Rooney is a 5-foot-11 freshman from Townsend, Mont.
Montana Tech went 2-1 at the Frontier Conference Classic in Arizona. The Orediggers beat San Diego Christian (Calif.) 72-45 and Northern New Mexico 77-36, and lost to No. 16 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 87-72.
Rooney averaged 15.7 points, 13.7 rebounds, two steals and one assist per game. She was 19 of 26 (73 percent) from the field and 8 of 8 from the free throw line.
Also nominated and listed alphabetically; Parker Esary of the University of Providence, Markaela Francis of Rocky Mountain College, Abbie Johnson of Lewis-Clark State, Peyton Kehr of MSU-Northern, Gracey Meyer of Montana Western and Danielle Wagner of Carroll College.