Career Notes: Started 35 games at cornerback ... ranks second in school history with 346 interception return yards and passes defended with 38 (16 interceptions plus 22 pass break-ups) ... fourth in both kickoff returns (58) and kickoff return yards (1,494) ... key contributor to a class with the fourth-most wins (26) in school history.
2010: Named to the
Hansen's Football Gazette All-America Honorable Mention team ... voted to the All-GLIAC First Team in the defensive backfield ... selected to the
Hansen's Football Gazette All-Region Second Team as a cornerback ... was one of the Warrior captains ... started all 11 games at cornerback ... had one solo tackle and two kickoff returns against Northwood ... took his 13th career interception back 44 yards for his sixth career touchdown (3 Int., 2 KOR, 1 blocked field goal) at Tiffin ... had two solo tackles and an interception in the Ohio Dominican contest ... made four solo tackles plus had an interception in the Northern Michigan contest ... recorded his 16th career interception in Lake Erie contest, his third consecutive game with a pick ... had a season-high 82 kickoff return yards (and 129 all-purpose yards) against the Storm ... made three solo tackles including one for loss against Ashland ... alos returned a season-best three kickoffs vs. the Eagles to earn the squad's Special Teams Player of the Week award ... had three solo tackles vs. Hillsdale ... made four tackles (3-1) plus had a pass break-up at Saginaw Valley ... recorded six tackles (4-2) and a pass break-up vs. Indianapolis ... made five tackles (3-2) at Findlay ... also played on the kickoff coverage and punt return teams ... tied-for-70th nationally in interceptions per game (0.36/four in 11 contests) and 94th in kickoff return average (21.88) ... ranked eighth in the GLIAC in kickoff return average (for those with at least 17 returns), fifth in interception return yards (94), and tied-for-eighth in interceptions (4) ...
Game-By-Game Stats.
2009: Played in all 11 games, starting 10 times at cornerback ... returned the opening kickoff vs. Mercyhurst 92 yards for a touchdown to earn GLIAC Special Teams Player of the Week ... also had an interception vs. the Lakers ... recorded an interception, a pass break-up and a 36-yard kickoff return agai
nst Saginaw Valley ... had two pass break-ups and seven tackles (5-2) at Indianapolis ... recorded a pass break-up and two kickoff returns for 43 yards against Findlay ... had a 46-yard interception return at Tiffin along with a 73-yard blocked field goal return for a touchdown ... recorded three pass break-ups vs. Ashland ... had two kickoff returns and a pass break-up at Northern Michigan ... recorded a tackle for loss vs. Ferris State ... had three kickoff returns for 68 yards at Hillsdale to surpass the 1,000-yard mark on kickoff returns ... saw action on the punt return team ... ranked second in the GLIAC (and tied-for--27th nationally) in kickoff return average (26.1) ... was fourth in the league in passes defended (12) and tied-for-eighth in interceptions (3) ...
Game-By-Game Stats.
Spring 2009: Game-By-Game Baseball stats.
2008: Selected to the All-GLIAC Honorable Mention Team as a cornerback ... made five tackles (4-1) vs. Mercyhurst ... had an interception at Saginaw Valley ... recorded a season-high six tackles (5-1) vs. Indianapolis ... blocked a field goal and had a pass break-up at Findlay ... had two interceptions vs. Tiffin including a 70-yard return for a touchdown to earn WSU's Defensive Player of the Week award ... had a pass break-up at Ashland along with six tackles (5-1) ... recorded two pass break-ups vs. Northern Michigan ... had a 43-yard interception return at Ferris State ... had an interception and 74-yard kickoff return at Northwood ... was second in the GLIAC with five interceptions, first in interception return yards (130) and tied-for-seventh in passes defended (10) ... ranked 22nd nationally in interceptions and 30th in interceptions per game ... 130 interception return yards is fifth-highest single-season mark in school history ... played on the kickoff coverage, kickoff return and punt return teams ... Game-By-Game Stats.
2007: Selected to the All-GLIAC Honorable Mention team as a return specialist after setting the WSU single-season kickoff return average mark at 28.1 (18-506) ... played in all 11 games starting four times ... ... shared the WSU Defensive Rookie of the Year award (with Brandon Cooper) ... made collegiate debut against Michigan Tech ... tied for the team lead with two pass break-ups vs. MTU and had five tackles (2-3) ... had two pass break-ups and first career interception at St. Joseph's ... made three tackles (1-2) and had a pass break-up at Mercyhurst ... also recorded a 45-yard kickoff return ... returned the second half kickoff 78 yards for first collegiate touchdown against Findlay ... was the second longest kickoff return in the GLIAC in 2007 ... his 157 kickoff return yards vs. the Oilers was the fourth-highest in school history ... had 89 returns yards (43-punt, 46-kickoff) vs. Gannon ... recorded first career tackle for loss at Hillsdale along with four solo tackles ... had four kickoff returns for 110 yards at Ashland ... intercepted three passes vs. Ferris State (most in the GLIAC in 2007) returning one for a touchdown in the fourth quarter ... second on the team with four interceptions ... third on the squad with six pass break-ups and 626 all-purpose yards ... 506 kickoff return yards was seventh in school history ... Game-By-Game Stats.
2006: Did not dress for any games ... was redshirted.
High School: A 2006 graduate of Withrow International HS ... was a three-year football letterwinner for the Tigers ... had 15 receptions in 2004 as the Tigers went undefeated during the regular season ... caught 42 passes for 545 yards and four touchdowns his senior season for coach Doc Gamble ... also saw playing time as a defensive back and kickoff returner ... earned all-league and all-city honors ... earned three letters in baseball as a catcher and two in basketball as a point guard ... named first team all-conference in baseball ... was elected team captain for football and baseball.
Personal: Full name--Stanley D. Thornton ... born March 24, 1988, in Cincinnati ... son of Tanisha Truitt ... has two brothers, Anthony and Ja-Myon, and two sisters, Jazmine and Briana ... is a kinesiology major ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2007 and Fall 2008.
| 2007 |
11 |
16 |
11 |
27 |
1.5-1 |
4-44 |
6 |
0 |
| 2008 |
11 |
32 |
7 |
39 |
0.0-0 |
5-130 |
5 |
1 |
| 2009 |
11 |
21 |
18 |
39 |
1.5-3 |
3-78 |
9 |
0 |
| 2010 |
11 |
27 |
6 |
33 |
1.0-4 |
4-94 |
2 |
0 |
| 2007 |
18 |
506 |
28.1 |
78 |
9 |
76 |
8.4 |
24 |
| 2008 |
4 |
120 |
30.0 |
74 |
2 |
14 |
7.0 |
10 |
| 2009 |
19 |
496 |
26.1 |
92 |
- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2010 |
17 |
372 |
21.9 |
51 |
2 |
4 |
2.0 |
4 |
| 24 |
| 2007 |
11 |
2 |
44 |
506 |
76 |
626 |
56.9 |
161 |
| 2008 |
11 |
1 |
130 |
120 |
14 |
264 |
24.0 |
103 |
| 2009 |
11 |
2 |
78 |
496 |
0 |
574 |
52.2 |
106 |
| 2010 |
11 |
1 |
94 |
372 |
4 |
470 |
42.7 |
129 |
| 161 |
