Mags Thornton

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-6
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
West Chester East
Hometown:
West Chester, Pa.

Junior Year (2023): Thornton played in six of eight contests to start the year ... She began a starting of streak against BINGHAMTON which reached five matches ... Thornton had two shots in the win against BINGHAMTON ... She played a season-high 73 minutes at CORNELL ... Thornton suffered an injury in the Fairfield outing and missed the remainder of the season.

Sophomore Year (2022): In the exhibition game at ARMY, Thornton played 32 minutes ... She played in the regular-season loss to UCONN ... She contributed 15-minute reserve efforts in wins against LAFAYETTE and MERRIMACK ... Thornton logged 10 minutes when the Orange blanked SIENA ... She played in ACC matches at WAKE FOREST, at VIRGINIA, at VIRGINIA TECH and versus NC STATE ... Thornton started, played a season-high 50 minutes, and a had a shot on goal when the Orange tied the WOLFPACK.

Freshman Year (2021): Thornton made her collegiate debut against CORNELL ... From that contest on, she became a regular reserve for the Orange ... She was named to the 2022 Spring Semester Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better grade-point-average).

High School: Thornton played for the Penn Fusion Developmental Academy for three years before playing for the Penn Fusion Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) team her senior year … She played midfield all four years and was named a team captain during her freshman and junior seasons … Competed at the U.S Training Center for four years and participated in the 2017 U.S Club Soccer's id2 Program Training Camp ...Thornton was a member of the National Latin Honors Society and served as president of Best Buddies.

Personal: Margaret Rose "Mags" Thornton was born in April of 2003 in Worcester, Mass. … She is the daughter of Michael and Stacie Thornton and has one brother, Henry, and one sister, Lydia … Her father, Michael, played soccer at Fredonia University while her mother, Stacie, played field hockey at Misericordia University ... Thornton is majoring in engineering & computer science-environmental engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse.