HONORS & AWARDS
- 1996-97 All-Big 12 Academic First Team
1996-97:
As a freshman in 1995-96: Played in 27 games, including eight starts. Scored a career-high 16 points against UNC-Wilmington. Averaged 4.4 points per game. Scored in double figures four times. Pulled down a career-high seven rebounds against Oklahoma State. Averaged 3.1 rebounds per game.
High School: Kansas City Star Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Holds scoring record for the school with 1,747 points. Also has a career total of 1,135 rebounds. First-team Kansas City Star All-Metro pick junior and senior seasons. Helped lead her high school team to one state championship in Class 6A and advanced to the title game in each of the last three years. AAU 18 & Under team finished seventh at Nationals in July of 1995. Two-time Street and Smith honorable mention All-American. Averaged 19.9 points, 4.3 steals, 2.5 assists and 12 rebounds per game as a senior. Three-time all Sunflower League first-team selection. Tabbed the league's Most Valuable Player as a junior. Named first team by the Associated Press, Kansas City Star, Wichita Eagle Beacon, Topeka Capital Journal and the Kansas Sports Magazine. Also named Player of the Year by the Kansas Sports Magazine. Played for the Kansas Belles (AAU) for six years and has been an AAU all-star four times. Named the 1994 Missouri Valley Association AAU's Most Outstanding Athlete in Kansas. Kansas Scholar.
Personal: Majoring in pre-med. Worked with neglected and abused kids in a YMCA in Kansas City as a camp counselor last summer. Born September 25, 1977. Parents are Barbara and John Thornton.
The Thornton File
Full name: Lindsay Michelle Thornton
Nickname: Lizard
Favorite athlete: Grant Hill
Favorite person: Barbara and John Thornton
Favorite food: Rice krispie treats
Favorite sports team: Missouri Tigers
Favorite movie: While You Were Sleeping
Favorite TV show: Party of Five
I chose Missouri because: Basketball and academic excellence
What impresses me most about Coach Rutherford is: Her desire to win.
Before a basketball game I: Unwind and relax
The best thing about being an athlete is: The people you meet and the challenge of competition.
The worst thing about being an athlete is: The sacrifices of time.
Most influential person in my basketball career is: My family
If I had a million dollars I'd buy: Anything I wanted
My advice to youngsters is: Never lose sight of your goals and have fun and smile.
My goal in life is: To be the best possible person I can be.
1995-96:
High School: Kansas City Star Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Holds scoring record for the school with 1,747 points. Also has a career total of 1,135 rebounds. First-team Kansas City Star All-Metro pick junior and senior seasons. Helped lead her high school team to one state championship in Class 6A and advanced to the title game in each of the last three years. AAU 18 & Under team finished seventh at Nationals in July of 1995. Two-Time Street and Smith honorable mention All-American. Averaged 19.9 points, 4.3 steals, 2.5 assists and 12 rebounds per game as a senior. Three-time all Sunflower League first-team selection. Tabbed the league's Most Valuable Player as a junior. Named first team by the Associated Press, Kansas City Star, Wichita Eagle Beacon, Topeka Capital Journal and the Kansas Sports Magazine. Also named Player of the Year by the Kansas Sports Magazine. Played for the Kansas Belles (AAU) for six years and has been an AAU all-star four times. Named the 1994 Missouri Valley Association AAU's Most Outstanding Athlete in Kansas. Kansas Scholar.
Personal: Majoring in pre-med. Worked with neglected and abused kids in a YMCA in Kansas City as a camp counselor last summer. Born September 25, 1977.