SAN ANTONIO -- University of the Incarnate Word baseball's Lee Thomas was selected to the Southland Conference first team at the conclusion of the 2021 season. The conference office announced on Monday.  

It is the second All-Conference award Thomas received after being selected to the second team after the 2019 season.  

In league play this season, Thomas held a .292 batting average with 40 hits and tied for seventh with 11 doubles.    

The senior designated hitter ranked seventh in the conference with an overall .559 slugging percentage and led the league in triples. Thomas drove in 35 RBIs and scored 32 times. He finished the season with a .306 batting average, racked up 52 hits, and had a team-high 12 doubles and five triples.   

Thomas had 16 multi-hit games this spring and a season-best 3-for-4 day against Central Arkansas on March 27. He hit two triples in the series finale against Texas Southern to help the Cardinals open the season with a three-game sweep of the Tigers. Thomas added a two-home run game in a win against Prairie View A&M on April 6.

In his five seasons at UIW, Thomas made his mark in the record books as he ranks third in program history with 27 home runs, fourth with 209 games played, 107 walks and 50 doubles, fifth with 730 at-bats and 362 total bases, sixth with 168 RBIs and seventh with 217 career hits.   

The Cardinals finished the 2021 season with a 21-28 overall record and a 17-23 mark in the Southland Conference under second-year head coach, Ryan Shotzberger. 

The all-conference teams are nominated and voted on by the league's head coaches and sports information directors. Voting for oneself or one's own athletes is not permitted.  

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