2022 Football Roster
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Tholen II, Thomas

Jersey Number 47
Thomas Tholen II
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 224
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Kansas
- High School:
- Saint Thomas Aquinas
Bio
Honors at Rice
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2022)
2021
Transfer from Butler Community College who did not see action in his first season at Rice.
Butler CC
After attending Kansas State for one year, decided to resume his football career and played for coach Tim Schaffner at Butler during the Grizzlies season that was moved to the spring of 2021… Named to the NJCAA All-Academic first team after posting a 4.0 GPA.
Saint Thomas Aquinas High School
A three-year starter at guard and center for coach Randy Dreiling who helped lead Aquinas to the 2018 Kansas 5A state title… Started all 13 games at center for the 13-0 Saints… Three-time All-Eastern Kansas league selection… Also lettered three times in track and played volleyball on team that finished second in the state in his senior year… Kansas City Star Top Scholar-Athlete nominee and Pax Christi Award (top Senior award)… Received the Medallion Scholarship to Kansas State University.
Personal
Full name: Thomas Patrick Tholen II... Born: August 8 at Shawnee, Kansas... Parents: Tom and Chris Tholen… One brother. two sisters… Sister (Morgan) played volleyball at Colorado in 2010… Rice major: Sports Medicine & Exercise Physiology... Rice College: Martel.
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2022)
2021
Transfer from Butler Community College who did not see action in his first season at Rice.
Butler CC
After attending Kansas State for one year, decided to resume his football career and played for coach Tim Schaffner at Butler during the Grizzlies season that was moved to the spring of 2021… Named to the NJCAA All-Academic first team after posting a 4.0 GPA.
Saint Thomas Aquinas High School
A three-year starter at guard and center for coach Randy Dreiling who helped lead Aquinas to the 2018 Kansas 5A state title… Started all 13 games at center for the 13-0 Saints… Three-time All-Eastern Kansas league selection… Also lettered three times in track and played volleyball on team that finished second in the state in his senior year… Kansas City Star Top Scholar-Athlete nominee and Pax Christi Award (top Senior award)… Received the Medallion Scholarship to Kansas State University.
Personal
Full name: Thomas Patrick Tholen II... Born: August 8 at Shawnee, Kansas... Parents: Tom and Chris Tholen… One brother. two sisters… Sister (Morgan) played volleyball at Colorado in 2010… Rice major: Sports Medicine & Exercise Physiology... Rice College: Martel.
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