MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – Former RMU Men's Basketball great Aaron Thomas has been announced as an honoree on the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame's 2025 Silver Anniversary Team.
 
Thomas averaged 23.2 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists while leading Northridge High School to an 18-5 record and sectional crown as a senior. Over four seasons he scored 1,262 points (15.8) and 476 rebounds (6.0) while helping the Raiders to 67-24 record and three sectional titles for coach Steve Austin.
 
A 2000 Indiana All-Star and All-Star Wooden Citizenship Award winner, Thomas was chosen AP third-team All-State, IBCA third-team All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal Second-Team All-State, Elkhart Truth Player of the Year and Northern Lakes Conference Player of the Year as a senior. The 1999 Junior All-Star also was three-time first-team all-NLC, three-time Elkhart Truth First-Team All-Area, two-time South Bend Tribune First-Team All-Area and three-time all-sectional.
 
At RMU, he recorded 1,256 points (11.0), 584 rebounds (5.1) and 165 assists (1.4) in four seasons. He led Northeast Conference and was eighth in the NCAA in 3-point accuracy (.456) while setting a school record for 3-pointers as senior (78). He was a two-time NEC Player of the Week, a two-time team captain and notched career highs of 39 points and six 3-pointers against Kansas City on Nov. 22, 2002.
 
He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in education, both from RMU, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. He earned his doctorate in education from the University of Pittsburgh in 2018. Since 2013, Thomas has been superintendent for the Cornell School District in Coraopolis, Pa. Since 2018, he also has been a part-time faculty member for the School of Education at Robert Morris.