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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

2021 Men's Water Polo

10 Christian Thornton

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 200
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Manhattan Beach, CA
  • High School Mira Costa
  • Position UT
  • Major Economics / Finance

Biography



At CMS
2021 (Senior)
First-Team ACWPC Division III All-American ... First-Team All-SCIAC ... Totaled 38 goals for the Stags (second on the team) ... Had a season-high five points on four goals and an assist against Pepperdine ... Also scored four times in a win over Navy, and had two goals and an assist against USC ... Had a hat trick in a win over Whittier in the regular season finale that gave CMS the No. 3 season in the SCIAC Tournament, then had two goals and an assist against Cal Lutheran in the SCIAC Semifinals, which earned CMS a bid to the USA Water Polo Division III Championship ... Had three goals in a regular season win over Johns Hopkins.   

2019 (Junior)
Ended the season with 38 goals (third on the team) and 12 assists for 50 points ... Had five goals against Whittier in the SCIAC Championship match ... Also had three goals and an assist in a dramatic one-goal win over Pomona-Pitzer in the SCIAC Semifinals. Finished with a team-high three goals in a win over Johns Hopkins in the semifinals of the USA Water Polo Division III Championship ... Scored four times against a Pepperdine team that would go on to reach the NCAA Final Four ... Had three goals in a win at Pomona-Pitzer ... Had two goals and an assist in a 10-9 win over Whittier. 

2018 (Sophomore)
Finished the year with 24 goals and 13 assists ... Scored a season-high four goals against Redlands ... Also had hat tricks against nationally ranked Princeton and Occidental ... Scored two goals and added an assist in a SCIAC semifinal win over Whittier ... Scored twice in a narrow 14-13 loss to No. 11 Pepperdine ... Also had two goals against nationally ranked Brown ... Opened the season with a goal and two assists against Concordia (Irvine).

2017 (First-Year)
Had 18 goals and 11 assists as a freshman in 2017, ranking fifth on the team with 29 points ... Also had 20 steals and drew eight exclusions ... Had a season-high four goals against Occidental ... Had a goal against USC in his college debut ... Had two goals and a season-high four steals against Riverside. 

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where he majors in economics/finance.

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2017Freshman

    UT
    6'3" 200 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2018Sophomore

    UT
    6'3" 200 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2019Junior

    UT
    6'3" 200 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2020Senior

    UT
    6'3" 200 lbs
    13
  • 10

    2021Senior

    UT
    6'3" 200 lbs
    10