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    Clayton Thomas
    42 Clayton Thomas
    Class:
    Senior
    Hometown:
    Elgin, Ill.
    High School:
    Larkin
    Height / Weight:
    6-7 / 240
    Position:
    Forward
    Birthdate:
    06/30/1981

    AT ILLINOIS...
    In his fourth season as a walk-on at Illinois under both Lon Kruger (2000) and Bill Self (2001, 2002 and 2003) … Saw action in eight games as a junior, playing a total of 13 minutes and scoring two points and grabbing four rebounds ... Saw action in one game in 2000-01 in the home win against Iowa … Played two years of football at Larkin and four years of basketball … Was a two-year starter on the Larkin varsity basketball team … Upstate 8 Academic All-Conference selection in 1998 and 1999 … Made the 1998 Hinsdale Central Thanksgiving All-Tournament team and set the tournament single-game rebounding record with 18.

    PERSONAL...
    Born June 30, 1981 ... Parents are Richard and Faith Thomas … Has two younger sisters, Sarah and Jillian … Father, Richard, played basketball at Kansas and was a 1965 Champaign News-Gazette All-State selection from Dieterich, Ill. … Named to the National Honor Society at Larkin High School … Majoring in marketing.

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