Dean is a 6-foot-1 junior center from Gardiner, Mont. This past weekend, the 11th ranked Saints picked up two conference road wins. Carroll downed MSU-Northern 47-40 and (RV) University of Providence 67-54.
She averaged 18 points, eight rebounds and two steals per game. Dean was 13 of 27 from the field (48 percent) and 10 of 12 (83 percent) from the free throw line.
Also nominated and listed in alphabetical order; Kourtney Coverdell of Montana Tech, Jenna Randich of the University of Providence, Mikayla Jones of Rocky Mountain College, Abby Johnson of Lewis-Clark State, Brianna King of Montana Western and Shiloh McCormick of MSU-Northern.