PRONUNCIATION
HONROS AND AWARDS
2025 Second Team All-Sun Belt
2024-25 CSC Academic All-District
AS A SOPHOMORE (2025)
Started all 54 games at shortstop … Batted .268 with six doubles, two triples, and 26 RBI … Hit a team-high seven home runs … Named second team All-Sun Belt … Set single season program record and led the conference with 17 hit by pitches … Led the team with a .477 slugging percentage … Second on the team with 24 runs scored … Hit a walk off two-run home run to lift the Eagles over Campbell 5-3 on Feb. 21 … Went 2-for-3 with three runs batted in and a run scored in the Eagles 6-1 win over Southern Miss (3/15) … Went 3-for-4 including a double and three runs batted in against Coastal Carolina on April 5
AS A FRESHMAN (2024)
Started 43 games for the Eagles at shortstop … Hit .267 including five doubles, triple, four home runs, and 17 RBI … Led the team slugging .455 … Drew 15 walks and a team-high 11 hit by pitches for a .417 on base percentage. … Hit a grand slam against App State on May 2, the first since March 2022 … Recorded five multi-hit games … Went 1-for-1 against Villanova including a three-run home run
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time first-team All-State performer for Southeast Bulloch HS ... Also named the 3AAA Region Player of the Year twice for the Yellow Jackets ... Also competed in basketball and flag football ... Plays club for Georgia Impact Dayton.
PERSONAL
Born Delanie Reneè Thames on November 5, 2004, in Statesboro, Ga., her hometown ... Daughter of Jennifer Youmans and James Thames ... Has one sister, Shylah, and two brothers, Aldon and James III ... Uncle, William Rushing, played baseball at Georgia Southern from 1994-95, earning All-American honors as a senior in 1995.
MAJOR
Psychology
