Kaelber is a 5-foot-11 sophomore setter from Pasco, Wash.
Montana Tech sweep Carroll College at home in the final weekend of the regular season. The Orediggers won Thursday 3-2 and 3-1 on Friday.
Kaelber averaged 10.89 assists a set. She recorded a season high 56 assists in the five-set comeback victory on Thursday.
Also nominated and listed in alphabetical order; Emily Feller of MSU-Northern, Natalie Hilderman of Rocky Mountain College and Cydney Finberg-Roberts of the University of Providence.