T.C. Williams High School: Three-sport athlete (volleyball, basketball, soccer) ... played volleyball for Rhea Butler; coached in basketball by Cavanaugh Hagen; mentored in soccer by William Heresniak ... VOLLEYBALL: Honorable mention All-Northern Region as a senior ... three-time All-Patriot District selection, including a first team nod in 2008 ... two-time team MVP ... recipient of Coaches Award as a junior ... averaged 7.0 assists, 5.0 digs, and 3.0 aces with a 95% serving accuracy ... National French Honor Society president ... Key Club vice president ... member of National Honor Society and National Mathematics Honor Society ... served as senior editor of the yearbook.

Personal: Danielle Anne Thorne ... wants to become a high school math teacher ... born September 22, 1991 in Alexandria, Va. ... daughter of Markell Thorne and Reginald Thorne ... her mother, Markell, was a setter at Brigham Young ... has a younger sibling named R.J.