Esary is a 6-foot-1 senior post from Kalama, Wash. She was also named the NAIA Women's Basketball Player of the Week.
No. 19 Providence closed the regular season with a 93-92 double overtime victory over No. 7 Carroll College. The win clinched a regular season co-conference championship.
Esary scored a career high 39 points. She added 10 rebounds to her program record. Esary was of 13 of 15 from the field (87 percent) and 13 of 16 (81 percent) from the free throw line. She scored the game-winning free throws as time ran out.
Also nominated and listed in alphabetical order: Sydney Hovde of MSU-Northern, Kloie Thatcher of Rocky Mountain College, Dani Urick of Montana Tech and Dani Wagner of Carroll College.