Burnham is a 6-foot-8 senior from Spangle, Wash.
The third-ranked Saints won two road games over the weekend. Carroll beat No. 10 Lewis-Clark State 84-78 and Montana Western 91-78.
For the weekend, Burnham averaged 27.5 points and 4.5 rebounds. He was 19 of 25 from the field including 6 of 9, 3-point field goals. Burnham was 11 of 13 from the free throw line (85 percent).
Also nominated and listed in alphabetical order: Caulin Bakalarski of MSU-Northern, Brandon Cotton of the University of Providence, Cory Dollarhide of Lewis-Clark State, Kooper Kidgell of Montana Western, Troy Owens Jr. of Montana Tech and Jared Samuelson of Rocky Mountain College.