The National Awards Committee and Small College Basketball released its Bevo Francis Top 100 Watch List for the 2024-25 season. Three months into the season, this year’s list is made up of some of the best players from NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA, USCAA, and NCCAA.
“Congratulations to all 100 players that are on the Bevo Francis Award Watch List of 100 Players,” stated John McCarthy, founder of Small College Basketball. “This is a remarkable accomplishment to be listed as one of only 100 out of approximately 13,000-16,000 players that compete at the NCAA DII, NCAA DIII, NAIA and NCCAA levels. I want to emphasize that, while this is ultimately an individual award, we focused on team success as an important criteria for this list, and for this award.”
🏀 📊 A new No. 1 in the DII men’s basketball Power 10 rankings
The Clarence “Bevo” Francis Award is presented annually to the player who has had the finest overall season within Small College Basketball. Considerations will be season statistics and individual achievements, awards, personal character and team achievements. This is an incredibly prestigious award, as this award will only be given to one player within Small College Basketball per season.
2025 marks the eighth year of the Bevo Francis Award. Past winners include Dominez Burnett of Davenport University in 2016, Justin Pitts of Northwest Missouri State University in 2017, Emanuel Terry of Lincoln Memorial University in 2018, Aston Francis of Wheaton College in 2019, Kyle Mangas of Indiana Wesleyan University in 2020 and Trevor Hudgins of Northwest Missouri State University in 2022. In 2023, RJ Sunahara of Nova Southeastern was named the winner, while in 2024 Elijah Malone of Grace College received the honor.
On February 15, the list will be reduced to the Top 50 players. One month later on March 15, the Top 25 players will be announced. On April 5, the finalists of this year’s award will be announced, followed by the Bevo Francis Award winner being crowned on April 7.
| Player | Height | Year | School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tray Alexander | 5’10” | Sr. | Pace | |
| Nate Amado | 6’3” | Sr. | Babson | |
| Jack Bachelor | 6’2” | So. | Washburn | |
| Braxton Benham | 6’1” | Sr. | Berry | |
| Benjamin Bill | 6’10” | So. | Daemen | |
| Jamir Billings | 5’11” | Sr. | Wooster | |
| Jadin Booth | 6’2” | Sr. | Florida Southern | |
| Caedmon Bontrager | 6’7” | So. | Indiana Wesleyan | |
| Adam Brazil | 5’10” | Sr. | Hampden-Sydney | |
| Octavio Brito | 6’4” | Sr. | Keene State | |
| Ryan Broeckel | 6’6” | Sr. | Wisconsin Lutheran | |
| Jack Browder | 6’4” | Jr. | Carson-Newman | |
| Luke Burnett | 6’2” | Sr. | Alabama-Huntsville | |
| Andres Burney | 6’9” | Sr. | Georgetown | |
| Blake Campbell | 6’4” | Sr. | Alabama-Huntsville | |
| Quenton Coleman | 5’10” | Sr. | Wayland Baptist | |
| Ryker Cisarik | 6’9” | Sr. | Nova Southeastern | |
| Tyson Edmondson | 6’5” | Sr. | Lake Superior State | |
| Wes Enis | 6’2” | So. | Lincoln Memorial | |
| Jaquias Franklin | 6’1” | Sr. | Georgetown | |
| Elyjah Freeman | 6’8” | Fr. | Lincoln Memorial | |
| Demitri Gardner | 6’4” | Jr. | Augusta | |
| Jamal Gibson | 6’8” | So. | Southern University (LA) | |
| Hobert Grayson | 6’6” | Jr. | Ouachita Baptist | |
| Dallas Graziani | 5’8” | Jr. | Nova Southeastern | |
| Christian Green | 6’6” | So. | Trinity (TX) | |
| Jamison Guerra | 6’0” | Sr. | Oregon Tech | |
