Bio

Janniqua Thomas was a 5’11 forward who played women’s basketball for Coach Tracey Clingingsmith at Dawson from 2012-2014. In a historic sophomore season, she led the Lady Bucs to their most wins in program history and their deepest ever run in the Region IX tournament. They went 25-7 (2nd highest win total is 21) and reached the semifinals at the Region IX Tournament before losing to host Western Wyoming College by one point. They had an impressive 12-4 record in conference play and 15-5 region record. Thomas averaged 21.5 points and 9.1 rebounds while shooting 58% from the field during her sophomore year. That is the highest field goal percentage in a season ever in DCC history. She scored over 30 points five times that year and went on a run at the Region Tournament by scoring 21, 31 and 29 in their three games. 

In her 58 game career at Dawson, Thomas scored 1,025 points (17.7 ppg) and collected 527 rebounds (9.1 rpg). She currently stands as the 3rd all-time leading scorer, 2nd in rebounds, 2nd in field goals made, 4th in field goal percentage, and 2nd in free throws made. She also has 5 of the top 20 scoring games in Lady Bucs history, 4 of the top 15 rebounding games, 4 of the top 10 free throws made in a game, the most field goals made in a game, the top 2 free throw percentage games and 4 of the top 6 field goal percentage games. Her name is literally all over the record books for Dawson Women’s Basketball. 

Thomas was on the All-Region IX team both years and was named the first NJCAA All-American in program history.  

After Dawson, Thomas went on to play Division I basketball at the University of Northern Colorado and then finished at Dickinson State University. Thomas was born in Great Falls, Montana, and now lives in Colorado Springs with her husband and three children.