2021 USC Baseball Roster
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Thomas, Rhylan
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Jersey Number 15
Rhylan Thomas
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Newbury Park, Calif.
- High School:
- Oaks Christian HS
Bio
2022/JUNIOR:
2021/SOPHOMORE:
2020/FRESHMAN:
HIGH SCHOOL:
PERSONAL:
- Selected in the 11th round of the MLB Draft by the New York Mets (signed)
- Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
- Appeared and started in all 53 games in the outfield for the Trojans
- Earned defensive recognition after only surrounding two errors and tallying two outfield assists with a .985 fielding percentage
- Led USC in batting average (.363), on-base percentage (.422) and slashed a .444 slugging percentage
- Ranked third in the Pac-12 for batting average
- Posted multiple career-highs against CSUN (Apr. 12) with five hits and four runs
- Notched 26 multi-hit games including a ten game stretch of multiple hits (Apr. 12-29)
- Accumulated a 15 game hit-streak (Apr. 12-May 7), posted a hit in 23 of the last 24 games of the season and recorded a hit in 43 of the 53 games he played in
- Tallied the second most stolen bases on the team with eight
- Finished the season with 13 extra base hits including two home runs and recorded 35 runs and 23 RBIs
2021/SOPHOMORE:
- Appeared in 49 games, making 47 starts for the Trojans during the 2021 season
- Recorded the third-best batting average on the team (.296), an on-base percentage of .343, and a slugging percentage of .398
- Posted two home runs, nine doubles, and two triples
- Had 55 base hits, scored 30 runs, and recorded 25 RBI
- Ranked 12 in the nation in strike out/at-bat ratio with 13.3 ab/k
- Notched 15 muli-hit games and seven multi-RBI games
- Had a career-high of four hits against Cal Poly (2/28)
2020/FRESHMAN:
- Appeared in all 15 games, making 12 starts for the Trojans during the pandemic shortened 2020 season
- Had the third best batting average on the team (.356), fourth best on-base percentage (.412) and fifth best slugging percentage (.422)
- Scored a team-high 13 runs and drove in six more
- Had one triple, one double and two stolen bases
- Posted five multi-hit games, including three-hit games against San Diego State (2/23) and Seton Hall (2/28)
- Was only held hitless four times on the year
- Scored multiple runs three times
HIGH SCHOOL:
- Played four varsity seasons at Oaks Christian HS under head coach Royce Clayton
- Was named All-County as a senior
- Earned All-Marmonte League as a sophomore, junior and senior
- Had 36 hits his senior season
- Ranked the No. 11 outfielder in California and the No. 72 outfielder in the nation
PERSONAL:
- Born on April 15, 2000
- Hails from Newbury Park, Calif.
- Majoring in real estate development
- Chose USC… “because to me USC is the best school in the country.”
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