UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2006: WCC Fall All-Academic team ... started all 27 matches … led the West Coast Conference with a 0.53 aces per game average (48 total) and ranked 15th in kills with 290 … led Pilots in kills and aces, was third in digs (252) and fourth in total blocks (28) … also had 24 assists … posted seven double-doubles (kills-digs) … reached 20 kills during a match twice … recorded career high 24 kills during win at Portland State on Sept. 19 … had 21 kills and posted season highs of 22 digs and two solo blocks at Davidson on Sept. 2 … posted career-high hitting percentage of .378 in win over Gonzaga on Oct. 7 … nailed six aces during season-ending win over Saint Mary’s on Nov. 18.
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2005: Second on the Pilots in both kills (237) and kills per game (2.96) … started 24 of the team’s 27 matches … led the team with 26 service aces (.32 per game) … finished third on the team in digs (208) and digs per game (2.60) … had eight double-doubles … had over 20 kills twice in a three-match span, recording 23 against Northern Illinois (Sept. 17) and a career-high 24 at Gonzaga (Oct. 1) … recorded career-highs of 24 digs and 27 points against San Jose State (Sept. 10) … named to the dean's list in both fall and spring semesters.
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2004: Played in 101 games and 29 matches, starting in 23 ... career-best 16 kills at Portland State on Oct. 20 ... career-best .500 hitting percentage vs. Boise State on Sept. 10 ... career-best 22 digs at Gonzaga on Oct. 22 ... 14 kills two times, most recent vs. Gonzaga on Nov. 20 ... 11 kills two times, most recent vs. Portland State on Nov. 26 ... 21 digs vs. Portland State ... 17 digs vs. Cal Poly on Sept. 17 ... double-figure kills in five matches ... double-figure digs in 11 matches ... four double-doubles.
CAPISTRANO VALLEY HS: Three-year letterwinner in volleyball … coached by Rick Polk and Travis Turner … a 2002 and 2003 first-team All-South Coast League selection ... 2001 second-team All-South Coast League pick ... 2003 team captain ... helped lead team to back-to-back South Coast League Championships in 2002 and 2003 ... 2003 first-team All-CIF and first-team all-county honoree ... member of the 2002 all-county second-team ... a four-time scholar-athlete and a member of the Superintendent’s Honor Roll.
PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 17, 1986 in Mission Viejo, Calif. … played club volleyball for the past four years on Saddleback Club team … Thometz’s Saddleback Valley Volleyball Club team placed second at the Davis Volleyball Festival in 2001 ... earned her AAA rating in beach volleyball with the CBVA … daughter of Paul and Stephany Thometz ... majors are biology and philosophy.
