Thorne is a 6-foot-1, sophomore outside hitter from Karitane, New Zealand.
No. 9 Providence won two home conference matches, sweeping MSU-Northern and Montana Western by identical 3-0 scores. Thorne averaged 3.67 kills per set with an attack percentage of .375.
Also nominated and listed in alphabetical order; Makenna Bushman of Rocky Mountain College, Taelyr Krantz of Carroll College, Elissa Lind of MSU-Northern and Olivia Muir of Montana Tech.