FAYETTEVILLE – Meleek Thomas, the top-rated shooting guard for the class of 2025 by 247Sports, signed a National Letter of Intent with Arkansas, Razorback head coach John Calipari announced.
Meleek Thomas
6-4, 180, G
Pittsburgh, Pa. || Overtime Elite – City Reapers (Ga.)
X - @ThomasMeleek • Instagram - @meleek.thomas
| Publication | Rating | National Rank | Positional Rank | State Rank |
| On3 | 5 Star | 7 | 2 SG | 2 GA |
| Rivals | 5 Star | 7 | 2 SG | -- |
| 247 Composite | 5 Star | 8 | 1 SG | 2 GA |
| On3 Composite | 5 Star | 8 | 2 SG | 2 GA |
| ESPN | 5 Star | 9 | 2 PG | 1 PA |
| 247Sports | 5 Star | 11 | 1 SG | 2 GA |
- Named to the 2024-25 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Boys High School Player of the Year Top Watch List (1 of 50)
- Listed 10th on the NBADraftRoom.com 2026 Mock NBA Draft and 18th on NBADraft.net.
- #8 on the USA TODAY High School Sports basketball rankings: Top 15 players in the 2025 class.
- 2023-24 MaxPreps honorable mention All-America and second team Junior All-America.
- In the summer of 2024, participated in The Program Classic Boys All-Star Game in New York City and the NBA Top 100 Camp this past week … Played in the 2023 and 2024 SLAM Summer Classic.
- 2022-23 honorable mention Jersey Mike’s Naismith High School All-America and first team MaxPreps All-Sophomore All-America.
- Two-time Pittsburgh Tribune-Review HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Year (2023 and 2024).
- Two-time first team 4A All-State.
- Led Lincoln Park Performing Art Charter School l(Midland, Pa.) to back-to-back 4A PIAA Championships in 2023 and 2024.
- Averaged a double-double as a junior as a junior with 23.5 points and 10.8 rebounds while adding 5.8 assists and 3.3 steals per game. Lincoln Park went 28-3, winning WPIAL 4A titles.
- Scored 1,750 points in three years at Lincoln Park.
- Averaged 20.3 points (ninth best in the Nike EYBL), 6.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists for New Heights Lightning NYC in the spring of 2024.