The 6’0″ Chicago native brings significant experience at both college and professional level to East Kilbride. After standout NCAA spells at Eastern Illinois and Tennessee Tech – where she helped the Golden Eagles to an Ohio Valley Conference title – Thornton turned professional in Portugal’s Liga Feminina with Esgueira Aveiro, where she was one of the league’s standout performers last season.

She was named the league’s Player of the Month for January after averaging 21.8 points and 7.3 rebounds across the month, and sat second overall in the league in scoring, averaging 17.6 points, 7 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game across the season.