Elon University Athletics

Career Highs (through Nov. 23, 2019)
Kills: 20 at UNCW | Nov. 8, 2018
Assists: 1, 5x - last vs. Towson | Oct. 13, 2019
Digs: 7 at UNCW | Oct. 6, 2019
Blocks: 5, 2x - last at William & Mary | Oct. 14, 2018
Aces: 1, 3x - last vs. Charleston | Nov. 11, 2018

2019: Made 10 starts in 28 matches and 110 sets played. She was third on the team with 258.5 points and 236 kills (2.15/set) and added three assists, 44 digs, and 43 blocks (two solo)...Led Elon in its season opener against McNeese State with a season-high 18 kills. She added two digs and four blocks...Had a stretch of double-digit kills in 7-of-9 matches, including 17 in a 3-2 upset of Wake Forest. She also made three blocks against the Demon Deacons...Ended up with 11 kills and two blocks at Virginia...Scored 11 kills against James Madison...Got 10 kills and tied her season best of four blocks in a win over Delaware...Neared double digits with nine kills in the opening-round win over Northeastern at the CAA Championship. She added two digs and three blocks.

2018: Made four starts in 25 matches and 73 sets played...Finished the season with 124 kills, one assist, two service aces, 16 digs, and 27 total blocks (two solo)...One of two team captains in 2018...Notched a season-high nine kills against Akron and had three blocks against Georgia Southern in the Wake Forest Invitational...Posted three kills in two sets in the season opener against Presbyterian...Had three kills apiece against N.C. Central and Gardner-Webb in the Phoenix Classic while also adding a block in each match and two digs against the Eagles...Tied her career high with five blocks in a win at William & Mary...Scored a career-high 20 kills with three digs and four total blocks at UNCW.

2017: Played in 31 of Elon’s 32 matches on the season, seeing time in 93 sets while making 13 starts…Closed the year with 147 kills, 39 blocks and 31 digs…Her 147 digs were the fourth-most on the team and her 39 blocks the fifth-most…Had her two best matches of the season against William & Mary, posting season bests with 13 kills and four digs in the first meeting before putting down 10 kills on the road…Also had nine kills at NC Central, against Hofstra and at UNCW…Finished with five kills, a season-best four blocks and three digs at Northeastern…Blocked three balls against Furman, at Towson and against Hofstra.

2016: Appeared in 15 matches on the season, starting one of them…Finished the year with 23 kills and eight blocks…Recorded a season-high 12 kills and five blocks against Delaware State…Finished with three digs against Savannah State.

High School: Four-year varsity starter at Colonial Forge…Led team in kills as both a junior and senior…Named to the all-state, all-region and all-conference first teams in 2014…Honored as the 2014 Free Lance Star All-Area Player of the Year…Helped team to a conference regular-season title in 2013, a conference tournament title in 2014 and a conference regular season and tournament championship in 2015, while also making three straight regional semifinal appearances…Named the conference player of the year as a senior…Played club for Fredericksburg Juniors VBC…Involved in the USAV High Performance program from 2012-15…Named to the 2012 and 2013 AVCA Phenom List.
 
Personal: Full name is Alinor Elsbeth Thomas…Daughter of Jeffrey and Linda Thomas…Born on March 31, 1998…Father played basketball at Geneva College.