2025 Acrobatics & Tumbling Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 20
Alyiah Thomas
- Position:
- Top/Tumbler
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Riverside JR/SR HS
- Hometown:
- Moosic, Pa.
• NCATA Six-Element Acro Champion (2024)
• NCATA Duo Tumbling Champion (2025)
• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team (2024)
• NCATA Academic Honor Roll (2023, '24, '25)
• 2023 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
2025 (Junior): Competed in all 12 meets … Was on the mat for an average of five heats per meet … Competed as a top in Compulsory Acro, 6-Element Acro, one heat of Open Toss … A tumbler in the Duo Pass and Aerial Pass … Averaged a 9.7 in the six heats of Aerial Tumbling she competed with a high score of 9.775/10 … NCATA Duo Tumbling Champion … Member of the 2025 NCATA Championship Team … NCATA Academic Honor Roll.
2024 (Sophomore): Competed in 11 meets as a top and tumbler … Competed in all 11 Team Events … Was a top for Compulsory Acro in all three Championship meets with a high score of 9.675 against Fairmont State (4/25) ... Competed as a top in all 11 Compulsory Toss heats, with an average score of 9.86 and a season-high 9.925 against Fairmont State and Gannon (4/25, 4/27) … Competed one heat of Five-Element Acro against TLU (2/3) with a 9.80 score … Competed in 10 heats of Six-Element Acro with a high score of 9.75 against LIU (3/5), with an average of 9.64 … Competed in four Synchronized Pyramid heats, earning a high score of 9.725 in the Championship against Gannon (4/27) … Was a top in one heat of the 450 Salto Toss against UMHB, scoring a 9.55/9.9 (2/11) … Competed in eight heats of the Synchronized Toss, earning a high of 9.60 against Gannon (3/16) … A top in 10 heats of the Open Toss, earning a high of 9.70 against Gannon (3/16) … Tumbled in eight Quad Tumbling passes, earning a season-high 9.050 against UMHB (2/11) … Competed in the Trio Tumbling pass for the Championships, earning a high of 9.350 against Gannon (4/27) … NCATA Six-Element Acro Champion … Member of the NCATA Championship team … NCATA Academic Honor Roll ... Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team.
2023 (Freshman): Competed in all 11 meets of the 2023 season… Competed in 30 heats on the season with an average of 2.67 heats per meet… NCATA Academic Honor Roll … Member of the 2023 National Championship team ... Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.
High School: Graduated from Riversite Jr/Sr High School ... Did competitive cheer for Elaine Pascale and Joelle Antico at World Cup Shooting Stars in Freehold, New Jersey ... Also did acro for Lynn Perry and Sara Davis in Easton, Pa., at Power Athletics ... A bronze and silver World Champion ... Individual Pass National Champion ... Member of the National Honors Society ... Volunteered at Vikings Helping Vikings, Veterans Walk, Veterans Breakfast and helped repair a local church.
Personal: Nickname is "Chibi" ... Daughter to Robert Thomas and Alicia Burlseon ... Father was in the Navy ... Majoring in psychology.
• NCATA Duo Tumbling Champion (2025)
• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team (2024)
• NCATA Academic Honor Roll (2023, '24, '25)
• 2023 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
2025 (Junior): Competed in all 12 meets … Was on the mat for an average of five heats per meet … Competed as a top in Compulsory Acro, 6-Element Acro, one heat of Open Toss … A tumbler in the Duo Pass and Aerial Pass … Averaged a 9.7 in the six heats of Aerial Tumbling she competed with a high score of 9.775/10 … NCATA Duo Tumbling Champion … Member of the 2025 NCATA Championship Team … NCATA Academic Honor Roll.
2024 (Sophomore): Competed in 11 meets as a top and tumbler … Competed in all 11 Team Events … Was a top for Compulsory Acro in all three Championship meets with a high score of 9.675 against Fairmont State (4/25) ... Competed as a top in all 11 Compulsory Toss heats, with an average score of 9.86 and a season-high 9.925 against Fairmont State and Gannon (4/25, 4/27) … Competed one heat of Five-Element Acro against TLU (2/3) with a 9.80 score … Competed in 10 heats of Six-Element Acro with a high score of 9.75 against LIU (3/5), with an average of 9.64 … Competed in four Synchronized Pyramid heats, earning a high score of 9.725 in the Championship against Gannon (4/27) … Was a top in one heat of the 450 Salto Toss against UMHB, scoring a 9.55/9.9 (2/11) … Competed in eight heats of the Synchronized Toss, earning a high of 9.60 against Gannon (3/16) … A top in 10 heats of the Open Toss, earning a high of 9.70 against Gannon (3/16) … Tumbled in eight Quad Tumbling passes, earning a season-high 9.050 against UMHB (2/11) … Competed in the Trio Tumbling pass for the Championships, earning a high of 9.350 against Gannon (4/27) … NCATA Six-Element Acro Champion … Member of the NCATA Championship team … NCATA Academic Honor Roll ... Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team.
2023 (Freshman): Competed in all 11 meets of the 2023 season… Competed in 30 heats on the season with an average of 2.67 heats per meet… NCATA Academic Honor Roll … Member of the 2023 National Championship team ... Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.
High School: Graduated from Riversite Jr/Sr High School ... Did competitive cheer for Elaine Pascale and Joelle Antico at World Cup Shooting Stars in Freehold, New Jersey ... Also did acro for Lynn Perry and Sara Davis in Easton, Pa., at Power Athletics ... A bronze and silver World Champion ... Individual Pass National Champion ... Member of the National Honors Society ... Volunteered at Vikings Helping Vikings, Veterans Walk, Veterans Breakfast and helped repair a local church.
Personal: Nickname is "Chibi" ... Daughter to Robert Thomas and Alicia Burlseon ... Father was in the Navy ... Majoring in psychology.
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