When she first stepped foot onto the Charlotte campus in August 2014 as a freshman getting ready for her 49ers debut season, Martha Thomas arrived with little fanfare and just one of 10 new faces for head coach John Cullen. The Charlotte program returned to Conference USA the previous season, earning an East Division crown along the way that first year back, to help set the stage for continued success in the future.
Thomas and her classmates worked to find their place on the team, and with the first-five matches of the season away from Transamerica Field, also worked to find their place among the Charlotte faithful supporters.