Small School Basketball and the Nationwide Awards Committee launched its first watchlist for the Bevo Francis Award for the 2021-22 season. The primary checklist options 100 gamers from DII, DIII, NAIA, USCAA, and NCCAA males’s school basketball.
The award was created in 2015 and is known as after Clarence “Bevo” Francis. Francis performed two seasons at what’s now the College of Rio Grande. In his first season, he led the workforce to a 39-0 report averaging 50.1 factors per sport, highlighted by a 116-point efficiency in opposition to Ashland School in Kentucky.
HISTORY: Francis highlights the perfect single-seasons in DII lore
Aston Francis of DIII males’s basketball Wheaton was the winner in 2019. Lincoln Memorial’s Emanuel Terry was the final winner from DII males’s basketball to carry house the award, successful in 2018, averaging a double-double (16.9 factors, 10.3 rebounds per sport) for the varsity that completed atop the DII males’s basketball regular-season rankings that season. The latest winner — Kyle Mangas — was from the NAIA and Small School Basketball determined to not title a winner within the abbreviated 2021 season.
REMEMBERING FRANCIS: A glance again at his profession
The checklist will probably be lower three extra instances earlier than the winner is introduced on April 4. Listed below are the necessary dates:
- February 15, 2022: Prime 50
- March 15, 2022: Prime 25
- April 2, 2022: Finalists
- April 4, 2022: The 2022 Bevo Francis Award winner introduced
The 2022 Bevo Francis Prime-100 watchlist
| Identify | Yr | College |
|---|---|---|
| Nyameye Adom | Sr. | Wheaton (IL) |
| Philip Alston | So. | California (PA) |
| Austin Andrews | So. | Minnesota Duluth |
| Buzz Anthony | Sr. | Randolph-Macon |
| Marcus Azor | Sr. | UMass Dartmouth |
| Darryl Baker | Sr. | Talladega |
| Kevin Baker | Sr. | Lewis-Clark State |
| Ryan Batte | Jr. | Thomas Extra |
| Donyae Baylor-Carroll | Sr. | Penn State-Harrisburg |
| Diego Bernard | Sr. | Northwest Missouri State |
| Drew Blair | Jr. | Minnesota Duluth |
| Kevion Blaylock | Sr. | William Penn |
| Levi Borchert | Jr. | UW-Oshkosh |
| Nick Bowman | Sr. | Trine |
| Derrin Boyd | So. | Georgetown |
| Tray Buchanan | Sr. | Emporia State |
| Myles Burns | Sr. | Loyola (LA) |
| Bryce Butler | So. | West Liberty |
| Tim Cameron | Sr. | Central Methodist |
| Osbel Caraballo | Sr. | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| Patrick Cartier | Jr. | Hillsdale |
| Daniel Prepare dinner | Jr. | St. John Fisher |
| Romeo Crouch | Sr. | Embry-Riddle |
| Antwaan Cushingberry | Sr. | St. Francis (IN) |
| Lloyd Daniels | Sr. | Lubbock Christian |
| Frankie Davidson | So. | Grace (IN) |
| Jack Davidson | Sr. | Wabash |
| Brandon Davis | So. | Loyola (LA) |
| Vinny DeAngelo | So. | Swarthmore |
| Conner Delaney | Sr. | John Hopkins |
| Malik Duffy | Sr. | Chico State |
| Adam Dworsky | Sr. | Southeastern Oklahoma State |
| Kenny Dye | Jr. | Queens (NC) |
| David Ejah | So. | St. Francis (IN) |
| Trenton Gibson | Sr. | Tusculum |
| Jordan Visitor | Jr. | Lincoln Memorial |
| Armoni Foster | Jr. | Indiana (Pa) |
| Alex Gross | Sr. | Olivet Nazarene |
| Matthew Helwig | Sr. | North Central (IL) |
| Parker Hicks | Sr. | Lubbock Christian |
| CJ Hines | Fr. | Faulkner |
| Trevor Hudgins | Sr. | Northwest Missouri State |
| Angelo Johnson | Sr. | Arizona Christian |
| Josiah Johnson | Jr. | Mary Hardin Baylor |
| DaJuan Jones | Sr. | Texas Permian Basin |
| KJ Jones | So. | Emmanuel (GA) |
| Kyran Jones | Jr. | Georgetown |
| Max Jones | Fr. | Tampa |
| Josh Kashila | Jr. | SAGU |
| Walt Kelser | Sr. | Ferris State |
| Brandon Knapper | Sr. | Cal State San Bernardino |
| Matthew Leritz | Sr. | Illinois Wesleyan |
| Spencer Levi | Sr. | UNC-Pembroke |
| Jaizec Lottie | Sr. | Flagler |
| Miles Mallory | So. | Randolph-Macon |
| Jordan Marshall | Sr. | Manhattan Christian |
| Jaecee Martin | Sr. | St. Joseph (CT) |
| Nykolas Mason | Sr. | SAGU |
| Seth Maxwell | Sr. | Indiana Wesleyan |
| Kortrijk Miles | Jr. | West Alabama |
| Riley Minix | Jr. | Southeastern (FL) |
| DiVant’e Moffitt | Sr. | Seattle Pacific |
| Terion Moss | Sr. | Maine-Farmington |
| Karmari Newman | Sr. | William Penn |
| Jack Nolan | Sr. | Washington U |
| Chris Paul | Sr. | St. Anselm |
| Christian Peevy | Sr. | Lynn |
| Burke Putnam | Sr. | Oklahoma Baptist |
| Isiah Reed | Sr. | Nice Lakes Christian |
| Jake Rhode | Sr. | Elmhurst |
| Tyler Riemersma | Sr. | Augustana (SD) |
| Christian Rodriguez | Sr. | Cornerstone |
| Demetre Roberts | Sr. | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| Pat Robinson | Sr. | West Liberty |
| Isaiah Sanders | Sr. | Fairmont State |
| Jackson Sartain | Jr. | John Carroll |
| Matthew Schner | Sr. | Emory |
| Jaylon Scott | Sr. | Bethel (KS) |
| Joel Scott | Jr. | Black Hills State |
| Tamon Scruggs | Sr. | WV Tech |
| Quentin Shields | Sr. | Wisconsin-Platteville |
| Matt Simpson | Sr. | Florida School |
| Andrew Sischo | Sr. | Daemen |
| Jovan Sljivancanin | Sr. | Carroll |
| Jamari Smith | So. | Queens (NC) |
| Nick Smith | Sr. | Nova Southeastern |
| Jett Sternberger | So. | Southeastern Oklahoma State |
| RJ Sunahara | So. | Nova Southeastern |
| Sekou Sylla | Jr. | Nova Southeastern |
| Trent Temple | Sr. | Nice Lakes Christian |
| Jordan Thomas | Sr. | Georgia School |
| Ryan Turell | Sr. | Yeshiva |
| Alex Van Kalsbeek | So. | Northwestern (IA) |
| Jake Van Tubbergen | Sr. | Grand Valley State |
| Markelle Turner | So. | Union (KY) |
| Jared Vitztum | Sr. | Fort Hays State |
| Isiah Wade | Sr. | Central Oklahoma |
| Mason Walters | Jr. | Jamestown |
| Lovell Williams | So. | Wisconsin-Stout |
| Zach Wrightsil | Sr. | Loyola (LA) |
