Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year

Softball - Hawaii

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SOFTBALL

Liliana Thomas

Catcher/third baseman
MARYKNOLL SCHOOL
HONOLULU, HAWAII
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

19

Home runs

6

Colorado Fireworks home runs

22

Colorado Fireworks RBI
“Liliana, as a sophomore, was the youngest team captain in all my years of coaching. It says a lot about her because it meant that the upperclassmen respected her and knew that she earned that status. Her leadership role goes beyond her performance on the field.”
John Uekawa
Head Coach - Head coach of Maryknoll High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-8 junior catcher and third baseman hit 19 home runs with 63 runs batted in last summer and fall for her Firecrackers Brashear 16-and-under club team against elite-level national competition. In leading the Firecrackers to a fifth-place finish at the Colorado Fireworks Power Pool tournament last July, Thomas collected six home runs and 22 RBI in 12 games. A two-time Second Team All-State selection for Maryknoll, she is ranked as the nation’s No. 57 recruit in the Class of 2021 by Extra Inning Softball.

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Academic Achievement

Thomas has maintained a 3.31 GPA in the classroom. She has made a verbal commitment to play softball on scholarship at Arizona State University beginning in the fall of 2021.

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Exemplary Character

Thomas has volunteered locally as part of a fundraising campaign to benefit breast cancer research. She has also donated her time at a veterans home and as a student ambassador at Maryknoll High.