Anne Thorius
{{short description|Danish basketball player (born 1977)}}
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Anne Thorius (born November 27, 1977) is a Danish former basketball player. She played college basketball at the University of Michigan from 1997 to 2001 and holds the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball career record with 537 assists.
University of Michigan
Thorius was born in Copenhagen in 1977. She grew up in Hørsholm, approximately 15 miles north of Copenhagen.{{cite news|title=Thorius leaving a mark at U-M|newspaper=The Detroit News|date=March 16, 2001|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F75396CD81B632E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}} She was recruited to play college basketball in the United States and enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1997.{{cite news|title=The Great Dane: Denmark native and Michigan guard Anne Thorius adjusts to U.S.|author=Tracy Sandler|newspaper=The Michigan Daily|date=January 15, 1988|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2706&dat=19980115&id=1QlbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IE4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1810,333700}} Thorius played at the guard position for the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team from 1997 to 2001. She led the Wolverines in assists for four consecutive years,Michigan Record Book, p. 15. and her total of 537 assists is Michigan's all-time record.{{cite web|title=2012-13 Michigan Women's Basketball ("Michigan Record Book")|page=6|publisher=University of Michigan|accessdate=July 20, 2013|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mich/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/bkw-recordbook-pre2012-13.pdf|archive-date=May 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507122146/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mich/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/bkw-recordbook-pre2012-13.pdf|url-status=dead}} She twice totaled 145 assists in a season; the only Michigan player with more assists in a season is Vonnie Thompson.Michigan Record Book, p. 9. She was also the first Michigan women's basketball player to total 1,000 points and 500 assists.{{cite web|title=Prospect Profile for Anne Thorius |publisher=WNBA.com |accessdate=July 20, 2013 |url=http://www.wnba.com/draft2001/players/thorius.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102125435/http://www.wnba.com/draft2001/players/thorius.html |archivedate=November 2, 2012 }} Thorius was a remarkably accurate free-throw shooter at Michigan. Her career free throw percentage of .831 (294 of 354) remains the second highest in Michigan History.Michigan Record Book, p. 7. She was selected as an Academic All-Big Ten Conference player in 2000 and 2001. She was also chosen by the coaches as a second-team All-Big Ten player in 1999 and 2000.Michigan Record Book, p. 17.
Professional basketball
She was drafted by the Orlando Miracle in the fourth round (58th overall pick) of the 2001 WNBA draft, becoming the third Michigan player to be selected in a WNBA Draft.{{cite news|title=Orlando Miracle draft Thorius|author=Jeff Phillips
|newspaper=The Michigan Daily|date=April 29, 2001|url=https://www.michigandaily.com/content/orlando-miracle-draft-thorius}} She was waived by the Miracle on May 27, 2001, right before the beginning of the season. Throughout Thorius' professional basketball career, she ended up never playing a single game in the WNBA.
She played professional basketball for the Polish Polypharma Gdynia team in 2001 and played in the Euroleague finals. In 2002, she signed a two-year contract to play for BF Copenhagen in Denmark.{{cite news|title=Anne Thorius vender hjem til Danmark|newspaper=BT (Denmark)|date=September 26, 2002|url=http://www.bt.dk/sport/anne-thorius-vender-hjem-til-danmark}} She played for Hørsholm in EuroBasket from 2005 to 2010.{{cite web|title=Anne Thorius basketball profile|publisher=EuroBakset|accessdate=July 20, 2013|url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Anne_Thorius/Horsholm_79ers/82257?Women=1}}{{cite news|title=A Wolverine's Den-mark: Michigan Represented Well on Foreign Tour|publisher=Big Ten Conference|date=July 26, 2006|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/072606aal.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130721034118/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/072606aal.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 21, 2013}} Thorius was also a three-time member of the Danish National Team.
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20240216054317/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/20118/sid/233/tid/271/_/2001_European_Championship_for_Women_Qualifying_Round/index.html Archive.fiba.com profile]
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Category:Basketball players from Copenhagen
Category:Danish expatriate basketball people in the United States
Category:Danish women's basketball players