In his senior season, Thorpe earned All-America honors after leading Syracuse to a national title as a team captain.
[5] Thorpe gave up his front-office duties after the season, and it appeared his playing career was over as well, but in the first week of February 2010, he was re-signed to the Knighthawks roster to provide experience and physicality on the defense.
A product of the Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse program, Thorpe had also played with the Rochester Rattlers for the team's initial six seasons before retiring.
Thorpe was a player-coach for the Rochester Rattlers in 2006,[3] before becoming a Head Coach for the Six Nations Arrows of the Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League before the 2007 summer season.
On February 3, 2011, Thorpe was named the head coach of the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse.