Katie Thornton

Title

Pitching Coach
Email

katelynmthornton@gmail.com

Awards Under Coach Katie Thornton

NFCA Third Team All American, Elyse McMullin, 2025
CSC First Team Academic All District, Camryn Quilling, 2025
CSC First Team Academic All District, Hanna Espinoza, 2025
NFCA DII Rawlings Gold Glove, Camryn Quilling, 2025
D2CCA Second Team All Region, Elyse McMullin, 2025
RMAC Academic First Team All Conference, Hanna Espinoza, 2025
RMAC Academic First Team All Conference, Camryn Quilling, 2025
NFCA Second Team All Region, Camryn Quilling, 2025
NFCA Second Team All Region, Elyse McMullin, 2025
South Central Regional Appearance, 2025
RMAC Tournament Champions, 2025
RMAC Regular Season Champions, 2025
RMAC Player of the Year, Elyse McMullin, 2025
RMAC First Team All Conference, Camryn Quilling, 2025
RMAC First Team All Conference, Gold Glove, Emma Duncan, 2025
RMAC First Team All Conference, Danae Lopez, 2025
RMAC Second Team All Conference, Rachel Williams, 2025
RMAC Honorable Mention, Mia Stankiewicz, 2025
RMAC Honorable Mention, Cheyenne Stark, 2025
RMAC Honorable Mention, Peyton Marvel, 2025
NFCA Second Team All American, Kayla Middleton, 2024
NFCA Third Team All American, Kenzie Middleton, 2024
RMAC First Team Academic All Conference, Kayla Middleton, 2024
RMAC First Team Academic All Conference, Kenzie Middleton, 2024
RMAC First Team Academic All Conference, Logan Menzies, 2024
RMAC First Team Academic All Conference, Sami Edwards, 2024
D2CCA First Team All Region, Kayla Middleton, 2024
D2CCA First Team All Region, Kenzie Middleton, 2024
D2CCA Second Team All Region, Logan Menzies, 2024
D2CCA Second Team All Region, Kaila Eastburn, 2024
RMAC Honorable Mention, Elyse McMullin, 2024
RMAC Gold Glove Team, Sami Edwards, 2024
RMAC Freshman of the Year, Elyse McMullin, 2024
RMAC First Team All Conference, Logan Menzies, 2024
RMAC First Team All Conference, Kaila Eastburn, 2024
RMAC First Team All Conference, Kenzie Middleton, 2024
RMAC First Team All Conference, Kayla Middleton, 2024
RMAC Second Team All Conference, Emma Duncan, 2024
RMAC Second Team All Conference, Leah Garcia, 2024
RMAC Second Team All Conference, Sami Edwards, 2024
South Central Regional Appearance 2024
RMAC Tournament Runners Up, 2024
RMAC Gold Glove Team, Taylor Olsen, 2023
RMAC Second Team All Conference, Taylor Olsen, 2023
RMAC All Tournament Team, Leah Garcia, 2023
RMAC Second Team All Conference, Savannah Tourville, 2023
RMAC Gold Glove Team, Logan Menzies, 2023
RMAC First Team All Conference, Logan Menzies, 2023
RMAC Academic Player of the Year, Logan Menzies, 2023
RMAC Tournament MVP, Logan Menzies, 2023
CSC First Team Academic All American, Logan Menzies, 2023
CSC Academic All District Team, Logan Menzies, 2023
D2CCA Third Team All American, Logan Menzies, 2023
D2CCA First Team All Region, Logan Menzies, 2023
NFCA Second Team All Region, Logan Menzies, 2023
CSC Academic All District Team, Sami Edwards, 2023
RMAC First Team All Academic, Sami Edwards, 2023
NFCA Second Team All Region, Sami Edwards, 2023
RMAC Gold Glove Team, Sami Edwards, 2023
First Team All Conference, Sami Edwards, 2023
CSC Academic All District Team, Kayla Middleton, 2023
RMAC First Team All Academic, Kayla Middleton, 2023
NFCA Second Team All Region, Kayla Middleton, 2023
D2CCA Second Team All Region, Abrie Castillo, 2023
South Central Regionals Finalist, Abrie Castillo, 2023
RMAC First Team All Conference, Abrie Castillo, 2023
D2CCA Third Team All American, Kali Crandall, 2023
NFCA Second Team All American, Kali Crandall, 2023
D2CCA First Team All Region, Kali Crandall, 2023
NFCA South Central Region First Team, Kali Crandall, 2023
South Central Regionals Finalist, Kali Crandall, 2023
RMAC All Tournament Team, Kali Crandall, 2023
RMAC Pitcher of the Year, Kali Crandall, 2023
RMAC Pitcher of the Week 7x, Kali Crandall, 2023
CSC Second Team Academic All American, Kenzie Middleton, 2023
CSC Academic All District, Kenzie Middleton, 2023
D2CCA/NFCA First Team All American, Kenzie Middleton, 2023
South Central First Team All Region, Kenzie Middleton, 2023
D2CCA South Central Region Player of the Year, Kenzie Middleton, 2023
RMAC Academic First Team, Kenzie Middleton, 2023
RMAC Player of the Year, Kenzie Middleton, 2023
Golden Glove Team, Kenzie Middleton, 2023
First Team All Conference, Kenzie Middleton, 2023
RMAC Tournament Title, 2023
RMAC Regular Season Champions, 2023
RMAC Tournament Champions, 2022
All-American Sami Edwards, 2022
RMAC First Team All Conference, Alexis Hamilton, 2022
RMAC First Team All Conference, Taylor Olsen, 2022
RMAC First Team All Conference, Sydney Reamer, 2022
Golden Glove Team, Sydney Reamer, 2022
RMAC First Team All Conference, Sami Edwards, 2022
RMAC First Team All Conference, Kenzie Middleton, 2022
RMAC First Team All Conference, Piper Lujan, 2022
Golden Glove Team, Piper Lujan, 2022
RMAC Second Team All Conference, Kayla Middleton, 2022
Golden Glove Team, Kaelin Morkisch, 2022

Katie Thornton was born and raised in Wheaton, IL outside Chicago. A former standout student-athlete at Wheaton (Ill.) College, Thornton rewrote the Wheaton record books during her career, finishing as the Thunder career leader in pitching victories, innings pitched, and strikeouts. She also ranks second in career ERA and sits in the career top ten list in five other categories including batting average. The first two-time All-American in program history, Thornton was a two-time CCIW Player of the Year award winner and was also named the CCIW Pitcher of the Year in 2016. Helping Wheaton to its first-ever postseason appearance as a senior, Thornton established new single-season school records in pitching wins, innings pitched, and strikeouts as well as recording the third-lowest single season ERA in program history.

Thornton led FCA in high school and college, and did a variety of internships for FCA as well. Thornton said, “I loved the ministry and had always wanted to be on staff full time, but wasn’t sure when/if that would happen.” After graduating, Thornton taught 4^th grade for 3 years in Wheaton and coached at Wheaton College. Then in 2018, while in a conversation with a friend, she dreamed about being on staff with FCA full time. There were 3 things Thornton had said she wanted to do if she were to come on staff. They were: 1) Work with college athletes, 2) Do more discipleship work vs. evangelistic work and 3) Get to do something similar to the model of FCA she had in Wheaton where college athletes got plugged into a local high school near campus to lead high schoolers. Thornton said, “A few months later, that position was created at CCU, and the Lord opened the door the following spring for me to apply and accept the position.” Thornton moved out to Colorado in September of 2019, and worked for FCA while helping with the softball team at CCU since 2020. Now, she currently serves as the Salt Company Associate Minister at Storyline Church in Arvada, CO.