Before SMC: Played four years of hockey at Fairfield College Preparatory School in Fairfield, Conn., under coach Matthew Satler ... was team Most Valuable Player as a senior and the team’s leading scorer his last two years ... was named to the All-State Team as a junior and senior ... helped team win the Connecticut High School Championship as a freshman and sophomore ... Personal: Son of Bill and Val Thurston ... an undecided major.