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Utah: Thurston is a good athlete ... utility player that can play almost every position ... will be contributor off the bench.
2003: Walk-on played in eight games ... NFCA Academic All-American Scholar-Athlete ... academic all-Mountain West Conference ... MWC Scholar-Athlete.
High School/Club: Selected to the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune all-state first teams in 2002 ... boasted a .468 batting average with 10 extra base hits ... posted a .467 on base percentage and drove in 27 runs to lead Pleasant Grove ... also connected for five triples ... all-state in softball in '01 ... all-region from 2000-02 ... academic all-state in softball, volleyball and basketball ... earned 11 high school letters between softball, volleyball and basketball ... member of the National Honor Society ... had a 4.0 GPA in high school ... played for the Diamondbacks and then the Blue Bullets in '01 ... notched a .366 batting average and a .418 on base percentage
Personal: Daughter of Val and Susan Thurston ... math education major ... born March 2, 1984.
