Ja'Miah Thomas

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16 Ja'Miah Thomas

Height:

5-8
Hometown:

Columbus, Ohio
Position:

MH
Year:

So.
High School:

Briggs
Previous College:

Central State

m

12
k/s

0.50
h %

.028
a/s

0.00
b/s

0.60
sa/s

0.00
d/s

0.20

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Bio

Sophomore (2024)

Made Defiance debut on Sept. 4 at Indiana Tech
Recorded career-high five kills on Sept. 13 vs. Lawrence Tech
Blocked eight attacks with three solo on Nov. 2 vs. UNOH, matching the highest total in a match by a Defiance player on the season

Prior to DC

Spent freshman season at Division II Central State and appeared in five matches while converting seven kills

Personal:

Majoring in Exercise Science with a minor in biology
2023 graduate of Briggs High School in Columbus
Earned three varsity letters in volleyball, two in basketball and was also a cheerleader
Captured Columbus City League title at Briggs in 2022 and was a three-time First Team All-City player
Daughter of Trina Graham...Youngest of five children
Has five family members play college athletics: Jalynn Graham (WBB at Walsh), Javon Graham (WBB at Ohio Christian), Shawnta Dyer (WBB at Louisville), Shawn Dyer (MBB at IUP and West Liberty), and O.J. McDuffie (cousin, WR at Penn State, former 1st round draft pick of Miami Dolphins, played 7 seasons in NFL)
Aspires to join the Air Force, earn a master's degree, and pursue athletic training career

Recent games

Date	Opponent	Result

Date	Opponent	Result
Oct 26	#RV Cornerstone	L, 3-0
Oct 30	Concordia (MI)	W, 3-0
Nov 2	University of Northwestern Ohio	L, 3-2
Nov 6	Lourdes	W, 3-1
Nov 8	Siena Heights	L, 3-1
Nov 11	at #7 Madonna	L, 3-1

Season Statistics

	Overall	Conference
Matches	12	11
Sets	40	36
Kills	20	19
Kills per set	0.50	0.53
Errors	18	18
Total Attacks	71	68
Total Attacks per set	1.77	1.89
Hitting Percentage	.028	.015
Assists	0	0
Assists per set	0.00	0.00
Service Aces	0	0
Service Errors	0	0
Service Aces per set	0.00	0.00
Receptions	4	3
Reception Errors	1	1
Digs	8	6
Digs per set	0.20	0.17
Block Solo	9	9
Block Assist	15	13
Block Total	24	22
Blocks per set	0.60	0.61
Block Errors	0	0
Ball Handling Errors	0	0
Points	36.5	34.5
Points per set	0.9	1.0
Matches started	10	9

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	k	e	ta	pct	a	pts

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	k	e	ta	pct	a	pts
Aug 16	Indiana Northwest	L, 3-2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 16	Brescia (KY)	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 17	Governors State	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 17	Goshen (IN)	W, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 23	vs. Oakland City	W, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 24	vs. Bethel (IN)	L, 3-2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 24	at Saint Francis (Ind.)	L, 3-2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 30	vs. Kentucky Christian	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 30	vs. WVU Tech (WV)	W, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 31	at Rio Grande	L, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 31	vs. Shawnee State	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 4	at Indiana Tech	L, 3-1	1	4	1	1	6	.000	0	1.5
Sep 13	Lawrence Tech	L, 3-2	1	5	5	4	13	.077	0	5.0
Sep 14	Rochester Christian (Mich.)	W, 3-0	1	3	4	3	9	.111	0	5.5
Sep 20	at Cornerstone (MI)	L, 3-0	1	3	1	2	5	-.200	0	1.0
Sep 21	at #12 Aquinas (MI)	L, 3-0	1	2	0	1	3	-.333	0	0.5
Sep 25	at Concordia (MI)	L, 3-2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 27	#16 Mount Vernon Nazarene	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 28	at Northwestern Ohio	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 28	vs. #RV Cumberlands (KY)	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 2	at Lourdes	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 4	St. Mary-Woods	L, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 4	St. Mary-Woods	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 9	Indiana Tech	L, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 12	at Siena Heights	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 18	at Madonna	L, 3-0	-	1	1	0	4	.250	0	1.5
Oct 19	at Michigan-Dearborn	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 25	#12 Aquinas	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 26	#RV Cornerstone	L, 3-0	-	2	0	3	6	-.500	0	1.0
Oct 30	Concordia (MI)	W, 3-0	1	3	1	1	4	.000	0	4.5
Nov 2	University of Northwestern Ohio	L, 3-2	1	5	3	2	8	.125	0	8.5
Nov 6	Lourdes	W, 3-1	1	4	1	1	4	.000	0	2.5
Nov 8	Siena Heights	L, 3-1	1	4	2	0	6	.333	0	3.0
Nov 11	at #7 Madonna	L, 3-1	1	4	1	0	3	.333	0	2.0

