Verneda Thomas

Verneda Estella Thomas (June 21, 1936 – March 30, 2016) was an American volleyball player. She played for the United States national team at the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[1] Before she was an Olympic volleyball player, she was also an elite high jumper, winning a bronze medal at the 1955 Pan American Games in that event.^[2]

Thomas died on March 30, 2016, at the age of 79.^[3]