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Mercury Signs Sam Thomas to an Injury Replacement Contract

June 21, 2023 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Phoenix Mercury News Release


PHOENIX - The three-time WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury have signed forward Sam Thomas to an injury replacement contract ahead of today's matchup against the Las Vegas Aces at 12:30 p.m. PT.

Thomas, who appeared in 24 contests for the Mercury during her rookie campaign in 2022, signed a training camp contract with Phoenix back in February, but was waived on May 16, a few days before the start of the 2023 regular season. She scored her first career WNBA points on May 29, 2022 at Atlanta and later scored a career-high six points during the regular season finale against Chicago on August 14. Thomas, who was one of two undrafted rookies to make an opening night roster, was named to the 2022 AP WNBA All-Rookie Team.

During the 2022 offseason, Thomas played overseas with Italian club Dinamo Sassari, where she averaged 10.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.7 steals in 28 league games played. In 10 games played in Eurocup, Thomas upped those numbers, averaging 11.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals.

A five-year starter from Las Vegas, Nevada, Thomas played at the University of Arizona, where she finished her career with 5,125 minutes played in 154 games played, ranking first all-time in program history. Thomas capped her career with a top-10 career ranking in program history in scoring (1,382), three-point field goals made (219), three-point field goal percentage (37.18), blocks (198) and steals (264). While at Arizona, she earned 2021 Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year, 2021 and 2022 CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American honors, 2018 Arizona Athletics Female Freshman of the Year and won the Elite 90 Award for the best GPA of any student-athlete at the Final Four her senior year.

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