(pictured, with his parents) celebrated his Senior Day with a pin and the Oregon State wrestling team retained the Border War Axe trophy with a 36-9 victory over Boise State on Sunday.
The 24th-ranked Beavers (11-6) got pins from Thomas, redshirt sophomore Amarveer Dhesi (hwt) and redshirt freshman Corey Griego (184) in defeating the Broncos (3-9) for the fourth consecutive time, delighting a Gill Coliseum crowd of 1,013.
Redshirt sophomore Cody Crawford (197) added a technical fall and redshirt junior Joey Palmer (133) won by major decision as OSU compiled 12 bonus points in the convincing win.