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NCAA Men's Division II Referee Profile

Shane Thurston

Season-by-season overview followed by the full DII assignment schedule.

Games
48
2024-25 to 2025-26
Crew Roles
7/7/34
CC / U1 / U2
Home Win %
68.8%
48 scored games
Foul Diff
-0.3
16.5 / 16.2 home-away

Overview

Games Total 2025-26 2024-25
Games 48 22 26
Crew Chief 7 6 1
U1 7 1 6
U2 34 15 19
RMAC 46 22 24
LSC 2 0 2

Schedule

Date Season Conference Pos Home Away Score Fouls CC U1 U2
2026-03-03 2025-26 RMAC CC Colorado Mesa New Mexico Highlands 91-90 23-25 Shane Thurston Alex Thompson Kirk Smith
2026-02-26 2025-26 RMAC U2 UCCS Adams State 94-101 29-18 Michael Contreraz Nate Melson Shane Thurston
2026-02-21 2025-26 RMAC CC Fort Lewis South Dakota Mines 87-67 16-14 Shane Thurston Warren Smith Jonathan Jensen
2026-02-14 2025-26 RMAC CC Colorado Mesa New Mexico Highlands 85-80 14-18 Shane Thurston Kenny Wilson Jonathan Jensen
2026-02-12 2025-26 RMAC U2 Colorado Christian CSU Pueblo 54-56 13-15 Jordan Gregory Alexander Thompson Shane Thurston
2026-02-07 2025-26 RMAC U2 UCCS Black Hills State 81-112 20-17 Michael Contreraz Fred Babadjanians Shane Thurston
2026-02-05 2025-26 RMAC U2 Colorado School of Mines Western Colorado 84-67 14-18 John Paul Guerrero Jerry McClain Shane Thurston
2026-01-31 2025-26 RMAC U2 New Mexico Highlands Regis 98-51 14-11 Joshua Rocha Arnold Archuleta Shane Thurston
2026-01-24 2025-26 RMAC U2 Adams State Colorado Christian 94-68 17-16 Joshua Rocha Jeremy Ward Shane Thurston
2026-01-10 2025-26 RMAC U2 New Mexico Highlands Western Colorado 113-60 14-11 Dwight Nicholson Bryson Knoll Shane Thurston
2026-01-06 2025-26 RMAC CC Colorado Christian UCCS 88-87 23-19 Shane Thurston Wacey Lym Wilson Holland
2026-01-03 2025-26 RMAC CC Colorado Mesa Regis 90-62 9-6 Shane Thurston Nate Melson Jonathan Jensen
2025-12-20 2025-26 RMAC U2 New Mexico Highlands Colorado Christian 63-80 19-17 Daniel Nguyen Jerome Yancey Jr. Shane Thurston
2025-12-13 2025-26 RMAC U1 Colorado Mesa Colorado School of Mines 81-73 24-16 Nate Loibl Shane Thurston Nate Melson
2025-12-06 2025-26 RMAC U2 UCCS Westminster 80-79 20-21 Warren Smith Kenny Carrillo Shane Thurston
2025-12-04 2025-26 RMAC U2 Colorado Christian Western Colorado 56-64 12-12 Kenny Carrillo Matt Rafferty Shane Thurston
2025-11-28 2025-26 RMAC U2 New Mexico Highlands Western New Mexico 58-76 26-20 Jeremy Ward Arnold Archuleta Shane Thurston
2025-11-22 2025-26 RMAC U2 CSU Pueblo North American University 84-63 18-16 Kurt Bulawa Dwight Nicholson Shane Thurston
2025-11-21 2025-26 RMAC U2 Colorado School of Mines UT Dallas 85-56 19-20 Nate Loibl Kenny Carillo Shane Thurston
2025-11-18 2025-26 RMAC U2 Adams State Northwestern Oklahoma State University 99-86 17-22 Dwight Nicholson Jerome Yancey Jr. Shane Thurston
2025-11-18 2025-26 RMAC U2 Adams State University Northwestern Oklahoma State 99-86 17-22 Dwight Nicholson Jerome Yancey Jr. Shane Thurston
