SHONA THORBURN

Position: Point Guard High School: Westdale Secondary School Born: August 7, 1982 University: University of Utah ‘06 (NCAA) Height: 5’10 Professional: Nantes Reze (France) Hometown: Hamilton, Ontario Years With The Canadian National Team: 11 Number of International Games Played: 132 Number of Senior International Games: 107

National Team Statistics YEAR TEAM TOURNAMENT GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT A PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS RPG APG PPG 1998 YWNT World Youth Games 6 Statistics Unavailable 2000 JWNT World Qualification 5 Statistics Unavailable 2001 JWNT Jeux de la Francophonie 8 Statistics Unavailable 2002 YWNT Exhib. Games 2 Statistics Unavailable YWNT World Qualification 4 4 125 31.3 12 44 .273 9 34 .265 8 12 .667 4 22 26 13 3 0 5 12 2 41 6.5 3.3 10.3 SWNT Exhib. Tournament 3 Statistics Unavailable SWNT Exhib vs. Cuba 2 Statistics Unavailable SWNT Exhib. Vs. Spain 1 Statistics Unavailable SWNT Exhib. Vs. Senegal 1 Statistics Unavailable SWNT Exhib. Vs. Axril (Spain) 1 Statistics Unavailable 2003 SWNT Pan American Games 7 0 95 13.6 11 30 .367 4 15 .267 6 8 .750 2 16 18 3 7 0 3 7 0 32 2.6 0.4 4.6 SWNT Olympic Qualification 4 - 40 10.0 5 17 .294 3 12 .250 0 2 .000 1 8 9 6 2 0 0 3 0 13 2.3 1.5 3.3 2011 SWNT Spain – Exhibition Tournament 3 3 94 31.5 6 14 .429 1 3 .333 3 3 .100 1 11 18 9 8 0 4 - 0 24 6.0 3.0 8.0 SWNT France – Exhibition Tournament 3 3 100 33.4 10 31 .326 1 5 .200 8 8 .100 5 9 14 8 6 0 2 - 0 33 4.7 2.7 11.0 SWNT Exhibition vs. Japan 3 - 97 32.6 8 27 .296 1 3 .333 4 6 .667 4 10 14 4 1 0 1 10 0 19 4.7 1.3 6.3 SWNT Exhibition vs. China 3 - 63 21.2 4 15 .267 0 5 .000 3 3 .100 0 5 5 8 0 0 2 4 0 11 1.7 2.7 3.7 SWNT Exhibition vs. Puerto Rico 2 - 45 22.8 4 15 .267 0 3 .000 7 9 .778 5 3 8 10 3 - 3 4 0 15 4.0 5.0 7.5 SWNT FIBA Americas Olympic Qualif. 6 - 157 26.2 9 33 .273 2 11 .081 1 3 .333 1 17 18 20 2 - 2 2 0 21 3.0 3.3 3.5 2012 SWNT Exhibition vs. China 2 - 38 19 4 10 .400 0 1 .000 4 4 .100 1 4 5 4 2 - 2 3 0 12 2.5 2.0 6.0 SWNT Exhibition vs. Great Britain 2 - 43 21.8 3 7 .429 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 1 3 4 2 1 - 1 2 1 8 2.0 1.0 4.0 SWNT France Exhibition Tournament 3 - 55 18.3 4 14 .286 1 6 .016 3 6 .500 4 3 7 3 6 - 0 1 0 12 2.3 1.0 4.0 SWNT Olympic Qualifying Tournament 5 - 93 18.6 5 19 .263 4 9 .444 7 8 .875 2 14 16 14 3 - 4 2 1 21 3.2 2.8 4.2 SWNT Olympic Games 6 - 152 25.3 22 51 .431 4 20 .020 15 21 .714 2 14 16 27 13 - 6 15 2 63 2.7 4.5 10.5 2013 SWNT FIBA Americas 6 - 94 15.7 7 21 .333 6 12 .500 1 2 .500 7 13 20 14 0 - 2 6 1 21 3.3 2.3 3.5 2014 SWNT Exhibition vs. Brazil 3 - 35 11.7 0 7 .000 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 1 3 4 7 4 - 0 3 0 0 1.33 2.3 0.0 SWNT Turkey Exhibition Tournament 3 - 51 17.3 0 4 .000 1 3 .333 3 4 .750 3 3 6 6 0 - 1 3 0 6 2.0 2.0 2.0 SWNT Czech Exhibition Tournament 3 - 33 11.1 0 1 .000 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 4 2 - 1 4 0 0 1.3 1.3 0.0 SWNT Spain Exhibition Tournament 2 - 22 11.1 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2 0 - 0 1 0 0 .500 1.0 0.0 SWNT FIBA Worlds 7 - 127 18.1 9 24 .380 4 11 .360 10 11 .910 4 10 14 14 5 - 10 10 2 32 2.0 2.0 4.6 2015 SWNT Pan American Games 5 - 64 12.9 7 14 .500 9 1 .560 3 5 .600 1 10 1 10 11 - 0 8 0 20 2.2 2.4 4.0 SWNT FIBA Americas 4 - 57 16.8 8 12 .670 5 7 .710 0 0 .000 2 7 9 17 2 - 1 6 0 21 1.5 4.3 5.3 2016 SWNT Spain Exhibition 2 - 37.7 18.9 3 8 .380 2 4 .500 2 2 1.00 0 5 5 7 3 - 2 3 0 10 2.5 3.5 5.0 SWNT France Exhibition 3 - 62.2 20.7 3 11 .270 1 4 .250 2 2 1.00 1 6 7 14 4 - 3 5 0 9 2.3 4.7 3.0 SWNT EGIC 3 - 52.7 17.5 6 14 .429 0 5 .000 2 2 1.00 1 6 7 10 2 - 2 1 0 14 2.3 3.3 4.6 SWNT USA Showcase 3 - 42.2 14.1 6 17 .350 2 5 .400 6 6 1.00 2 3 5 2 1 - 0 3 1 20 1.6 0.6 6.6 SWNT Olympic Games 6 - 66 11.0 2 14 .143 1 8 .125 5 5 1.00 1 6 7 9 2 - 2 8 0 10 1.2 1.5 1.7

