After graduating from Victor J. Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Illinois,[1] Tholl played softball at the University of Michigan and started at the position Shortstop from 1988–1991.
She also shares the Big Ten record for fewest strikeouts in a conference season with zero in 1991.
Tholl graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in sports management and communications in 1991.
On August 28, 2002, Tholl was promoted to the associate head coach for the Michigan Wolverines softball team.
Tholl helped lead the 2005 Michigan Wolverines softball team to their first Women's College World Series in 2005.