Northwestern State University of Louisana

Honors: SLC Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll, Fall 2004, 2005, Spring 2005, 2006...NSU Athletic Honor Roll, Gold (3.500-3.999) Fall 2005, Spring 2006; Sliver (3.000-3.499 gpa) Spring 2005.

2005: Thurston played in all 27 matches with 19 starts...Ranked fifth on the team with 164 kills and a 1.76 kills per game average...Ranked second on the squad with a .242 hitting percentage...Recorded double-digits in kills in six matches with a high of 17 against Texas State on Nov. 12...Posted 14 kills versus UTSA in the Slc tournament and had 12 kills each at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 27) and Air Force (Sept. 10).
2004: Played in all 32 matches with 30 starts in 111 games...Ranked second on the team with 235 kills and second with a .263 hitting percentage...Ranked third with 59 total blocks...Had 103 digs to go along with 31 service aces...Recorded double digits in kills in nine matches, including a career-high 17 kills vs. McNeese on Oct. 1...Had 15 kills at Lamar (Nov. 6) and 13 versus Southeastern Louisiana (Sept. 25)...Had a career-high 10 digs against UTSA in the season finale on Nov. 13.
2003: Played in 30 matches (starting six) and 75 games averaging 1.47 kills per game...Had three matches where she recorded double-digits in kills...Named the MVP of the Centenary tournament after getting 14 kills against Centenary (Sept. 6) and 11 kills vs Grambling (Sept. 6)..Also had 13 kills against UTSA (Nov.1).

High School: Graduated from Morgan HS in Morgan Utah as an honor student with a 3.6 gpa...Team finished as state champions all four years of high school with an overall record of 115 wins and 5 loses...Was a three-year member of the state all-star team...As a senior,earned Most Valuable Player of the State, all-region, and all-tournament team...Junior year, she was state MVP, all-region team, Cache Valley all-tournament MVP, and all-area...Honors as a sophomore include all-tournament team and all-state...As a freshman, was an honorable mention standard examiner...Was the Intermountain Volleyball 17 division MVP...Played in the nationals in the 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 divisions...In the 18's, finished as third in the national club division.

Personal: Born on December 23, 1984...Daughter of Craig and Julia Fisher...Has three brothers, Nate (31), Owen (30), and Adam (28) and one sister, Jill (25)...Majoring in elementary education with a minor in Spanish...Married to McKennan Thurston...The couple just welcomed their newest addition to their family, daughter Emma.