Howard is a 6-foot-6 senior forward from Great Falls, Mont.
Providence split their Frontier Conference games for the week. The Argos lost at home to No. 6 Carroll College 83–75 and won at Rocky Mountain College 90-73.
Howard averaged 27.5 points and nine rebounds per game. He was 22 of 44 from the field and was 8 of 9 from the free throw line.
Also nominated; Abdul Bah of Rocky Mountain College, Caleb Ballach of Montana Tech and Jovan Sljivancanin of Carroll College.