NATIONAL TEAM HIGHLIGHTS:

2016: Member of the Rio 2016 Olympic Team who placed 7th in the tournament; averaged 11 minutes per game, 1.7 pints and 1.5 assists. Played 2 exhibition games in Spain, averaged 5.0 points per game and 2.5 rebounds. Played 3 exhibition games in France, averaged 20.7 minutes, 4.7 assists. Played 3 games in the Edmonton Grads Exhibition tournament, averaging 17.5 minutes and 3.3 assists per game. Played 3 games in the USA Showcase, averaging 14.1 minutes and 6.6 points per game.

2015: Member of the 2015 Pan American Games team that won Canada’s first ever gold medal averaged 12.9 minutes a game and finished top ten in in the tournament. Helped the SWNT achieve gold at the FIBA Americas, qualifying for Rio 2016 Olympics.

2014: Played in all 9 exhibition games with the Senior Women’s National Team; averaged over 17 minutes and 2.0 assists per game in the Turkey Exhibition Tournament; averaged 4.6 and 2.0 assists for Canada in all 7 games at FIBA Worlds

2013: Played as a part of the Senior Women’s National team that competed at FIBA Americas and qualified for FIBA Worlds 2014. She averaged 3.5 points, 2.3 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game.

2012: Part of the team that qualified for the Olympic Games… Averaged 18.6 minutes and 4.2 points per game at the Qualification Tournament… Member of the 2012 Olympic team that qualified for the quarter-finals in London, averaging 11 points and 25 minutes per game. Finished tournament 3rd for assists.

2011: Participated in 6 games at the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifiers in Colombia... 3rd overall in assists during the FIBA Olympic Qualifier tournament. Played 2 exhibition games with the Senior Women’s National team in Puerto Rico… Returned to the National Team Program after eight years… Participated in all 12 games during phase one and two of the team’s training camp… Averaged 8.0 points per game in Spain; while averaging 11.0 points in three games in France… Against Japan, averaged 6.3 points per game and 3.7 points per game versus China.

2003: Member of the Senior Women’s National Team at the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualification Tournament…In four games, averaged 10.0 minutes, 3.3 points and 2.3 rebounds…Recorded totals of 4.6 points and 2.6 rebounds in seven games as a reserve at the Pan American Games…Tied for fourth on the team in rebounds.

2002: The second leading scorer on Canada’s Young Women’s National Team at the FIBA Americas World Championship Qualification Tournament…Among the leaders in rebounding, assists and minutes…Started all four games…Made her first appearance with the Senior Women’s National Team and played in eight exhibition games.

2001: Participated in les Jeux de la Francophonie as a member of Team Canada…Was named the team’s co-captain.

2000: Co-captain of the Junior Women’s National Team which competed at the FIBA Americas World Championship Qualification Tournament.

1998: Made her international debut for Canada as a member of the Youth Women’s National Team at the World Youth Games.

