2014: Fashioned a 3-5 record with a 5.80 ERA in 26 appearances, making three starts on the hill…Pitched in two Campbell shutouts…Tallied 63.2 innings, striking out 57…Pitched 3.2 innings, striking out four with two walks and one hit in the Big South Championship Game against Winthrop…Pitched against South Carolina twice in the NCAA Columbia Regional…Picked up a win in relief at VMI, pitching 1.2 perfect innings with two strikeouts…Tossed a perfect inning with two strikeouts in a win at NC State…Struck out one and walked one in a frame at Virginia Tech…Struck out a season-best eight in a win over Ball State, going six innings in his second start with a run on four hits…Struck out five against Albany…Fanned six at UNCW…
Elgin CC: Collected 2013 Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference All-Academic Team, Region IV Division II North Central District All-Region First Team and Illinois Skyway Collegiate All-Conference First Team as a sophomore…Hit .354 with 44 runs scored, 13 doubles, 32 RBI and 27 walks, notching a .450 on-base percentage in 2013…Posted an 8-0 record with a 2.40 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 60 innings pitched as a freshman…At the plate, batted .370 with 11 doubles, 34 RBI and 39 runs scored on the way to 2012 Region IV Division II North Central District All-Region First Team, ISCC MVP accolades and ISCC All-Conference First Team…Played for Bill Angelo…
Prep: Named First Team All-State by the IHSBCA and the Chicago Tribune, as well as 3A State Player of the Year as a senior in 2011, leading Kaneland High to its first-ever 3A State Championship…Hit .417 as a senior with eight home runs and 52 RBI at the plate, posting a 7-2 record with a 0.83 REA and 76 strikeouts in 75 innings pitching…Named first team all-conference and first team all-area as a junior, helping the Knights to a 26-10 record…Coached by Brian Aversa…
Personal: Full name is Robert Thorson…Born May 9, 1993 in Winfield, Ill. …Son of Jim and Lori Thorson…Has a brother, Curtis (17)…Plans a biology major at Campbell…
