- Shona Thorburn
Infobox WNBA Player
name = Shona Thorburn
team =
position =Point guard
height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9
weight_lbs = 149
nationality = Canada
birth_date = Birth date and age|1982|8|7|mf=y
birth_place = Oxford,England
college = Utah
draft = 7th overall
draft_year = 2006
draft_team =Minnesota Lynx
career_start = 2006
career_end =
former_teams =Minnesota Lynx (2006),Seattle Storm (2007)
awards =Shona Thorburn (born
August 7 1982 inOxford, England ) is a professionalbasketball player , formerly a point guard for theSeattle Storm of theWNBA .Thorburn is a graduate of
Westdale Secondary School inHamilton, Ontario .cite press release| title = Celebrity High: Westdale Secondary Alumni (Shona Thorburn)| publisher = The Hamilton Spectator| date =2006-05-19 | url = http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1147989017565&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1014656511815| accessdate = 2007-01-23] She later attended college at theUniversity of Utah and graduated in2006 . Following her collegiate career, she was selected 7th overall in the2006 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.External links
* [http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/shona_thorburn/index.html?nav=page WNBA Player Profile]
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