Professional Statistics YEAR LEAGUE TEAM GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT A PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS RPG APG PPG 2006 WNBA Minnesotta Lynx 22 0 134 6.4 5 27 .185 1 8 .125 5 8 .625 4 13 17 20 11 0 4 14 20 15 0.8 0.9 0.7 2007 WNBA 2 0 8 4.0 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.5 0.8 1.0 2007-08 Spain EBE Promociones Santa Eulalia 31 31 - - - - .340 - - .290 - - .880 - - 87 62 - - - - - 180 2.8 2.0 5.8 2008-09 Spain Baloncesto Feve San Jose Leon 15 15 326 21.7 24 61 .393 6 20 .300 24 34 .706 9 38 47 35 11 - 13 2 90 3.1 2.3 6.0 2008-09 Eurocup Baloncesto Feve San Jose Leon 4 4 91 22.8 11 22 .500 1 5 .200 3 6 .500 3 6 9 7 1 - 4 1 0 28 2.3 1.8 7.0 2008-09 Eurocup Bnot Raanana Hasharon 4 4 118 29.5 5 19 .263 2 6 .333 6 9 .667 9 7 16 17 5 - 7 0 1 22 4.0 4.3 5.5 2009-10 Spain C.B. Olesa Espanyol 26 26 - - - - .402 - - .273 - - .850 - - 140 60 - - - - 159 5.4 2.3 6.1 2010-11 Spain EBE-Ibiza 25 25 927 37.1 76 221 .344 27 82 .329 59 82 .720 40 111 151 78 31 - 48 56 4 292 6.0 3.1 11.7 2011-12 Spain Argon Uni Girona 27 - 745 27.6 55 144 .382 26 96 .271 63 80 .788 39 73 112 80 37 - 23 - 2 254 4.3 3.0 9.4 2012-13 France Aix-en-Provence 17 - 534 31.4 31 83 .373 24 85 .282 38 56 .679 18 67 85 83 25 - 11 42 4 172 5.0 4.9 10.1 2013-14 France Toulouse 23 - 592 25.7 21 58 .362 17 71 .239 17 21 .810 21 54 75 69 32 - 21 35 1 110 3.3 3.0 4.8 2014-15 France Union Hainaut 11 - 431 39 23 87 .264 4 35 .114 13 18 .722 10 30 40 75 11 - 23 37 0 63 3.6 6.8 5.7 2014-15 France Nantes 5 - 183 36.6 16 38 .421 7 14 .500 13 16 .812 11 21 32 23 3 - 8 14 0 52 6.4 4.6 10.4 2015-16 France Nantes 30 - 820 27.2 66 166 .397 27 87 .310 33 41 .805 20 83 103 93 31 - 19 54 2 191 3.4 3.2 5.2 2016-17 France Nantes 25 - 780 31.2 30 83 .361 37 131 .282 17 27 .630 18 89 107 113 23 - 27 50 4 188 4.3 4.5 7.5 2017-18 France Nantes 32 - 994 31.1 37 123 .713 35 110 .538 38 55 .922 31 104 135 124 39 - 30 85 0 217 4.2 4.0 6.1 2018-19 France Mondeville 26 - 810 31.2 31 96 .323 38 97 .392 31 39 .795 21 88 109 135 36 - 26 67 3 207 4.2 5.2 8.0

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2018-19: Shona played 26 games for Mondeville, averaging 31.2 minutes, 8.0 points, and 4.2 rebounds per game.

2017-18: Shona played 32 games for Nantes, including 5 Eurocup games with a 2-4 record. She averaged 31.1 minutes, 6.1 points and 4.2 rebounds in the 2017-18 season.

2016-17: Shona played 25 games with Nantes this past season, totaling 780 minutes over those games, averaging 31.2 minutes per game. She averaged 7.5 points per game, with an average of 4.5 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game.

2015-16: Played 30 games with Nantes…Averaging 27.2 mpg, 5.2 ppg, 3.4 rpg, and 3.2 apg

2014-15: Played in 11 games with Union Hainaut…averaged 39 mpg, 5.7 ppg, 3.6 rpg, and 6.8 apg…Traded to Nantes mid-season and played 5 games with Nantes…Averaging 36.6 mpg, 10.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg, and 4.6 apg.

2013-14: Played in 23 games for Toulouse…averaging 25.7 minutes, 4.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.0 rebounds per game…led her team in assists per game…

2012-13: Signed with Aix-en-Provence (France) and played 17 games averaging 31.4 minutes, 5.0 rebounds, 4.9 assists, and 10.1 points per game.

2011-12: Played for Argon Uni Girona (Spain LFB) Played 27 games this past season averaging 27.6 minutes, 9.4 points, and 4.3 rebounds per game. 2010-11: Started all 25 games for Palacio de Congresos de Ibiza (Spain). Averaged 11.7 points per game and 6.0 rebounds per game, both career-highs.

2009-10: Started all 26 games for C.B. Olesa Espanyol (Spain).

2008-09: Played for both Baloncesto Feve San Jose Leon and Bnot Raanana Hasharon in Eurocup championships.

