Rylan Thomas Season 2018

SOPHOMORE (2018)
56 GP, 56 GS, .343/.587/.447, 55 RBI, 13 HR, 73 H, 36 BB, 4-7 SB
• Drafted in the 26th Round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds
• Named The American Preseason Player of the Year, as well as Preseason All-Conference
• Garnered Perfect Game/Rawlings Midseason All-America Second Team honors
• Earned First Team All-Conference in The American
• Twice selected to The American Weekly Honor Roll
• Ranked 79th MLB Draft eligible hitter by D1Baseball.com
• Named College Sports Madness The American Player of the Week once
• Only player to start every game this season, all of which were at first
• Led the team in batting average, slugging, on-base percentage, hits, home runs, total bases (125), walks, games played and sacrifice flies (6)
• Moved into eighth place on the UCF all-time home runs list with 27
• Tallied a career high in batting average, runs, hits, doubles, RBI, slugging percentage, walks, hit by pitches, on-base percentage and sacrifice flies
• Set the UCF and The American single-season record for on-base streak at 47 games
• Dating back to 2017, on-base streak lasted 55 games, a new American Athletic Conference Record, 10 games shy of Kiko Vazquez mark from 2006 to 2009
• During the 2018 streak, hit .372 with 53 RBI, 12 home runs and a slugging clip of .633
• Posted a career-long nine-game hitting streak in the middle of the season
• Came on strong late in games with a .533 (8-15) clip at the plate with seven RBI in the ninth inning or later, including one home run
• Was one home run shy of breaking into top-10 in program history for home runs again
• Finished the year ranked in the top-five of The American in batting average, home runs, on-base percentage, RBI, sacrifice flies and total bases
• Fell one RBI shy of become UCF’s first team triple crown winner since Chris Duffy in 2010
• Produced 24 multi-hit games, including eight three-hit outings
• Drove in multiple RBI on 16 occasions, including four against Wagner (3/2)
• Cut down on strikeouts by 23, and dropped strikeout rate by 10 percentage points
• Matched his career high with three hits in eight games
• Notched a season-high four RBI against Wagner, including a walk-off three-run homer (3/2)
• Tied career high with two doubles against Cincinnati (4/15)

FRESHMAN (2017)
• Received Perfect Game/Rawlings, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, Baseball America, D1Baseball and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper/Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America honors
• Named AAC Rookie Position Player of the Year
• Earned Second Team All-Conference honors in The American
• Started and appeared in 59 games
• Hit .302 and was ninth in the conference in slugging percentage with a mark of .530
• Broke freshman record for home runs in a season with 14
• Had the third most home runs in the conference
• Batted in 53 runs, good for second in the AAC
• Put up 20 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games
• Crushed two homers to bring in 7 runs on a 3-for-4 performance vs. Central Michigan (3/10)
• Recorded a homerun, four RBI, and a double vs. Jacksonville (3/28)
• Tallied a homerun, four RBI, and two doubles vs. UCONN (4/21)
• Threw 10 strikeouts in eight innings as a relief pitcher
• Named Team MVP of the Lakeshore Chinooks in the Northwoods League

PRIOR TO UCF
• As a Senior for the Lakers he was named 1st team All-District
• As a Junior for the Lakers he was named 1st team All-District
• As a Sophomore for the Lakers he was named 1st team All-District and was named to the All-Metro team
• As a Freshman for the Lakers he was named to the All-Metro team
• Named to the A&B honor roll as a Freshman