Monique Rodriguez is a 5-foot-10 senior outside hitter from Beaumont, Calif.
Rocky opened the season with a home sweep of preseason favorite Montana Tech. The Bears beat Tech 3-1 on Friday and 3-1 on Saturday. Rodriguez, averaged 3.5 kills and 1.38 digs.
Also nominated and listed in alphabetical order: Rylee Burmester of MSU-Northern, Sadie Lott of the University of Providence and Morgan Stenger of Montana Western