Hilderman is a 6-foot-1 junior setter from Red Lodge, Mont.
No. 13 Rocky opened the 2019 season by going 2-2 at the Summer Slam tournament. The Bears downed Benedictine Mesa 3-0 and Hope International 3-2, and lost to Saint Francis 0-3 and No. 15 The Masters 2-3.
Hilderman averaged 8.25 assists and 3.19 digs per set. Also nominated, listed in alphabetical order:
McKenna Kaelber of Montana Tech, Cydney Finberg-Roberts of the University of Providence and Hailey Warren of MSU-Northern.