Thurber enters her first season as an assistant coach for the Pointers. She is no stranger to the UWSP women’s wrestling program. She was a three-time All-American for the Pointers, including a third-place finish at nationals in 2019, the first year of the program. She reached nationals in 2021 and 2022 taking seventh both of those seasons.
She went 27-6 in 2019, the second-most wins in a season and second-best single-season winning percentage in program history. In her three seasons at UWSP, one shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic, she racked up a 50-15 record, the highest career winning percentage in the history of the program.
Thurber graduated from UWSP in 2022 with a degree in health promotion and wellness and physical education. She completed her master’s degree in educational administration in May 2025 at Concordia (Wis.).
