2013 NCAA Qualifier
2012-13: Full time starter at 133 ... Qualified automatically for the 2013 NCAA Championships by finishing sixth at the Big Ten Championships ... Went 0-2 at NCAAs ... Was ranked a career-best No. 7 by W.I.N. Magazine ... Defeated two-time All-American Chris Dardanes of Minnesota by a 17-8 major decision ... Went 4-2 at Midlands ... Won the Loras Open and finished third at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open.
2011-12:Full time starter at 141 ... Finished sixth at the 2012 Big Ten Championships ... Posted a 5-3 Big Ten record including wins over Purdue, Michigan State, Northwestern, Indiana and Wisconsin ... Placed fifth at the Loras Open, winning three matches by pin ... Finished season with a 15-15 record, a career-high wins.
2010-11:Served as Jimmy Kennedy's back-up at 141, going 3-2 in the month of January when Kennedy was sidelined with an ankle injury ... Scored a 25-9 four-point technical fall in the Wisconsin dual that gave the Illini a tie with the No. 3 Badgers ... Also scored victories against SIU Edwardsville and Michigan State.
2009-10:Illinois' starter at 133 ... Went 13-18 on the season, including a 5-11 dual record and 1-7 mark in Big Ten duals ... Placed second at the Lindenwood Open, falling only to former NAIA national champion Ray Stephens, who was wrestling unattached ... Went 3-2 at the Las Vegas Invitational ... Went 1-2 at Midlands ... Went 0-2 at the Big Ten Championships.
2008-09:Redshirt season ... Went 5-1 and placed third at the Missouri Open.
HIGH SCHOOL:2008 Asics folkstyle national champion ... 2008 Illinois freestyle state champion ... Placed fourth at the 2006 Illinois Class AA state tournament ... Three-time state qualifier ... Three-time All-Southwestern Conference ... Holds the Edwardsville school records for single-season and career takedowns with 190 and 401, respectively.
PERSONAL:Born on Aug. 1, 1990 ... Parents are Daryl Thomas Sr. and Michelle Robinson ... Enrolled in the general curriculum ... Has five younger siblings: sisters Cherelle, Abigail and Lydia, and brothers Daniel and Gabe ... Majoring in communication.
Thomas' career record
YEAR W L F Big Ten NCAA2009-10 13 18 02010-11 3 2 02011-12 15 15 3 6th2012-13 22 12 3 6th DNPTotal 53 47 6
