Shona Thorburn
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| Born |
August 7, 1982 Oxford, England, UK |
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 149 lb (68 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| High school |
Westdale Secondary School (Hamilton, Ontario) |
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| College | Utah (2002–2006) | ||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7th overall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Minnesota Lynx | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2006–present | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006 | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Seattle Storm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||||||
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Shona Thorburn (born August 7, 1982) is a Canadian professional basketball player, formerly a point guard for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA.
Thorburn is a graduate of Westdale Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario. She later attended college at the University of Utah and graduated in 2006. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 7th overall in the 2006 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx.
Most of Thorburn's rookie season was spent on the bench. She never got into the Lynx rotation and averaged just 0.8 points, 0.9 assists and 6.6 minutes in 21 games. On May 14, 2007, she was released by the Lynx.
Thorburn inked a 7-day contract with the Seattle Storm in July 2007, but was released when the term expired.
She was invited to join the national team, to play in the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, held in Xalapa, Mexico from 21–28 September 2013. She averaged 3.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, and helped the Canadian National team to a second place, silver medal finish. Canada faced Cuba in a preliminary round and won 53–40, but in the championship game, Cuba prevailed 79–71.
Thorburn was a member of the Canada women's national basketball team which participated in basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada July 10 to 26, 2015. Canada opened the preliminary rounds with an easy 101–38 win over Venezuela. The following day they beat Argentina 73–58. The final preliminary game was against Cuba; both teams were 2–0, so the winner would win the group. The game went down to the wire with Canada eking out a 71–68 win. Canada would face Brazil in the semifinal.
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