Taylor Thornton
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Taylor Thornton is an NCAA women's lacrosse player who won the Honda Sports Award in June 2012[1][2] and was nominated for the Sports Illustrated College Athlete of the Year Award in 2013. She is an alum of Northwestern University who played for the Northwestern Wildcats.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Born Taylor Alexis Thornton in Dallas, Texas. She is the Daughter of Steve and Janice Thornton with one brother Blakely, who played football at the University of Pennsylvania.
Career
[edit]Recruited by Kelly Amonte Hiller, head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats women's lacrosse team, Thornton committed to Northwestern in October of her senior year of high school.[3] She made her debut in 2010 starting all 22 games for the Wildcats. In her freshman year, she was named IWLCA third-team All-American, earned second team All America honors for WomensLacrosse.com and was named to the All-Rookie Team.[4] She led the Wildcats with 29 caused turnovers and was second on the team with 38 ground balls. During her sophomore season, in 2011, Taylor established herself as a top player and premier one-on-one defender for the Wildcat team. She was named First-team IWLCA All-American and IWLCA Division I Defender of the Year.[5] She notched 14 goals, 1 assist, 38 ground balls, and 15 caused turnovers.[4] In 2012 she was named as a Tewaaraton award finalist.[6] Thornton was named the winner of Lacrosse Honda Sports Award as the national player of the year.[2] In 2013 Thornton was co-captain. She started all 85 games of her career. With 24 goals, 2 assists, 38 ground balls and 24 caused turnovers heading into playoffs.
References
[edit]- ^ Award, Honda Sports. "Northwestern University's Taylor Thornton Receives Honda Sports Award for Lacrosse". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ^ a b "Lacrosse". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Women's lacrosse: Interview with Taylor Thornton". Inside NU. February 28, 2013.
- ^ a b "Taylor Thornton Bio - NUSPORTS.COM - the Northwestern Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ "NU women's lacrosse best of both worlds - Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2013-04-24.
- ^ Ryan, Josh Walfish and Dan (2012-05-10). "Thornton named Tewaaraton Award finalist". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
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