2007-08: Started all 31 games for EBE Promociones Santa Eulalia (Spain).

2006: Drafted seventh overall in the WNBA Draft by the . Made professional debut in the Women’s National League (WNBA) with the Minnesota Lynx. Concluded an abbreviated rookie season by appearing in 22 games, missing the final two (Aug. 10-13) with plantar fascitis... Averaged 0.7 ppg and 0.8 rpg in 6.4 mpg, hitting 18.5% from the floor.

University Statistics YEAR LEAGUE SCHOOL GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT A PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS RPG APG PPG 2001-02 NCAA Utah Did Not Play - Redshirt 2002-03 NCAA Utah 31 31 1131 36.5 146 389 .375 65 198 .328 96 118 .814 32 148 180 103 36 0 47 63 9 453 5.8 3.3 14.6 2003-04 NCAA Utah 31 31 1160 37.4 130 344 .378 45 136 .331 67 105 .638 44 123 167 123 36 0 32 64 13 372 5.4 4.0 12.0 2004-5 NCAA Utah 34 34 1309 38.5 166 409 .406 48 136 .353 125 191 .654 47 165 212 221 61 0 68 97 10 505 6.2 6.5 14.9 2005-06 NCAA Utah 34 34 1259 37.0 126 349 .361 31 113 .274 122 165 .739 47 171 218 242 39 1 56 96 3 405 6.4 7.1 11.9

UNIVERSITY HIGHLIGHTS: (Source: University of Massachusetts Athletics)

SENIOR (2005-06): Averaged 11.9 points per game and a career-best 7.1 assists per game in 34 starts for Utah… She, along with teammate, Kim Smith led the Utes to the Elite Eight in the NCAA National Championship Tournament.

JUNIOR (2004-05): Shared Mountain West Conference Player of the Year honors with teammate Kim Smith ... named first-team all- MWC ... tabbed as honorable mention All-America by the WBCA ... garnered third-team All-America honors from Full Court Press ... started all 34 games ... ranked second on the team in scoring, rebounding steals and blocked shots... led team in assists, free throws made and minutes played ... ranked No. 6 in the nation and led the MWC in assists, averaging 6.5 per game ... led the MWC in assist- turnover ratio ... ranked third in the league in scoring, averaging 14.9 points per game ... was ranked in the top 10 in the conference in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, three-point percentage, three-pointers made, assist-turnover ratio and defensive rebounds ... scored in double figures 26 times ... recorded six double-doubles.

SOPHOMORE (2003-04): Started all 31 games ... second-team All-MWC pick ... named to the all-tournament team at the MWC Tournament ... led the team in assists and blocks, ranked second in points, points per game, rebounds, rebounds per game, offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds, and third in three-point field goal percentage and steals ... reached double-digit scoring 20 times ... had four or more rebounds in 24 of 31 games ... had five or more points in all but one game ... had two or more assists in 25 of 31 games ... had one or more steals in 21 games ... had one or more three-pointer in 24 games ... ranked third in the MWC in assist/turnover ratio, fourth in assists, seventh in three-point field goal average, 10th in scoring and three-point field goal percentage and 14th in rebounding ... led the team in assists 13 times, in blocks 11 times, in steals nine times, in rebounding seven times and in scoring seven times ... named to the all-tournament team at the Fresno State Classic after averaging 11.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 7.5 assists ... scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the season opener against Southeast Missouri State ... scored 25 points at CSU on Jan. 17.

FRESHMAN (2002-03): Started all 31 games ... named second-team all-MWC ... led the team in assists, minutes played and defensive rebounds, ranked second in scoring, steals, field goals made, three-point field goals made and percentage, and third in three-point field goal percentage and rebounding ... Mountain West Conference Player of the Week for Jan. 12-18 ... named to the all- tournament team at the Montana Tournament ... scored 10 or more points in 23 games and 20 or more points six times ... grabbed five or more rebounds in 21 games ... dished out a season-high nine assists vs. Montana on Jan. 9 and pulled down a season-high 11 boards against BYU on Feb. 1 ... led the team in assists 16 times, in scoring 11 times and in rebounding 10 times.

2001-02: Did not play due to medical redshirt.

HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS:

Career: Averaged 18.2 points, 9.0 rebounds and 5.0 steals per game...Was a 1998 and 1999 OFSAA bronze medalist, and a 1997 OFSAA gold medalist for the Westdale Senior Girls Team…Named High School Athlete of the Year in her senior season. Participated in the 1998 and 1999 Nike All-Canada Camps…The youngest player for Ontario at the 1996 Juvenile Girl’s National Championships.

PERSONAL:

Born in Oxford, England…Daughter of Audrey Nicholson and Geoff Orton ... Major is communication