Marywood's Thorsen earns ECAC honor
CENTERVILLE, MA: Marywood University senior Marielle Thorson has been named the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region Player of the Week for the week ending January 2, 2012.
Also this week's Colonial Athletic Conference Player of the Week, Thorsen averaged 12 points in two wins for Marywood at the Land of Magic Classic in Orlando, FL. Her tournament was highlighted by a 19-point performance on the second day of the tournamend in Marywood's win over Trine University, during which she became just 11th player in Marywood program history to eclipse the 1,000-point plateau for her career.