M-Club 2025: Mel Brooks Thomas

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🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Mel Brooks Thomas is a member of the of the 2025 M-Club Hall of Fame. During her four-year (1982-85) Ole Miss basketball career, Marilyn Brooks Thomas played a vital role as the Lady Rebels compiled a 106-20 record and advanced to the NCAA Tournament all four seasons, including the first NCAA postseason berth in 1982. Brooks Thomas, a senior captain for the 1984-85 Elite Eight team, averaged 10.5 points and 6.9 rebounds per game in her career. She is a member of the 1,000 Point Club with 1,308 points, which ranked fourth-best in Ole Miss history after her final season. She also finished her career ranked No. 3 for career rebounds (854), No. 5 for career free throws made, and No. 4 for free throws attempted. An induction ceremony is planned for Thursday, Nov. 13 at The Inn at Ole Miss. Tickets are on sale. The Hall of Fame Class will also be honored two days later at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium during the Rebels' contest against Florida on Nov. 15. For ceremony tickets: https://olemissalumniassociation.regfox.com/m-club-hall-of-fame-2025 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	From the Clark Ford studio in Oxford, Mississippi, MBW Digital proudly presents the Oxford Exxon podcast.
0:07.3	I'd say thanks for tuning in, but why am I going to give you a round of applause for something that you're supposed to do, to be frank?
0:12.4	And now, here are your hosts, Chase Palm.
0:15.5	And broadcast school is really paid off.
0:17.4	And Neil McCrady.
0:18.6	I deserve to be on team. Welcome in to another edition of us honoring and get to another edition of us honoring and get to know our M Club Hall of Fame inductees this year, 2025.
0:34.7	Remember, you can pick up tickets, you can purchase tickets, old miss alumni.com for
0:39.9	that, a great event again this year. My fourth year emceeing set event is November 13th, two days
0:46.4	before Ole Miss and Florida get going in football that Thursday night. Got a great ceremony
0:52.4	at the end of Ole Miss. So again, Ole Miss alumni.com.
0:54.9	And great today to speak with Marilyn Brooks Thomas,
0:57.7	women's basketball inductee,
1:00.1	couple former lady rebels that are being honored there that night.
1:04.0	Marilyn, great to meet you,
1:05.2	great to talk to you.
1:06.1	I'm just kind of curious off the jump.
1:08.3	How did you hear about this honor,
1:10.1	take me through kind of how it all came about
1:11.7	from your side? Well, Ashley didn't really hear about it. I was there for the for the Lady Rebel
1:21.1	reunion. And when I was there for the Lady Reverend reunion, we were honored for uh we received bracelets for i meet eight having been
1:31.2	a part of that team of that elite eight um they said something to the fact about the hall of fame
1:40.2	that particular night said you know it got really loud when they called my name and
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