The postseason accolades continued to pour in for the Florida State baseball team in 2007 as the Collegiate Baseball newspaper announced the Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-America baseball teams and National Players of the Year on Wednesday, May 30. Tony Thomas, Jr. was recognized as a National Player of the Year while earning first-team All-America honors. Senior Bryan Henry and sophomore Buster Posey were also honored for their efforts this season receiving first-team All-American accolades.
Collegiate Baseball named Thomas as well as Vanderbilt's David Price as its National Players of the Year. Thomas leads the nation in doubles per game (0.55) and is tied for the national lead in runs per game at 1.50. He currently ranks fourth in hitting with a .442 average, the third highest single-season average in school history. At the ACC Tournament in Jacksonville, the junior second baseman became the first Seminole player to register 30 doubles, 100 hits and 30 stolen bases in a single-season. Thomas, the ACC Player of the Year in 2007, also leads the league in seven offensive statistical categories while ranking in the top 10 in four others.
Thomas becomes the third Seminole student-athlete to garner National Player of the Year accolades from Collegiate Baseball joining J.D. Drew in 1997 and Shane Robinson in 2005.
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