Sidelines: Spotlight athlete - Danielle Thornton

Danielle Thornton

• School: Eastwood

• Class: Senior

• Sports: Volleyball middle hitter led team in blocks (85) and helped Eagles (18-6) to an undefeated league season and was named SLL player of the year; Track placed fourth at state meet in 800 last season; Basketball All-SLL honorable mention

• Future plans: Would like to run track at a Division I college and major in physical therapy

• Subject: English

• Car: Eclipse

• Movie: Love and Basketball

• Animal: All of them

• Sport to play: Track

• Sport to watch: Football

• Athlete: Diana Taurasi (WNBA player)

• TV show: The OC

• Actor: Chad Michael Murray

• Actress: Jennifer Aniston

• Fast food: Wendy s

• Baseball team: Indians

• Football team: Steelers

• Basketball team: None

• Hockey team: None

• Playstation or X-Box? Neither

• Game: None

• Magazine: None

• Radio station: 98.3 FM

• Type of music: All kinds

• Nickname: None

• Superstitions: Don t talk to anyone before track meets

• Person most admire: Grandma, Gloria Thornton

• Ohio State or Michigan? Ohio State