“This is definitely a shock, but it’s obviously very exciting and I’m honored to be an All-American,” said Thomas. “With the amazing season we had and the way our team came together, I wouldn’t have been able to win this award without my teammates so I give credit to all of them. I never really looked at individual goals, I just wanted to have fun and wanted to win.”<\/p>\n
An All-America Third Team pick, Thomas was the Knights’ 16th NSCAA All-American selection since the program’s first season in 1981. She joins a list of UCF alumni that includes four-time honoree Michelle Akers and UCF Athletics Hall of Fame member Amy Allmann.<\/p>\n
Under All-Central Region Coach of the Year Amanda Cromwell, the Knights went 17-5-1, won the Conference USA regular-season title and were ranked as high as No. 8 in the country. UCF was a No. 3 national seed in the NCAA Tournament as it made its 14th appearance in the dance, which is tied for 15th-most nationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“This is definitely a shock, but it’s obviously very exciting and I’m honored to be an All-American,” said Thomas. “With the amazing season we had and the way our team came together, I wouldn’t have been able to win this award without my teammates so I give credit to all of them. I never really looked at individual goals, I…","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":8728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[213,5208],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-8727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-amanda-cromwell","tag-womens-soccer"],"yoast_head":"\n