9 Taylor Thornton Class: Junior Hometown: Dallas, Texas High School: The Hockaday School Height: 5-9 Position: M/D

2012: Named to Tewaaraton Trophy Preseason Watch List for second straight year ... Scored NU's first goal of the season just 32 seconds into the game and finished with two goals, five draws and three caused turnovers at Stanford.

2011: Established herself as a premier one-on-one defender and started all 23 games ... First-team IWLCA All-American selection ... IWLCA Division I Defender of the Year ... WomensLax.com Defender of the Year and All-American ... First-team All-American Lacrosse Conference and first-team All-West Region ... Named to all-tournament teams for ALC Championship and NCAA Championship ... Scored 14 goals and added one assist ... Notched the game-winning goal in a 7-6 overtime victory at No. 3 North Carolina (2/25) and was named Inside Lacrosse's National Player of the Week, ALC Defensive Player of the Week and WomensLax.com's National Defensive Player of the Week ... Led Northwestern with 38 ground balls and ranked third with 49 draw controls ... Collected five ground balls against both Georgetown (3/5) and Albany (5/21) ... Four games with five draw controls (at Georgetown, at Massachusetts, at Florida and vs. Stanford) ... 15 caused turnovers, including a season-high three at North Carolina ... Held nation's leading goal-scorer, Kitty Cullen of Florida, without a goal in 10-9 ALC Championship game win, and UNC senior Corey Donahoe without a point in Feb. 25 win ... Instrumental in NU's defensive clears ... Two-goal game vs. Penn State (4/8) ... Started season with one goal in first six games ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Following the season, earned a spot on the 2011-12 United States Senior National Team.

2010: Made an immediate impact in her freshman campaign for Northwestern, starting all 22 games ... IWLCA third team All-American ... Earned second team All-America honors from WomensLacrosse.com and was named to the All-Rookie Team ... All-American Lacrosse Conference second team selection and named to ALC all-tournament team ... Two-time ALC Rookie of the Week (4/12 and 5/3) and Defensive Player of the Week selection (3/29) ... Helped Northwestern hold opponents to just 8.78 goals per game, the ninth-lowest total in the country ... Led the Wildcats with 29 caused turnovers, including four each against Duquesne (3/12), at Ohio State (3/24) and against Johns Hopkins (4/16) ... Caused three turnovers at California (2/28), against Virginia (4/30) and against Vanderbilt (5/8) in the ALC title game ... Ranked second on the squad with 38 ground balls, tying a career-best with four on five different occasions ... Tallied 33 draw controls on the year, highlighted by a personal-best five against North Carolina (4/18) and Notre Dame (5/15) ... Won four draws in the NCAA championship game against Maryland (5/30) ... Also contributed offensively, racking up five goals and dishing out three assists on the year ... Found the back of the net at California (2/28), at Penn State (4/11), against Florida (5/2), against Vanderbilt (5/8) and in the title game against the Terrapins ... Dished out a helper in her collegiate debut against Massachusetts (2/6) and again at Stanford (2/26) and at Ohio State (3/24).

High School: Four-year letter winner and varsity starter at the Hockaday School ... 2009 Team Captain and MVP ... First team All-American selection in 2008 and 2009 ... Two-time Texas Player of the Year (2008 and 2009) ... Two-time Area Player of the Year and North District MVP ... Three-time All-State selection ... Four-time All-Southwest Preparatory Conference selection ... Named North District All Star all four years ... Helped lead the Daisies to the 2009 and 2008 Texas State Championship, marking the school's first state titles ... North District champions in 2007 and 2008 ... Helped Hockaday capture 2007 SPC championship ... Heather Leigh Albert Finalist in 2007, finishing among top five of 1200 participants ... Four-year letter winner and starter for field hockey team where she led the team in scoring all four years ... 2008 Team Captain ...Two-time team MVP and three-time All -Conference selection ... Led Field Hockey team to first SPC Championship in 2007 ... 2008 National Field Hockey Academic Team ...One varsity letter in Basketball as a freshman...Started at point guard in basketball, leading team in assists ... Nine varsity letters ... 2009 Hockaday Athlete of the Year ... Four-year High Honor Roll student ... Student Council President as a senior ... Also served as Student Council Secretary (sophomore) and Freshman Class President ... Three-year Community Service Board member.

Personal: Born Taylor Alexis Thornton ... Daughter of Steve and Janice Thornton ... Brother Blakely played football at Penn ... Majoring in communication studies.

Thornton's Career Highs

Goals	2, two times (most recent at Stanford, 2/10/12)
Assists	1, four times (most recent at Georgetown, 3/5/11)
Points	2, two times (most recent vs. Penn State, 4/8/11)
Ground Balls	5, two times (most recent vs. Albany, 5/21/11)
Draw Controls	5, seven times (most recent at Stanford, 2/10/12)
Caused Turnovers	4, three times (most recent vs. Johns Hopkins, 4/16/10)

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