Keltner is a 6-foot-6 junior forward from Anacortes, Wash.
MSU-Northern won two Frontier Conference road games. The Lights downed Rocky 79-68 and edged Montana Western 68-65.
Keltner averaged 17.5 points and nine rebounds per game. He was 13 of 20 (65 percent) from the field and was 9 of 14 from the free throw line.
Also nominated; Abdul Bah of Rocky Mountain College and Sindou Diallo of Montana Tech.