King is a 5-foot-5 junior guard from Spokane, Wash. The 16th ranked Bulldogs split their two games of the opening weekend of conference play. At home, Western beat Montana Tech 64-56 and lost at No. 2 Lewis-Clark State 69-74.
She averaged 27 points, four rebounds, two assists and 4.5 steals. King was 19 of 39 from the field (49 percent), 4 of 11 3-point field goals and 12 of 14 from the free throw line (86 percent). She scored 30 points against Lewis-Clark State.
Also nominated and listed in alphabetical order; Hannah Dean of Carroll College, Jansen Edminston of Lewis-Clark State, Mikayla Jones of Rocky Mountain College, Brandy Lambourne of MSU-Northern, Stephanie McDonagh of the University of Providence and Mesa Williams of Montana Tech.