PERSONAL
Full name is Tyrus Wayne Thomas… Nickname is “T-Time”… Mother is Jessica Johnson… Has one brother, Travis, and one sister, Brandy… Received the prestigious national Nobel Prize for public service, the Jefferson Award, as the Outstanding Athlete as a Newcomer in Service and Philanthropy at the 38th annual Jefferson Awards gala in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2010… In 2007, established the Tyrus Thomas Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children in his home state of Louisiana and in other areas… The foundation funds educational and recreational programs that target at-risk children and is administered by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, which facilitated the distribution of more than $30 million in grants in 2006 and raised $44 million for Hurricane Katrina relief… While in Chicago, was named the 2008-09 CDW/Blackberry Bulls Community Player of the Year and received the Chicago Bulls 2009 Charles Lubin Award for his community achievements… Assisted 9Lives icon “Morris the Cat” in kicking off the Million Cat Rescue Campaign, a national initiative that is dedicated to saving one million homeless cats… Favorite music is R&B and hip hop.