Thorne is a 5-foot-11,sophomore outside hitter from Karitane, New Zealand.
The eighth-ranked Argos closed the regular season with a 3-2 victory over Carroll College and a 3-0 sweep of Rocky. Thorne averaged four kills per set with a .256 attack percentage.
Also nominated; Makenna Bushman of Rocky Mountain College, Alana Graves of MSU-Northern, Maureen Jessop of Montana Tech, Taelyr Krantz of Carroll College and Emma Peterson of Montana Western.