| Scott Gyimesi | 6’6” | So. | Tufts | |
| CJ Hall | 6’2” | Jr. | Nelson | |
| Alton Hamilton | 6’8” | So. | Lewis-Clark State | |
| Kaleb Hammeke | 6’0” | Sr. | Fort Hays State | |
| Jacob Hanna | 6’3” | Sr. | Washburn | |
| Luke Haupt | 6’6” | Sr. | Point Loma Nazarene | |
| Justin Hemphill | 6’6” | Sr. | Daemen | |
| Jahn Hines | 6’4” | Sr. | Christopher Newport | |
| Tristan How | 6’7” | Sr. | New York University | |
| Carter Huschka | 6’7” | Sr. | Wisconsin Eau-Claire | |
| MJ Iraldi | 6’6” | Sr. | Nova Southeastern | |
| Deonte Jackson | 5’9” | Sr. | LeTourneau | |
| Anthony Johnson | 6’2” | Jr. | Cumberlands | |
| Cameron Kahn | 6’6” | Sr. | DBU | |
| Charlie Katona | 6’7” | Sr. | Minnesota Duluth | |
| Reed Kemp | 6’0” | Sr. | Maryville (TN) | |
| Antwan Kimmons | 6’0” | Sr. | Concordia-St. Paul | |
| Drake Kindsvater | 6’6” | Sr. | Washington (MO) | |
| Jair Knight | 6’2” | Jr. | Emory | |
| Nick Koch | 6’1” | Jr. | The College of New Jersey | |
| Peyton Law | 6’7” | Jr. | Freed-Hardeman | |
| Jaylon Lee | 6’9” | Jr. | Rocky Mountain | |
| Jaden Lietzke | 6’7” | Sr. | Oklahoma Wesleyan | |
| Lucas Lorenzen | 6’4” | Jr. | Dordt | |
| Kaleb Lowery | 6’8” | Sr. | The Masters | |
| Russ Marr | 6’3” | Sr. | Sewanee | |
| E.J. Matthews-Spratley | 6’2” | Jr. | Stockton | |
| Lakeem McAiley | 6’6” | Sr. | East Stroudsburg | |
| Jalen McCoy | 6’5” | Sr. | USC Aiken | |
| Erza McKenna | 6’9” | Sr. | Mobile | |
| Khalif Meares | 6’3” | Sr. | Rowan | |
| Vincent Miszkiewicz | 6’8” | Sr. | Keiser | |
| Latavious Mitchell | 6’8” | Sr. | Florida Memorial | |
| Ahamed Mohammed | 6’1” | Jr. | West Texas A&M | |
| Bryce Monroe | 5’10” | Jr. | Langston | |
| Shaunn Monroe | 5’11” | Sr. | Lourdes | |
| Drew Moore | 6’4” | Sr. | Trine | |
| Samaje Morgan | 5’9” | Jr. | College of Idaho | |
| Tommy Murr | 6’1” | Sr. | Alabama-Huntsville | |
| Kashie Natt | 6’3” | Sr. | LSU Alexandria | |
| Gabe Newhof | 6’9” | Jr. | Spring Arbor | |
| Jordan Oates | 6’5” | Sr. | Salisbury | |
| Francis Okwuosah | 6’6” | Sr. | William Woods | |
| Andrew Orr | 6’8” | Sr. | Washburn | |
| Christian Parker | 6’6” | Sr. | Mount Union | |
| Collin Parker | 6’8” | Sr. | Columbia (MO) | |
| Ben Pearce | 6’1” | Jr. | Emory | |
| Logan Pearson | 6’4” | Sr. | Wisconsin-Platteville | |
| Shane Regan | 6’4” | Sr. | Wesleyan | |
| Nick Reid | 6’7” | Sr. | Upper Iowa | |
| Joe Reuter | 6’5” | Sr. | Hillsdale | |
| Nick Roper | 6’8” | Sr. | IL Wesleyan | |
| Noah Schutte | 6’4” | Sr. | Concordia (NE) | |
| Ian Scott | 6’7” | Sr. | Grace | |
| Brayden Shorter | 6’5” | So. | Washburn | |
| Joey Skoff | 6’3” | Sr. | Morningside | |
| Aamari Smith | 6’3” | Sr. | Whittier | |
| Tristan Smith | 6’5” | Sr. | Concordia (NE) | |
| Lane Sparks | 6’3” | Sr. | Huntington | |
| Alex Steen | 6’8” | Jr. | Florida Southern | |
| Jacob Stoltz | 6’0” | Sr. | Wisconsin Lutheran | |
| DJ Talton, Jr. | 5’8” | Jr. | OK Wesleyan | |
| Marcus Tomashek | 6’6” | Jr. | Michigan Tech | |
| Caleb Van De Griend | 6’8” | Jr. | Minot State | |
| Joshua Van Gorp | 6’10” | Sr. | Central (IA) | |
| Alex Van Kalsbeek | 6’6” | Jr. | Northwestern (IA) | |
| Jesse Van Kalsbeek | 6’6” | Fr. | Northwestern (IA) | |
| Henry Vetter | 6’5” | Jr. | Trinity (CT) | |
| Joshua Ward | 6’1” | Jr. | Palm Beach Atlantic | |
| Anton Webb | 6’8” | Sr. | Taylor | |
| A.J. White | 5’10” | Jr. | North Georgia | |
| Kyreese Willingham | 6’5” | Sr. | Minnesota State | |
| Andrew Young | 6’9” | Jr. | Missouri S&T |
