2005-06: Led the team by shooting 60 percent from the floor on 66-of-110 shooting for the season...averaged 5.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per contest...tallied 14 points twice on the season...grabbed nine boards against Michigan Tech on December 10 and another eight against Marygrove College on January 7...blocked a season-high five shots against Northern Michigan on December 8.

Prior to SVSU/Personal: Prepped at Canton High School where he played basketball and soccer...played two years of varsity basketball under head coach Charlie Paye...named Most Improved Player as a junior...named team's Defensive Player of the Year...holds school record for blocks in a season and in a career...son of Jim and Barb Thornton...undecided major...born 7/21/87.