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	digs	bs	ba	be	tot	bhe

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	digs	bs	ba	be	tot	bhe
Aug 16	Indiana Northwest	L, 3-2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 16	Brescia (KY)	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 17	Governors State	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 17	Goshen (IN)	W, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 23	vs. Oakland City	W, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 24	vs. Bethel (IN)	L, 3-2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 24	at Saint Francis (Ind.)	L, 3-2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 30	vs. Kentucky Christian	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 30	vs. WVU Tech (WV)	W, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 31	at Rio Grande	L, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 31	vs. Shawnee State	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 4	at Indiana Tech	L, 3-1	1	4	1	0	1	0	1	0
Sep 13	Lawrence Tech	L, 3-2	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 14	Rochester Christian (Mich.)	W, 3-0	1	3	0	1	1	0	2	0
Sep 20	at Cornerstone (MI)	L, 3-0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 21	at #12 Aquinas (MI)	L, 3-0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
Sep 25	at Concordia (MI)	L, 3-2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 27	#16 Mount Vernon Nazarene	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 28	at Northwestern Ohio	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 28	vs. #RV Cumberlands (KY)	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 2	at Lourdes	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 4	St. Mary-Woods	L, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 4	St. Mary-Woods	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 9	Indiana Tech	L, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 12	at Siena Heights	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 18	at Madonna	L, 3-0	-	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
Oct 19	at Michigan-Dearborn	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 25	#12 Aquinas	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 26	#RV Cornerstone	L, 3-0	-	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
Oct 30	Concordia (MI)	W, 3-0	1	3	1	2	3	0	5	0
Nov 2	University of Northwestern Ohio	L, 3-2	1	5	1	3	5	0	8	0
Nov 6	Lourdes	W, 3-1	1	4	0	1	1	0	2	0
Nov 8	Siena Heights	L, 3-1	1	4	2	1	0	0	1	0
Nov 11	at #7 Madonna	L, 3-1	1	4	2	0	2	0	2	0

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	ta	sa	se	r	re

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	ta	sa	se	r	re
Aug 16	Indiana Northwest	L, 3-2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 16	Brescia (KY)	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 17	Governors State	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 17	Goshen (IN)	W, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 23	vs. Oakland City	W, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 24	vs. Bethel (IN)	L, 3-2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 24	at Saint Francis (Ind.)	L, 3-2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 30	vs. Kentucky Christian	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 30	vs. WVU Tech (WV)	W, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 31	at Rio Grande	L, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 31	vs. Shawnee State	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 4	at Indiana Tech	L, 3-1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 13	Lawrence Tech	L, 3-2	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 14	Rochester Christian (Mich.)	W, 3-0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 20	at Cornerstone (MI)	L, 3-0	1	3	0	0	0	2	0
Sep 21	at #12 Aquinas (MI)	L, 3-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 25	at Concordia (MI)	L, 3-2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 27	#16 Mount Vernon Nazarene	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 28	at Northwestern Ohio	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 28	vs. #RV Cumberlands (KY)	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 2	at Lourdes	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 4	St. Mary-Woods	L, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 4	St. Mary-Woods	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 9	Indiana Tech	L, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 12	at Siena Heights	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 18	at Madonna	L, 3-0	-	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 19	at Michigan-Dearborn	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 25	#12 Aquinas	L, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 26	#RV Cornerstone	L, 3-0	-	2	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 30	Concordia (MI)	W, 3-0	1	3	0	0	0	1	1
Nov 2	University of Northwestern Ohio	L, 3-2	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 6	Lourdes	W, 3-1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 8	Siena Heights	L, 3-1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 11	at #7 Madonna	L, 3-1	1	4	0	0	0	1	0

