King is a 5-foot-5 senior guard from Spokane, Wash.
No. 9 Montana Western won all three of their games at the Phoenix Frontier Classic including wins over two top-15 opponents. The Bulldogs beat No. 12 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 59-57, Benedictine-Mesa (Ariz.) 94-51 and No. 14 Menlo (Calif.) 73-64.
King averaged 25.7 points, three rebounds, five assists and 3.3 steals. She was 25 of 55 from the field, including 11 of 26 3-point field goals and 16 of 20 (80 percent) from the free throw line.
Also nominated and listed in alphabetical order: Jossilyn Blackman of Lewis-Clark State, Alecia Chamberlin of Rocky Mountain College, Hannah Dean of Carroll College, Sydney Hovde of MSU-Northern, Emilee Maldonado of the University of Providence and Mollie Peoples of Montana Tech.