2025-11-16 2025-26 RMAC CC Black Hills State Sul Ross State 86-54 15-18 Shane Thurston Jerome Yancey Jr. Nate Melson
2025-03-16 2024-25 LSC CC DBU Midwestern State 80-54 17-11 Shane Thurston Josh Haug Doug George
2025-03-15 2024-25 LSC U1 St. Mary's Lubbock Christian 67-61 10-14 Steph Maxwell Shane Thurston Jeff Johnson
2025-03-07 2024-25 RMAC U1 Regis Fort Lewis 69-62 15-14 Daniel Nguyen Shane Thurston Donn Berdahl
2025-03-04 2024-25 RMAC U2 Colorado School of Mines Chadron State 79-74 13-19 Daniel Nguyen Alexander Thompson Shane Thurston
2025-03-01 2024-25 RMAC U2 South Dakota Mines Fort Lewis 70-78 17-21 Kevin McGill Kenneth Wilson Shane Thurston
2025-02-27 2024-25 RMAC U2 Black Hills State Adams State 100-93 20-16 Tyson Holden Kenneth Wilson Shane Thurston
2025-02-20 2024-25 RMAC U2 Colorado School of Mines Regis 83-52 11-11 John Paul Guerrero Crystal Hogan Shane Thurston
2025-02-15 2024-25 RMAC U2 New Mexico Highlands Colorado Mesa 72-78 16-13 Jeremy Ward Ryan Buderus Shane Thurston
2025-02-08 2024-25 RMAC U2 Black Hills State UCCS 75-66 19-14 Nate Loibl Ruben Rodriguez Shane Thurston
2025-02-06 2024-25 RMAC U2 South Dakota Mines UCCS 54-65 14-7 Joshua Rocha Nader Nuru Shane Thurston
2025-02-01 2024-25 RMAC U2 CSU Pueblo Westminster 66-72 16-14 Kurt Bulawa Kenneth Wilson Shane Thurston
2025-01-18 2024-25 RMAC U2 Colorado School of Mines Colorado Christian 85-64 12-22 Ryan Buderus Arnold Archuleta Shane Thurston
2025-01-16 2024-25 RMAC U2 Adams State Chadron State 86-91 16-22 Warren Smith Curtis Vigil Shane Thurston
2025-01-09 2024-25 RMAC U2 Colorado Mesa New Mexico Highlands 89-77 16-19 Matt Basham Chad Shepherd Shane Thurston
2024-12-20 2024-25 RMAC U2 Adams State Northwest Indian College 131-73 11-12 Jeremy Ward Damien Ruybal Shane Thurston
2024-12-14 2024-25 RMAC U1 Colorado School of Mines Colorado Mesa 65-58 14-11 Kameron Grant Shane Thurston Donn Berdahl
2024-12-12 2024-25 RMAC U2 CSU Pueblo Chadron State 62-66 15-19 Anthony de Vethia Matt Rafferty Shane Thurston
2024-12-10 2024-25 RMAC U1 Fort Lewis New Mexico Highlands 80-77 19-22 Wacey Lym Shane Thurston Aaron Schlessinger
2024-11-30 2024-25 RMAC U2 Black Hills State Minot State 64-71 13-14 Ryan Gross Ryan Buderus Shane Thurston
2024-11-30 2024-25 RMAC U2 Minot State Black Hills State University 71-64 14-13 Ryan Gross Ryan Buderus Shane Thurston
2024-11-29 2024-25 RMAC U2 South Dakota Mines Minot State 56-63 11-9 Kurt Bulawa Dwight Nicholson Shane Thurston
2024-11-26 2024-25 RMAC U2 Colorado School of Mines UCCS 107-67 17-13 Jerome Yancey Wacey Lym Shane Thurston
2024-11-23 2024-25 RMAC U2 New Mexico Highlands CSU Pueblo 85-63 28-15 Kenneth Wilson Kirk Smith Shane Thurston
2024-11-16 2024-25 RMAC U2 Fort Lewis Northern New Mexico 78-60 18-21 Kurt Bulawa Warren Smith Shane Thurston
2024-11-15 2024-25 RMAC U1 Fort Lewis Western New Mexico 71-62 16-20 Joshua Rocha Shane Thurston Aaron Schlessinger
2024-11-08 2024-25 RMAC U1 Colorado Mesa St. Edward's 65-94 9-21 Arnold Archuleta Shane Thurston Nate Melson