USF Athletics

2009: Played in all 102 sets and 28 matches...Led the team with 6.46 assists per set...Named to Holiday Inn Charleston Classic All-Tournament team... Moved into seventh place on USF's all-time career assist list with 2,384...8/29 - Recorded first double-double of the season with 29 assists and 10 digs; also served up two aces against Florida Gulf Coast...8/29 - Handed out 25 assists in Hurricane Invitational championship game against the University of Miami...9/15 - Netted first kill of the season against UCF...9/18 - Set a new career high with five aces against the College of Charleston...10/11 - Earned second double-double of the year with 12 digs and 31 assists against Pittsburgh...10/18 - Added another double-double showing with 26 assists and 10 digs...10/27 - Tied a new career high with 16 digs...11/8 - Tied career high in BIG EAST matches with three aces against Cincinnati...11/15 - Was perfect at the net with 1.000 attack percentage against No. 24 Notre Dame...11/25 - Dished out season high 35 assists against UCF, adding 12 digs.

2008: Named to the BIG EAST honor roll Sept. 23 ... Tabbed MVP of the Best Western Invitational...Saw action in all 31 matches and all but two of the team's 114 sets...Led the team with 7.96 assists per set...Ranked second on the team with 0.26 service aces per set and third with 1.71 digs...Also averaged 0.40 kills on a .273 attack percentage and contributed 0.23 blocks per set...9/6 - Had two straight matches with double-digit digs, posting 13 with 40 assists and one kill against Kansas State, followed by 12 digs, 41 assists, four kills and one ace at Portland later in the day at the Portland Nike Invitational... 9/20 - Had season highs of 16 digs and five aces with 48 assists, two kills and two blocks against Toledo in the USF Tournament; had a season-high four blocks with 27 assists, five digs, three kills and one ace later in the day against James Madison... 9/28 - Contributed 42 assists, seven digs, four kills, two aces and one block against DePaul...10/4 - Handed out 52 assists with 13 digs, a season-best five kills and one block at Pitt...10/5 - Posted 46 assists with five digs, two kills and one ace at West Virginia...11/14 - Had a season-high 60 assists with six digs, two kills, two blocks and two aces against Seton Hall.

2007: Appeared in 28 of 29 matches in first season ... Started in 24 ... Led the team in assists with 834 for an average of 8.26 per set...Fourth among all Bulls with 169 digs ... Added 16 service aces and 12 blocks on the year...Had 20 or more assists a total of 23 times...Had a 1.000 hitting percentage on seven occasions... Led the team in assists in 22 matches...9/1 - Had a double-double in collegiate debut with 24 assists and 11 digs at Buffalo... 9/2 - Against Fordham, netted first career kill, had three total in the match and added seven digs, her first-career block assist and a match-high 48 assists...10/5 - Topped the half-century mark in assists against Syracuse with 52 and chipped in four kills and six digs...10/12 - Neared posted a double-double versus West Virginia with 22 assists and nine digs in the 3-1 win...10/17 - Flirted with another double-double in the FGCU match after recording 31 assists and nine digs...10/23 - Filled the stat sheets against North Florida by totaling 35 assists, four kills, two aces and four digs in the three-game sweep...10/27 - Villanova match included 41 assists and nine digs ... 10/28 - Set career-highs in assists (59) and digs (13) at Seton Hall while adding three kills and three block assists...11/4 - A career-high six kill, no error, effort at Notre Dame was a footnote to her third double-double of the season with 40 assists and 11 digs.

High School/Club: Played volleyball and attended St. Agnes Academy in Houston, Texas, from 2004 to 2006...Finished her high school career at Academia del Perpetuo Socorro in Puerto Rico ... Helped lead St. Agnes to a state championship in 2006 ... Earned all-state honors in 2004 and 2005 ... Played her club ball for the Texas Tornadoes Nike, which is called the "Most recruited junior volleyball program in the state of Texas," according to www.richkern.com.

Personal: Full name is Mariana Isabel Thon ... Born on Nov. 18, 1988, in Houston, Texas ... Hails from Dorado, Puerto Rico ... Daughter of Dickie and Sol Thon ... Has three sisters, Soleil, 29, Vanessa, 24, Cecilia, 7, and a brother, Joe, 16 ... Comes from a very athletic family ... Father, Dickie, had a 15-year career in Major League Baseball, playing for the Angels, Astros, Padres, Phillies, Rangers and Brewers ... Two older sisters played collegiate volleyball ... Soleil played at Rice University while Vanessa played at Tulsa ... Currently undecided about a major.