Thea Conomikes

2024 Season (Sophomore):

Collected the start and the victory against William & Mary (Sept. 1) allowing one goal and made two saves
Finished the season with three total saves and four goals allowed on 17 shots faced
Saw time between the pipes against Towson, UMass, VCU and Saint Joseph's
Credited with a combined shutout of VCU (Nov. 1), making one save on six shots faced to help the squad to a three seed in the 2024 Atlantic 10 Conference Championship

2023 Season (Freshman):

Made two appearances with a start against La Salle in her rookie season
Took the loss against conference foe La Salle, making 13 saves, including keeping the Explorers off the board in the fourth quarter
Also saw action against Longwood, allowing one goal in 15 minutes of action

Prep:

Four-year member of the Shady Side Academy field hockey program
Named team MVP in 2021 and 2022 and served as team captain as a senior in 2022
Awarded Class IA WPIAL All-Selection in 2021 and 2022
Voted to the All-WPIAL Team in 2022
Helped the Shady Side field hockey program to three-straight WPIAL Championships in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and advanced to PIAA playoff in each of those seasons with a PIAA semifinal appearance in 2020
In club field hockey action: advanced to National Indoor Tournament with Team Golden Triangle FHC in 2021 and with Pittsburgh Venom FHC in 2023.
Participated in NEXUS program and secured spots in the NEXUS Championship in 2021 and 2022. Won Silver with team Athens in 2021 and gold with team Barcelona in 2022.

Personal:

Daughter of Kara and Dean Conomikes and younger sister of Alexa and Zoe
Alexa is a field hockey alumna of the Columbia University program (2017-2021) while Zoe is a current field hockey student-athlete at University of Rochester (2021-present)
Founder of the Mental Health Awareness and Research Club at Shady Side
A three-year member of the Shady Side varsity girls lacrosse team