Small School Basketball launched its first watchlist for the Bevo Francis Award for the 2020 season. The primary record options 100 gamers from DII, DIII, NAIA, USCAA, and NCCAA males’s 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 staff to a 39-0 file averaging 50.1 factors per sport, highlighted by a 116-point efficiency in opposition to Ashland School in Kentucky.
HISTORY: Francis highlights the most effective 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 deliver dwelling 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.
REMEMBERING FRANCIS: A glance again at his profession
The record will likely be reduce three extra occasions earlier than the winner is introduced on April 8. Listed here are the essential dates:
- February 15, 2020: High 50
- March 15, 2020: High 25
- April 4, 2020: Finalists
- April 6, 2020: The 2019 Bevo Francis Award winner introduced
The whole watchlist is beneath in alphabetical order.
| Title | Yr | College |
|---|---|---|
| DeQuan Abrom | Sr. | Belmont Abbey |
| Jubie Alade | Sr. | St. John’s (MN) |
| Buzz Anthony | Jr. | Randolph-Macon |
| Mason Baker | Jr. | Colorado College of Mines |
| Diego Bernard | So. | Northwest Missouri State |
| Dalton Bolon | Jr. | West Liberty |
| Tyler Borchers | Sr. | Morningside |
| Anthony Brown | Sr. | Lincoln Memorial |
| Keith Brown | Sr. | Endicott |
| DeAnte Bruton | Sr. | Nichols |
| Ethan Bublitz | Sr. | Wisconsin-Stevens Level |
| Kevin Buckingham | Sr. | Southeastern Oklahoma State |
| Brian Cameron | Sr. | Wesley (DE) |
| Tim Cameron | Jr. | Loyola (LA) |
| Daniel Carr | Sr. | Queens (NC) |
| Armand Cartwright | Sr. | Rochester |
| Harrison Cleary | Sr. | Minnesota Crookston |
| Chris Coffey | Sr. | Georgetown |
| Ben School | Sr. | Whitworth |
| Riley Collins | Sr. | Drew |
| Alex Prepare dinner | Sr. | Bellarmine |
| Booker Coplin | Sr. | Augsburg |
| Eljay Cowherd | Sr. | Georgetown |
| TJ Crockett | Jr. | Lindenwood |
| Romeo Crouch | Jr. | Embry-Riddle |
| Will Crumley | Jr. | Covenant |
| J.J. Culver | Sr. | Wayland Baptist |
| Trevion Crews | Jr. | Bethel (IN) |
| Zaccheus Darko-Kelly | Jr. | Windfall (MT) |
| Jack Davidson | Jr. | Wabash |
| Eric Demers | Sr. | Gordon |
| Marcus Dempsey | Jr. | Muskingum |
| Derrick DeVries | Sr. | Calvin |
| Jhonathan Dunn | Sr. | Southern Nazarene |
| Cayden Edmonson | Sr. | Bethel (TN) |
| Micah Elan | Sr. | Pomona-Pitzer |
| Jason Ellis | Jr. | Marietta |
| Mitchell Fink | Sr. | Oregon Tech |
| Armoni Foster | So. | Indiana (Pa) |
| Parker Fox | So. | Northern State |
| Adam Fravert | Sr. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
| Brock Gardner | Sr. | The Grasp’s |
| Conley Garrison | Jr. | Drury |
| Grant Gelon | Jr. | Bethel (IN) |
| Kena Gilmour | Sr. | Hamilton |
| Ashford Golden | Sr. | Mid-America Christian |
| Mark Gordon | Sr. | Keiser |
| Qua Grant | So. | West Texas A&M |
| Kyler Gregory | Sr. | Guilford |
| Austin Grunder | So. | SUNY-Cortland |
| Clay Guillozet | Sr. | Valdosta State |
| Brett Hanson | Sr. | Florida Southern |
| LaJuan Hardy | Sr. | West Alabama |
| Ryan Hawkins | Jr. | Northwest Missouri State |
| Josh Hawley | Sr. | Tarleton State |
| Jalyn Hinton | Jr. | Florida Southern |
| Ty Hoglund | Sr. | Dakota Wesleyan |
| Brian Hogan-Gary | Sr. | Johnson & Wales (RI) |
| Trevor Hudgins | So. | Northwest Missouri State |
| Chris Hudson | Sr. | Bentley |
| Trevor Jasinsky | Sr. | Western Washington |
| Jimmy King | Sr. | Indianapolis |
| Jevon Knox | Jr. | Mount Vernon Nazarene |
| Jackson Lamb | Sr. | Briar Cliff |
| Darius Lasley | Sr. | Clarke (IA) |
| Gabriel Leifer | Sr. | Yeshiva |
| KJ Lesure | Sr. | Arkansas-Monticello |
| Luka Majstorovic | Sr. | Embry-Riddle |
| DeVaughn Mallory | Sr. | Jefferson |
| Matthew Mancuso | Sr. | Scranton |
| Kyle Mangas | Jr. | Indiana Wesleyan |
| Paul Marandet | Sr. | Spring Arbor |
| Cam Martin | Jr. | Missouri Southern |
| Justin Martin | Sr. | Multnomah |
| Mark Matthews | Sr. | Nova Southeastern |
| Selom Mawugbe | Sr. | Azusa Pacific |
| Courvoisier McCauley | So. | Lincoln Memorial |
| Damek Mitchell | Jr. | Lewis-Clark (ID) |
| Deshawn Munson | Jr. | Harris-Stowe |
| Joel Murray | So. | West Texas A&M |
| Brandon Myer | Sr. | Minnesota Duluth |
| Jack Nolan | Jr. | Washington College |
| Zac O’Dell | Sr. | Swarthmore |
| Christian Oshita | Sr. | UC San Diego |
| Connor Raridon | Sr. | North Central School |
| Nic Reed | Sr. | Olivet Nazarene |
| Jake Rhode | Jr. | Elmhurst |
| Jake Ross | Sr. | Springfield (MA) |
| Nate Schimonitz | Sr. | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| Andrew Sischo | Jr. | Daemen |
| Tim Soares | Sr. | The Grasp’s |
| Ashton Spears | Sr. | St. Edward’s |
| Micah Speight | Sr. | Southern Nazarene |
| Justin Summers | Sr. | Brockport |
| Hasan Varence | Sr. | Ohio Dominican |
| Jared Wagner | Sr. | York (PA) |
| Nate West | Sr. | LeTourneau |
| Ben Weyer | Sr. | Bellarmine |
| Pierson Wofford | Sr. | Augustana (IL) |
| Zach Wrightsil | So. | Loyola (LA) |
