Missouri State

2025 (Sophomore)
Pitched in 17 games with two starts, striking out 25 batters in 18.1 innings...Started a 1-2-3- double play against UCF (May 6) that landed at No. 3 on Sportscenter’s Top 10 the next morning...Season highs of four strikeouts came in starts against Oral Roberts (March 11) and Oklahoma State (April 1)...Also went a season-long 3.2 innings in the ORU start...Had an 11.78 earned run average.

2024 (Freshman)
Ranked third on the team with 51.2 innings, going 4-3 with a 4.01 ERA, 51 strikeouts an a .245 opponent average...Made five starts, joining the weekend rotation on April 21...Struck out four-plus batters in seven games with a high of eight against Murray State (May 3)...Pitched four shutout innings with four Ks at Oral Roberts (Feb. 20) for his first victory...Fanned four and gave up one hit in 2.1 innings for the win at Central Arkansas (March 10)...Yielded an unearned run in five innings to Southern Illinois (May 17) for the victory...Pitched in 21 games.

Background
Played in the same Mississauga Tigers High Performance Program that produced current MSU sophomore Taeg Gollert...Eighth-ranked player in Canada and third-best prospect in Ontario in the 2023 class...At the high school level, was his team’s rookie of the year as a freshman, helping the team to a county championship and pitching in a combined no-hitter...Team MVP of his high school basketball team twice.

Personal
Kaleb Thomas is the son of Brad and Cindy Thomas...Born May 19, 2004 in Brantford, Ont....Majoring in psychology.