[1] Thomas was a member of the Iowa Hawkeyes where he won the Big-10 Conference Sixth Man of the Year.

[2] Thomas graduated from the University of Iowa with a BS in African-American Studies after transferring from Southeastern Community College, where he played his first two years of collegiate basketball.

Following high school, Thomas attended Christian Faith Center Academy in Creedmoor, North Carolina for one year, where he averaged 21 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocked shots per game.

Thomas signed a Letter of Intent to play with the University of Iowa basketball team, but failed to meet admission standards.

Thomas' freshman and sophomore years were spent as a key player for Southeastern Community College in Burlington, Iowa.

Here, he helped his team post a two-year record of 69–5 while winning back-to-back National Championships.

Thomas averaged 10.1 points and 6.7 rebounds as a sophomore, starting 29 of the 31 games he played and shot 49% from the field.

As a freshman, Thomas averaged 10.5 points and 5.9 rebounds helping Southeastern post a 37–1 overall record.

[5] Thomas was temporarily suspended from the team in 2003 due to arrests for Assault Causing Injury and Drug Possession.

That same month, he joined the Petron Blaze Boosters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).