“It was really a test of how much I love basketball.” “I’ve never gotten injured that badly before as far as dealing with pain,” she says. Thomas says that being a basketball player, “makes you feel like you’re lucky?you get to live out other people’s dreams.” She knows she will look back fondly on her years playing in Division I, and says, “You don’t fully appreciate it while you’re living it.”Ī defining moment of Carla’s sports career at Vanderbilt was when she injured her knee early this season. We’re coming together as a team at the right time,” she said. “We’re focused and we can do well throughout the year. She said that overhearing a comment from a coach that she was “uncoordinated and awful” three years later led her to begin taking basketball seriously.Ĭarla expresses confidence going into the SEC Tournament this year. Yet she doesn’t hesitate to say that “I wouldn’t change it for anything because it has definitely made me unique.”Ĭarla began playing organized basketball at the age of 7. Carla says there are a lot of cultural differences in her home that she did not find in some of her friends’ homes. Originally from Mechanicsburg, Pa., Carla describes her hometown as “the middle of nowhere.” Growing up there, in a Guyanese-American family, she developed a taste for dishes such as pepperpot, pumpkin pie, curry, and homemade bread. The daughter of Guyanese emigrants, an avid reader, and talented artist, there is much more to Carla than meets the eye. The 6’3″ forward for the basketball team certainly stands out from the crowd. When Carla Thomas comes to the minds of her teammates, they describe her with words like “stately,” “queenly,” “intellectual” and “quiet.”Ĭarla describes herself as “eclectic.” She says, “You wouldn’t think an athlete would be into art or reading a lot, but I am.” NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete
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