| Height: | 5-10 |
| Weight: | 175 |
| Year: | Jr. |
| Hometown: | Garden City, NY |
| High School: | Chaminade |
| Position: | M |
| Major: | Political science |
| Residential College: | Trumbull |
2014: Played all 14 games... Nine goals and 24 points... Week 8 Ivy League Honor Roll.
2013: Played in 16 games with six goals and 18 points.
2012: Played in all 16 games... Scored five goals and had 14 points.
Off the Field: Studied at London School of Economics (summer 2013)…Intern at New York Red Bulls in Harrison, NJ as one of 10 applicants to be chosen to improve New York Red Bull’s image and resources to help re-develop marketing and social media ploys and spearheaded several team-oriented projects including increasing visibility of RBNY in NYC (Subways, Penn Station, etc.), organizing French themed events surrounding a friendly with Olympique Lyon and developing layout and partners for possible mobile app (summer 2013)…Counselor at Westhampton Country Club (summers 2010–2012)…Instructor at Bitter Lacrosse Camp in Stowe, VT and Deerfield, MA organizing weeklong nature activities’ camp (summer 2012)…Volunteer with Friends of Jacklyn Adoption Program in which the lacrosse team adopted a child with disabilities…Volunteer with Bulldog Buddies to promote academic, athletic and personal growth for children at risk…Volunteer with Charlie’s Champions at annual paddle tournament to benefit pediatric cancer most specifically at the Cancer Center for Kids, Winthrop University Hospital, NY…Spearheaded an extensive lacrosse clinic for inner-city children in the New Haven area
At Chaminade: Ranked No. 75 on Inside Lacrosse's 2011 Men's Top 100 Freshmen… Member of the Long Island Under Armour team that won the 2010 Under Armour Underclassmen games… Tried out for the United States U19 Team… Played lacrosse and football… Two-time all-league midfielder… Played on 2011 league championship squad… Cornerback and running back for football team.
Personal: Shane James Thornton is the son of Kathleen and Timothy Thornton… Brother, Timmy, played lacrosse at Amherst.
| Recent Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Apr 5 | at Dartmouth | W, 16-10 |
| Apr 11 | at Brown | W, 7-6 |
| Apr 19 | at Michigan | W, 13-7 |
| Apr 22 | Quinnipiac | W, 14-11 |
| Apr 26 | Harvard | L, 11-10 |
| May 2 | at Harvard | L, 10-9 |
| Statistics category | Overall | Conf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 14 | 6 | ||
| Points | 24 | 14 | ||
| Goals | 9 | 5 | ||
| Assists | 15 | 9 | ||
| Man-up goals | 2 | 2 | ||
| Man-down goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ground balls | 3 | 2 | ||
| Turnovers | 16 | 8 | ||
| Caused turnovers | 0 | 0 | ||
| Faceoffs | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
| Faceoff percentage | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Shots | 44 | 16 | ||
| Shooting percentage | 20.5 | 31.3 | ||
| Shots on goal | 18 | 11 | ||
| Shots on goal percentage | 40.9 | 68.8 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8 | at Stony Brook | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Feb 22 | St. John's (N.Y.) | W, 10-6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mar 1 | at Bryant | W, 9-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 |
| Mar 8 | at Fairfield | L, 12-11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 | 33.3 | 2 | 33.3 |
| Mar 11 | Lehigh | W, 10-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 |
| Mar 15 | at Cornell | L, 11-9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Mar 22 | Princeton | W, 16-15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Mar 29 | Penn | L, 6-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 |
| Apr 1 | at Providence | W, 8-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 |
| Apr 5 | at Dartmouth | W, 16-10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 | 50.0 | 4 | 66.7 |
| Apr 11 | at Brown | W, 7-6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Apr 19 | at Michigan | W, 13-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Apr 22 | Quinnipiac | W, 14-11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Apr 26 | Harvard | L, 11-10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| May 2 | at Harvard | L, 10-9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0-0 | 29 | 17.2 | 9 | 31.0 |
| 2013-14 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0-0 | 44 | 20.5 | 18 | 40.9 |
| 2014-15 | 11 | - | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 15 | 20.0 | 6 | 40.0 |
| Total | 41 | 2 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 0-0 | 88 | 19.3 | 33 | 37.5 |
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 14 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0-0 | 44 | 20.5 | 18 | 40.9 |
| Conference | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | 16 | 31.3 | 11 | 68.8 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - |
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| Home | 6 | - | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 18 | 11.1 | 7 | 38.9 |
| Away | 8 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 26 | 26.9 | 11 | 42.3 |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - |
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| Wins | 9 | - | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | 29 | 17.2 | 10 | 34.5 |
| Losses | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 15 | 26.7 | 8 | 53.3 |
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| February | 1 | - | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| March | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 24 | 12.5 | 9 | 37.5 |
| April | 6 | - | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 15 | 33.3 | 8 | 53.3 |
| May | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 |