2020 - #20 - ELMA'S BRANDI THOMAS

The "A & B" Sports Report with Dave Tuengel

Today on the podcast we are happy to have the new Head Girls Basketball Coach of the Elma Eagles Brandi Thomas with us.

Thomas replaces long-time coach Lisa Johnson, who has retired from coaching after 19 seasons and a 301-152 career record.

Thomas is a 2010 graduate of Elma High School and played for Johnson throughout her high school basketball career. Thomas scored 1,470 points and grabbed 1,100 rebounds in her high school career. She also was a 2-time Evergreen 2A Conference MVP.

While at Elma, Thomas played soccer, volleyball, basketball, and track while with the Eagles. Thomas was the 2-time Class 2A State Triple Jump champion.

After high school, Thomas continued her basketball playing career at Washington State University under coach June Daugherty. One of the biggest highlights of her collegiate career was that as a senior leader, she helped the Cougars to postseason play, their first in 15 years.

After college, Thomas played semi-professionally in Spain for one season before coming back to the states.

Her coaching career began by volunteering at Olympia High School, then became the Head Girls Basketball Coach at Tenino High School. Her 3-year record with the Beavers was 33-28. She also was the jumps coach for the Tenino track program. She taught elementary and high school PE at Tenino

Thomas spent last season as the Varsity Assistant Girls Coach at Elma, before taking the head job this spring.