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Erin Thorn

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1981)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Erin Thorn

| image = 3392-Thorn.jpg

| league =

| team = Free agent

| number =

| position = Guard

| height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9

| weight_lbs = 144

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|5|19|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Orem, Utah, U.S.

| high_school = Mountain View (Orem, Utah)

| college = BYU (1999–2003)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2003

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 17

| draft_team = New York Liberty

| career_start = 2003

| career_end =

| years1 = 2003–2008

| team1 = New York Liberty

| years2 = 2009–2011

| team2 = Chicago Sky

| years3 = 2012

| team3 = Minnesota Lynx

| years4 = 2013

| team4 = Indiana Fever

| highlights =

  • MWC Tournament MVP (2002)
  • 3x First-team All-MWC (2001-2003)
  • MWC All-Freshman Team (2000)
  • MWC Freshman of the Year (2000)

| wnba_profile = erin_thorn

| bbr_wnba = thorner01w

| letter = t

}}

Erin Thorn (born May 19, 1981) is an American professional basketball player. She is currently playing for Tarbes GB in Tarbes, France.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/sky/news/erin_thorn_bonjour_sky_fans_2010_11_11.html|title=SKY: Erin Thorn: Bonjour Sky Fans|website=www.wnba.com|access-date=2017-09-16}}

Born in Orem, Utah, Thorn earned Ms. Basketball honors for the state of Utah in 1999.{{cite web|url= https://www.deseretnews.com/top/520/5/1999-2-Erin-Thorn-Mountain-View-BYU-Looking-back-on-23-years-of-Deseret-News-Ms-Basketball.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190728221729/https://www.deseretnews.com/top/520/5/1999-2-Erin-Thorn-Mountain-View-BYU-Looking-back-on-23-years-of-Deseret-News-Ms-Basketball.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= July 28, 2019 | title= Looking back on 23 years of Deseret News Ms. Basketball winners | first=James | last=Edward | website=Deseret News | access-date=2019-07-28}} After accepting a scholarship to Brigham Young University, Thorn was a four-year starter at shooting guard for the women's basketball team. She graduated in 2003 with a degree in Fitness and Wellness Management.

BYU statistics

Source{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|title=NCAA® Career Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2016-05-22}}{{NBA player statistics legend}}

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

1999-00

|BYU

|31

|409

|42.1

|43.3

|81.4

|3.5

|3.7

|2.0

|0.5

|13.2

2000-01

|BYU

|32

|496

|41.7

|39.7

|85.1

|4.5

|3.2

|1.5

|0.2

|15.5

2001-02

|BYU

|33

|572

|43.8

|40.9

|83.5

|4.0

|3.5

|1.8

|0.2

|17.3

2002-03

|BYU

|31

|584

|44.5

|41.1

|91.6

|4.2

|5.7

|2.1

|0.5

|18.8

Career

|BYU

|127

|2061

|43.1

|41.2

|86.0

|4.0

|4.0

|1.9

|0.4

|16.2

Professional career

Thorn was selected by the New York Liberty in the second round (17th overall pick) of the 2003 WNBA draft, on April 25, 2003. She became a starter in 2007 after Vickie Johnson and Becky Hammon departed the Liberty. Thorn was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week ending May 29, 2007.

In 2009 WNBA offseason, Thorn was signed as a free agent by the Chicago Sky and in the 2012 WNBA offseason agreed to a contract with the Minnesota Lynx. She currently plays for Tarbes GB in France. In the offseason, she has been serving as an assistant coach for her alma mater, Brigham Young University.

WNBA career statistics

{{WNBA player statistics legend}}

=Regular season=

{{WNBA player statistics start}}

|-

| align="left" | 2003

| align="left" | New York

| 23 || 0 || 7.9 || .310 || .242 || 1.000 || 0.5 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.6 || 1.9

|-

| align="left" | 2004

| align="left" | New York

| 17 || 1 || 9.2 || .267 || .290 || .500 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 0.5 || 2.0

|-

| align="left" | 2005

| align="left" | New York

| 21 || 0 || 9.7 || .389 || .345 || 1.000 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 2.7

|-

| align="left" | 2006

| align="left" | New York

| 27 || 1 || 14.0 || .417 || .431 || .903 || 1.4 || 1.2 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.7 || 6.1

|-

| align="left" | 2007

| align="left" | New York

| 29 || 29 || 30.4 || .424 || .390 || .735 || 3.0 || 2.5 || 0.9 || 0.0 || 1.7 || 9.7

|-

| align="left" | 2008

| align="left" | New York

| 32 || 5 || 11.9 || .340 || .268 || .909 || 0.6 || 1.1 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 3.2

|-

| align="left" | 2009

| align="left" | Chicago

| 34 || 0 || 17.0 || .424 || .402 || .909 || 1.6 || 1.6 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 0.9 || 6.2

|-

| align="left" | 2010

| align="left" | Chicago

| 34 || 0 || 20.1 || .412 || .420 || .889 || 1.9 || 2.1 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 1.3 || 6.3

|-

| align="left" | 2011

| align="left" | Chicago

| 34 || 7 || 16.8 || .405 || .395 || .947 || 1.7 || 2.4 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 1.7 || 5.4

|-

| align="left" | 2012

| align="left" | Minnesota

| 26 || 0 || 7.5 || .362 || .353 || 1.000 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 2.0

|-

| align="left" | 2013

| align="left" | Indiana

| 6 || 0 || 11.2 || .167 || .167 || 1.000 || 0.5 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.8 || 1.2

|-

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 11 years, 4 teams

| 283 || 43 || 15.1 || .395 || .370 || .883 || 1.3 ||| 1.5 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 4.8

{{S-end}}

=Playoffs=

{{WNBA player statistics start}}

|-

| align="left" | 2004

| align="left" | New York

| 2 || 0 || 1.5 || 1.000 || 1.000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.5

|-

| align="left" | 2005

| align="left" | New York

| 2 || 0 || 5.0 || .500 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0

|-

| align="left" | 2007

| align="left" | New York

| 3 || 3 || 24.7 || .455 || .375 || .000 || 3.0 || 2.0 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 4.3

|-

| align="left" | 2008

| align="left" | New York

| 6 || 0 || 10.3 || .583 || .571 || .857 || 0.3 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.8 || 4.0

|-

| align="left" | 2012

| align="left" | Minnesota

| 6 || 0 || 3.0 || .667 || .600 || 1.000 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 2.7

|-

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 5 years, 2 teams

| 19 || 3 || 8.8 || .571 || .524 || .875 || 0.7 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 3.1

{{S-end}}

Notes

External links

  • [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/t/thorner01w.html Basketball Reference]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20030802235939/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/erin_thorn/index.html WNBA Player Profile]
  • [http://www.wnba.com/draft2003/prospect_erin_thorn.html 2003 WNBA Player Prospectus]
  • [https://byucougars.com/athlete/w-basketball/7989/erin-thorn]

{{2003 WNBA draft}}

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