Copinga is a 5-foot-10 senior right side hitter from Billings, Mont.
No. 7 Rocky went 2 and 2 at the Grand View Tournament. The Bears beat Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 3-0 and Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 3-0, and lost to No. 4 Viterbo (Wis.) 1-3 and Grand View (Iowa) 2-3.
Copinga averaged 3.53 kills with a .273 hitting percentage. She averaged 4.53 digs per set including 25 against Grand View.
Also nominated and listed in alphabetical order; Brielle Bumgarner of Carroll College, Karina Mickelson of Montana Tech and Kelsey Shaver of the University of Providence.