Emily Thorson

Position:
Outside Hitter
Class:
Senior
Height:
6-2
Hometown:
The Woodlands, Texas
High School:
College Park

Career at Tulsa: Was a four-year letterwinner for the Golden Hurricane … played in 112 matches and 405 sets for Tulsa.

2018: Was a first-team all-conference selection in the American Athletic Conference – marking her second first-team nod … appeared in all 31 matches while starting 30 … led the team with 370 kills … paced the team with 441.5 points … tallied six double-doubles in her senior campaign … finished fourth on the team with 263 digs … led the team with 33 service aces … notched a season-high 27 kills against Abilene Christian (09/07) … added a career-high six blocks against Cincinnati (10/12) … racked up double-digit kills in 19 matches … amassed seven matches with double-digit digs … finished her career at No. 5 in school history in kills (1,149) and No. 3 in total attacks (3,986) … accumulated 58 total blocks, 19 assists and 263 digs in her final campaign.

2017: Was a first-team all-conference selection in the American Athletic Conference … six-time American Weekly Honor Roll selection … appeared and started all 32 matches … led the American with 525 kills, ranked ninth in the country … led the team with 561 points … led the team with 16 double-doubles … finished second on the team with 322 digs … recorded a career-high 30 kills against Memphis (11/19) … posted a career-high 21 digs against Temple (11/11) … notched a career-high four blocks twice, once against Temple (11/11) and SMU (11/22) … tallied double-digit kills in 29 matches … amassed 17 matches with double-digit digs … accumulated 50 total blocks, 27 assists and eight service aces.

2016: Appeared in 22 matches and 69 sets … finished the year with 114 kills, 124.5 points and 15 total blocks … recorded double-digit kills in four matches … posted her first double-digit kill performance of the season with 11 to go along with a .300 hitting percentage in a win on the road at USF (11/10) … picked up a tied for season-high 12 kills with five digs and three total blocks against Memphis (11/18) … posted 12 kills while hitting .273 in season finale at Temple (11/25).

2015: Recorded three double-digit kill matches ... picked up a career-high seven digs against Tulane (11/15) ... matched her career-high four blocks against Memphis (11/8) ... registered a career-high two assists against Cincinnati (11/6) ... compiled a career-high .417 hitting percentage ... registered 14.0 points against East Carolina (10/4) ... recorded 13 kills against East Carolina (10/4) ... recorded a .318 hitting percentage against Houston (9/27) ... registered eight kills against Houston (9/27) ... tallied a career-high 16.0 points against Stephen F. Austin (9/11) ... recorded a career-high 14 kills against Stephen F. Austin (9/11) ... compiled a career-high 53 total attempts against Stephen F. Austin (9/11) ... registered a .273 hitting percentage against Southern Miss (9/5) ... recorded four digs against Southern Miss (9/5) ... compiled a career-high four blocks against College of Charleston (9/4).

High School: Four-year letter winner at College Park High School … accumulated 1,324 kills, 1,238 digs, 143 blocks and 108 service aces in her prep career … had 419 kills, 400 digs and 29 service aces during her senior season … earned first-team all-district honors for three seasons … was an Academic all-district selection all four years … credited with 389 kills and 322 digs as a junior … received first-team all-county accolades as a junior and second-team all-county honors her sophomore season … played on the Willowbrook Volleyball Club Team for five years.

Personal: Born Emily Catherine Thorson on Jan. 13, 1997, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada … daughter of Darrel and Christina Thorson … has one older sister … her mother played college volleyball at the University of Calgary and played professionally in Italy and the Dominican Republic and for Canada’s National Team … favorite movie is Bridesmaids and her favorite sports movie is The Blind Side … her favorite book is The Fault in Our Stars … the most memorable place she has visited is Spain … began playing volleyball at age 12 … favorite summer job is babysitting or dog sitting … if she could switch places with anyone for a day, it would be with Beyoncé.