Split the point guard duty last season with Malcolm Delaney ... Set a new Virginia Tech freshman record with 113 assists ... Will challenge for starting point guard spot again this fall ... Quick guard who gets into the lane ... Showed outstanding leadership skills last season as a freshman ... Has an outstanding feel for the game ... Became a Cassell Coliseum favorite with his high-energy personality.

2007-08: Finished first on the team in assists (113, 3.2 apg) ... Broke the freshman season school record for assists set by Bimbo Coles (1986-87) in the NIT game against Ole Miss, with 113 ... Second on the team in steals, with 40 ... Sixth in scoring (4.6 ppg) ... Sixth in the ACC in assist/turnover ratio and 10th in the league in assists per game ... Had four double figure scoring games ... Had four-or-more assists in 17 games as a freshman ... Led the Hokies in assists 16 times ... Recorded his first career blocked shot in the win over Morgan State ... Posted his 100th career assist in the home win over Wake Forest ... Posted a career-high seven assists in the home win over Boston College ... Recorded a career-high six steals in the win at Maryland ... Scored a career-high 15 points in the home win against Florida State after making a career-high eight free throws in the game ... Scored nine of his 11 points in overtime in the win at Boston College ... Also helped shut down top Eagle scorer Tyrese Rice in the second half and overtime of that win ... Posted a career-high five rebounds in the home win against Maryland ... Scored in double figures for the first time against Eastern Washington, with 14 points ... Started in his first career game as a Hokie against Elon, scoring four points and adding four assists.

High School: Three-year letterwinner in basketball at Valley for coach Brian Farnswoth ... First-team All-State selection as a junior and senior ... Led the city in scoring and was second in rebounding as a senior, averaging 27.8 points and 12.5 rebounds per game ... Las Vegas Review-Journal's Athlete of the Year in 2007 ... Also lettered three years in football as a quarterback, wide receiver and defensive back.

Personal: Henry Dennis Thorns Jr. ... Born January 11, 1989, in Las Vegas, Nev. ... Son of Henry Thorns and April Porter-Thorns ... Youngest of four children ... Cousin, CJ Watson, plays for the World Champion San Antonio Spurs ... Father played football at UNLV and in the Canadian Football League ... Majoring in business management.