Carla Thomas (basketball)

Carla Thomas

Personal information
Born	(1985-10-31) October 31, 1985 (age 38)
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school	Cumberland Valley (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania)
College	Vanderbilt (2003–2007)
WNBA draft	2007: 1st round, 10th overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Sky
Position	Power forward / center
Career history
2007	Chicago Sky
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-SEC (2007) 2x SEC Tournament MVP (2004) SEC All-Freshman Team (2004)

Carla Thomas (born October 31, 1985) is a former professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the WNBA. She played a total of 17 games for the Sky in the 2007 season, averaging 2.5 points per game.

In 2015 she was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.

In 2019, Thomas was inducted into the Vanderbilt University Athletics Hall of Fame, where she played for four years. A graduate of Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Thomas is one of the first women's basketball players to be drafted into the WNBA from the state of Pennsylvania.

Over the course of her athletic career she has won numerous individual and team accolades at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels. ^[1][2]