Olivia Thomas

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Position:
Forward
Height:
5-10
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Grosse Pointe, Mich.
High School:
University Liggett School

Career Honors

2025 Third Team All-America
2025 First Team All-ACC
2025 Second Team All-Atlantic Region
2025 ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 7)
2024 National Champion
2024 NCAA College Cup Most Outstanding Offensive Player
2024 NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team

Junior Season (2025)
Third Team All-America • First Team All-ACC • Second Team All-Atlantic Region • ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 7) • Top Drawer Soccer Midseason Top 100 (no. 5) • Midseason Hermann Trophy Watchlist • Preseason All-ACC • Appeared and started in 20 matches • Led the team with 13 goals and 94 shots • Scored in four consecutive matches including two braces (vs Milwaukee, vs Alabama, vs JMU, vs Virginia Tech) • Scored first goal of the season against Siena • Scored in 11 matches including three braces • Recorded first brace of the season against Milwaukee • Led the Tar Heels with 33 points • Tabbed League Offensive Player of the Week after posting two goals, three assists, and seven points across two games • Led the team with four game-winning goals • Logged 1,536 minutes • Second on the team with seven assists • Recorded season-high two assists against Pittsburgh.

Sophomore Season (2024)
2024 National Champion • NCAA College Cup Most Outstanding Offensive Player • NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team • ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 27) • TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Aug. 27) • Played in 19 games and earned 16 starts, missing eight games due to injury • Ranked second on the team in both goals (9) and points (20) while also dishing out two assists • Her assists came on the road at Colorado for the first multi-assist game of her career • Netted her first career brace against #16 Georgia • Also scored goals vs. Arizona, Clemson and #1 Duke during the regular season • Four of her nine goals came in the NCAA Tournament, including two in the College Cup • Notched goals in NCAA Tournament games against USC Upstate, Minnesota, #1 Duke and #3 Wake Forest • Her 62nd-minute goal off a free kick vs. the Demon Deacons in the NCAA title game proved to be the game-winner, sealing UNC’s 23rd national championship • Led the team with 77 shots and 34 shots on goal.

Freshman Season (2023)
Played in 10 matches, earning seven starts • Logged 421 minutes, including a season-high 55 vs. Wisconsin • Scored her first career goal against Cal in her first career start • Also had a game-high six shots against the Golden Bears • Took 31 shots across her 10 appearances, 13 which were on frame • Saw limited minutes after sustaining an injury in mid-September • Ranked No. 50 on Top Drawer Soccer’s Midseason Top-100 Freshman list.

High School/Club
Attended University Liggett School • Played high school soccer for one season under head coach David Dwaihy • Earned All-Conference honors in the lone season she played as a senior • Was played field hockey and ran track for two years at Liggett • All-State field hockey player and sprinter (100m, 200m, 400m) • Graduated Magna Cum Laude • Leader of 4A (African American Awareness Association) • Played club soccer for Michigan Hawks • Selected to the 2022 ENCL Florida National Selection Games U-16/U-17 West All-Star Team • Earned 2021-22 ECNL All-Midwest Conference accolades • Named to the 2021-22 ECNL Girls U-17 Midwest All-Conference team • 2020-21 ECNL U-16 Midwest Conference Player of the Year • Named ECNL U-16 All-America (2021).

Personal
Olivia Hylton Thomas is the daughter of LaShanda and Terence Thomas • Father played football at Albion College • Has three older siblings and one young sibling • Birthday is April 16 • Majoring in chemistry with minors in creative writing and applied science.

Why Carolina?
I chose UNC because of the close relationship I was able to form with the coaches from the start. The environment here is like no other. It's competitive and driven.