2005: Skied to a ninth-place performance in the giant slalom and 32nd in the slalom at the NCAA National Championships ... earned All-American honors in the GS at the NCAAs ... finished ninth in the SL and 16th in the GS at the RMISA Regional Championships ... earned Academic All-American honors ... ranked third in the GS and 10th in the SL by the West Regional standings ... won the GS at the Utah Invite ... raced to a third-place finish in the SL at the New Mexico Invite ... notched fourth in the GS and 13th in the SL at the Alaska-Anchorage Invite ... competed at the World University Games in Innsbruck, Austria ... named to the first-team Academic All-District At-Large team ... Dean's List recipient.
2004: Won the GS and skied sixth in the SL at the NCAAs ... selected as an All-American in the GS and SL at the NCAAs ... won the GS and placed fifth in the SL at the RMISA Regional Championships ... earned Academic All-America honors ... received the David Novelle Outstanding Skier Award ... earned academic All-District VIII award ... named RMISA.org Skier of the Week after the Regional Championships ... skied sixth in both the GS and SL at the Nevada Invite ... placed sixth in the GS and 14th in the SL at the Utah Invite ... notched a 10th-place finish in the SL at the Colorado Invite ... skied 13th in the GS at the New Mexico Invite ... ranked seventh in the GS and 10th in the SL by the Western Regional standings ... scholar-athlete honoree ... honor roll student.
2003: Won the GS and finished 17th in the SL at the NCAA National Championships ... earned first-team All-America honors at NCAAs ... rallied to third-place in the GS at the RMISA Regional Championships ... grabbed fifth in the GS and 22nd in the SL at the Western State Invite ... placed 13th in the SL at the Alaska-Utah Winter Games Invite ... skied to an 18th-place finish in the SL and a 21st-place finish in the GS at the Colorado Invite ... named scholar-athlete and earned Dean's List honors.
Outside Utah: Participated on the Whistler Mountain Ski Club for five years ... competed with the Canadian National Ski Team for two years.
Personal: Son of David and Maggi Thornhill ... major is business ... born April 15, 1983.
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