Hawai'i Hilo Vulcans Athletics

2020
Started all 21 games for the Vulcans, most of them at first base in a COVID-19 shortened season...Hit a career-best .313 with five doubles and a pair of home runs...Led the team with 16 walks...Also paced the Vulcans with a .542 slugging percentage...Only struck out four times in 67 plate appearances...Went 2-for-2 with two doubles in a win over defending champ Concordia...Also went 2-for-2 with a double in a 7-1 win over Biola...HIt home runs against Colorado Mesa and Eastern New Mexico...Had a .977 fielding percentage.

2019
Started 41 games at first base as a sophomore...Had five doubles and tied for the team lead with five home runs...Drove in 25 RBI runs, third on the squad...Had a home run and scored three times in win over Chadron State....Went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI against Azusa Pacific...Had five multi-hit games...Drove in three runs with a homer against Biola...Had seven multi-RBI games...Did not have an error all season at first base.

2018
Started 37 of UH Hilo's 46 game at first base as a true freshman...Hit .258 with five doubles, two home runs and 21 RBI...Fourth on the team with 20 walks...Hit a grand slam in her first college at-bat against San Francisco State...Also hit a round-tripper against No. 8 nationally ranked Colorado Mesa...Had a streak of five straight games with at least one RBI...Went 3-for-5 with two RBI against Western New Mexico...Had a pair of doubles against Cal State East Bay.

BEFORE UHH
2017 graduate of Waiakea HS in Hilo...Two-time Division I BIIF Player of the Year...As a junior (2016) she hit .610 with 31 RBI...Helped the Warriors win three consecutive BIIF titles...Waiakea finished sixth at the state tournament in 2017...As a senior shortstop hit .474 with a league-high eight home runs...Had 41 RBI...Team went 18-2 overall and were unbeaten in league play...Played for the successful RBI Nobu Yamauchi softball team, advancing to the World Series.

PERSONAL
Born March 8, 1999 in Honolulu...Parents: Solomon and Noelle Thomas, and Jonalyn and Vernon De Soto...Agriculture major...Siblings: Sloane (26), Kainalu (25), Kia`imau (24), Kaile (20) and Samson (18)...Likes to spend time with family and friends...Also likes being outdoors, binging on movies and spending money on food...Likes Hawaiian, reggae and country music...Favorite team is the Los Angeles Dodgers...Likes Hawaiian food, pizza and sushi...Favorite TV show is Supernatural...Favorite movies are Star Wars and Jurassic Park.