanced to the Tennessee state tournament ... Started all 36 games ... Earned All-District 16-AAA and all-league honors ... Named to the Region 8-AAA All-Tournament Team ... A Commercial AppealBest of the Preps honoree ...

As a freshman in 2007-08, started all 32 games and averaged 11.7 points, 10.7 rebounds and 2.6 blocks ... Melrose finished with a 17-15 overall record ... Earned All-District 16-AAA and all-league accolades ... Garnered Commercial AppealBest of the Preps distinction.

Personal
Full name is Adonis Michael Thomas ... Son of Sandra Anderson and Eric Thomas ... Birthday is March 25 ... Major is undeclared.