2022 Merrimack College Men's Lacrosse Roster

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39 Christian Thomas

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position Attack
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 160
  • Hometown Wrentham, Mass.
  • High School/Prep (Previous College) New Hampton School
  • Major Exercise Science

Biography

Career

  • USILA All-American Honorable Mention (2019)
  • Two-time NEILA All-New England Second Team selection
  • NE10 All-Conference Third Team (2019)
  • NE10 All-Rookie Team (2018)
  • Has accomplished more in two years from a scoring standpoint than nearly any other player in school history, already ranking in the top-12 in all-time goals scored (88), top-five in all-time assists (88) and top-seven in all-time points (176)

2022

  • Played and started all 12 games for the Warriors
  • Served as a team captain 
  • Had the most goals on the team with 29 and was second overall in scoring with 39 points
  • Tallied 10 assists
  • Collected 20 groundballs
  • Caused 5 turnovers
  • Scored a season-high 5 goals against Hobart (4/16/22)

2021

  • Played and started all 10 games on the year
  • Served as a team captain 
  • Had the third-most goals on the team with 21 and was third overall in scoring with 27 points
  • Scored a season-high six goals Apr. 3 vs LIU
  • Ended the year second on the team in ground balls with 29

2020

  • Started in all six games on the season
  • Served as a team captain
  • Tallied at least three points in every game, including a season-high six points on four goals and two assists against Holy Cross (Feb. 1)
  • Netted the 18th hat trick of his career Feb. 18 against Fairfield
  • Finished second on the team in points with 22 on 11 goals and 11 assists
  • Tied for the team lead in man-up goals with three

2019

  • USILA All-America Honorable Mention selection, the first of his career
  • NEILA All-New England Second Team
  • NE10 All-Conference Third Team
  • Two-time NE10 Player of the Week (4/9, 4/30)
  • Rounded out the "big three" on offense with a 96-point campaign (53g, 43a), ranking third in total scoring on the squad
  • Finished the season ranked in the top-15 nationally in assist (2.15) and scoring (4.80) averages
  • Totaled seven man-up goals and five game-winners, including the dramatic NCAA Semifinal overtime marker at Le Moyne that sent the Warriors back to the national championship for a third straight season
  • Also added 41 ground balls and eight caused turnovers while shooting at 41.7 percent
  • Added two more 10-point games to his career ledger, bringing his total number of double-digit scoring contests to four
  • Had 21 points over the final three games of the season on the way to the national championship
  • Finished with a career-high five ground balls both in road wins at Saint MIchael's (4/23) and Le Moyne (5/18)

2018

  • NEILA All-New England Second Team
  • NE10 All-Rookie Team
  • Earned NE10 Rookie of the Week honors once
  • Put together one of the best single-season campaigns by a scorer -- let alone a rookie -- in program history
  • Started all 19 games and ranked second on the team in overall scoring with 80 points and 45 assists while scoring 35 goals, third most on the squad
  • Ranks fifth in the program record books for single-season total scoring (80), tied for fifth in single-season assists (45) and tied for third for assists in a single game (7)
  • Became the first player in five years to post a double-digit scoring output in a single game, producing a career-most 10 points on two separate outings on the biggest stage -- first in the NCAA Quarterfinals against NYIT (5/12) and then again in the national championship victory over Saint Leo (5/27)
  • Those 10 points in the national title game were shy of the NCAA's single-game record for the finals
  • Ranked fourth nationally averaging 2.37 assists per game and 14th in points per game (4.21) 
  • Had at least one point in every game, including seven games with five or more points
  • Had two game-winners and two man-up goals along with 29 ground balls and eight caused turnovers
  • Set a single-game high with six goals in that NCAA Quarterfinal win over NYIT (5/12)
  • Dished a career-best seven assists as part of that record 10-point output in the national title game over Saint Leo (5/27)

Before Merrimack

  • Attended New Hampton School
  • All-American as a senior
  • Lakes Region All-Star as a junior
  • All-League honors as a sophomore
  • Helped team win three straight Lakes Region titles
  • Male Athlete of the Year at New Hampton School (senior)
  • Captain for lacrosse and soccer (senior)

Personal

  • Born on Aug. 18, 1998
  • Son of Carol and Steve Thomas
  • Brother to Dom, who is a 2020 alumnus of the men's lacrosse team
  • Exercise Science major

Career Highs

Points: 10, 4 times
Goals: 6, two times
Assists: 7, vs Saint Leo, May 27, 2018 
Shots: 13, at Saint Michael's, 04/23/19 
Ground balls: 8, Feb. 20, 2021 vs Boston University
Man-up goals: 2, three times
Man-down goals: 1, at Saint Anselm, Apr 02, 2019 
Caused turnovers: 2, four times

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

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    2019Sophomore

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    2020Junior

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    2021Senior

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    2022Graduate Student

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