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	ta/s	pct	a	a/s	pts	pts/s

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	ta/s	pct	a	a/s	pts	pts/s
2024-25	12	40	20	0.50	18	71	1.77	.028	0	0.00	36.5	0.9
Total	12	40	20	0.50	18	71	1.77	.028	0	0.00	36.5	0.9

Career Stats: Offense

	m	s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s

	m	s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s
2024-25	12	40	8	0.20	9	15	24	0.60
Total	12	40	8	0.20	9	15	24	0.60

Career Stats: Defense

	m	s	ta	sa	sa/s	se	r	re

	m	s	ta	sa	sa/s	se	r	re
2024-25	12	40	0	0	0.00	0	4	1
Total	12	40	0	0	0.00	0	4	1

Career Stats: Serve/Receive

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	ta/s	pct	a	a/s	pts	pts/s

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	ta/s	pct	a	a/s	pts	pts/s
Event
Total	12	40	20	0.50	18	71	1.77	.028	0	0.00	36.5	0.9
Conference	11	36	19	0.53	18	68	1.89	.015	0	0.00	34.5	1.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	7	26	16	0.62	14	50	1.92	.040	0	0.00	30.0	1.2
Away	5	14	4	0.29	4	21	1.50	.000	0	0.00	6.5	0.5
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	3	10	6	0.60	5	17	1.70	.059	0	0.00	12.5	1.3
Losses	9	30	14	0.47	13	54	1.80	.019	0	0.00	24.0	0.8
Month
September	5	17	11	0.65	11	36	2.12	.000	0	0.00	13.5	0.8
October	3	6	2	0.33	4	14	2.33	-.143	0	0.00	7.0	1.2
November	4	17	7	0.41	3	21	1.24	.190	0	0.00	16.0	0.9

Splits Stats: Offense

	m	s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s

	m	s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s
Event
Total	12	40	8	0.20	9	15	24	0.60
Conference	11	36	6	0.17	9	13	22	0.61
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	7	26	5	0.19	9	10	19	0.73
Away	5	14	3	0.21	0	5	5	0.36
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	3	10	1	0.10	4	5	9	0.90
Losses	9	30	7	0.23	5	10	15	0.50
Month
September	5	17	2	0.12	1	3	4	0.24
October	3	6	1	0.17	3	4	7	1.17
November	4	17	5	0.29	5	8	13	0.76

Splits Stats: Defense

	m	s	ta	sa	sa/s	se	r	re

	m	s	ta	sa	sa/s	se	r	re
Event
Total	12	40	0	0	0.00	0	4	1
Conference	11	36	0	0	0.00	0	3	1
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	7	26	0	0	0.00	0	1	1
Away	5	14	0	0	0.00	0	3	0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	3	10	0	0	0.00	0	1	1
Losses	9	30	0	0	0.00	0	3	0
Month
September	5	17	0	0	0.00	0	2	0
October	3	6	0	0	0.00	0	1	1
November	4	17	0	0	0.00	0	1	0

Splits Stats: Serve/Receive

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Game Log - Defense

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