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Bevo Francis Award - Wikipedia

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Bevo Francis Award
History
Awarded for	the nation’s top small college basketball player
Country	United States
Presented by	Small College Basketball Foundation
First award	2016
Most recent	Elijah Malone, Grace
Website	Bevo Francis Award

The Bevo Francis Award is an American college basketball award given annually since 2016. The award recognizes the top small college basketball player in the United States for a given season. The award is named after the late Bevo Francis, who earned national acclaim and All-American status for Rio Grande College in the 1950s.

Eligible players must come from below NCAA Division I. Players are eligible if they compete in one of the following college basketball divisions: NCAA Divisions II or III; NAIA (and while the NAIA had classifications of Divisions I or II between 2016 and 2020); USCAA Divisions I or II; and NCCAA Divisions I or Division II.

The first winner was Dominez Burnett of Davenport University. Only one school, Northwest Missouri State University, has won the award more than once.

Winners

Season	Player	School	Class	Division	Reference
2015–16	Dominez Burnett	Davenport	Senior	NAIA Division II	^[1]
2016–17	Justin Pitts	Northwest Missouri State	Junior	NCAA Division II	^[1]^[2]
2017–18	Emanuel Terry	Lincoln Memorial	Senior	NCAA Division II	^[1]^[3]
2018–19	Aston Francis	Wheaton (IL)	Senior	NCAA Division III	^[1]^[4]
2019–20	Kyle Mangas	Indiana Wesleyan	Junior	NAIA Division II	^[5]
2020–21	Not awarded
2021–22	Trevor Hudgins	Northwest Missouri State	Senior	NCAA Division II	^[6]
2022–23	RJ Sunahara	Nova Southeastern	Junior	NCAA Division II	^[7]
2023–24	Elijah Malone	Grace	Senior	NAIA	^[8]

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
Northwest Missouri State	2	2017, 2022
Davenport	1	2016
Grace	1	2024
Indiana Wesleyan	1	2020
Lincoln Memorial	1	2018
Nova Southeastern	1	2023
Wheaton (IL)	1	2019

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "West named top player in NCAA DIII". Longview News-Journal. Longview, Texas. March 22, 2020. p. C4. Retrieved March 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. 2020 marks the fifth 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, and Aston Francis of Wheaton College in 2019.
^ "Pitts named Bevo Francis Award winner". St. Joseph News-Press. St. Joseph, Missouri. April 4, 2017. p. C1. Retrieved March 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Emanuel Terry lauded with 2018 Bevo Francis Award". LMURailsplitters.com. Lincoln Memorial University. April 2, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
^ Ogden, Brandon (April 13, 2023). "Aston Francis new boys basketball coach at All Saints". Tyler Morning Telegraph. Tyler, Texas. p. B3. Retrieved March 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "No Bevo Francis Award for Argo". Billings Gazette. Billings, Montana. April 7, 2020. p. B1. Retrieved March 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Kyle Mangas of Indiana Wesleyan has won the Bevo Francis Award over Providence's Zacheus Darko-Kelly and 12 other small-college players, Small College Basketball announced Monday.
^ "Hudgins named 2022 Bevo Francis Award winner". BearcatSports.com. Northwest Missouri State University. April 4, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
^ Villa, Walter (April 5, 2023). "This and That". Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. p. A22. Retrieved March 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. In addition, NSU forward RJ Sunahara has won the Bevo Francis Award, given to the best player not competing in Division I.
^ "Malone honored as 2024 Bevo Francis Award winner". GCLancers.com. Grace College & Seminary. April 8, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

External links

Official site

v t e Bevo Francis Award winners
2016: Burnett 2017: Pitts 2018: Terry 2019: Francis 2020: Mangas 2021: None 2022: Hudgins 2023: Sunahara 2024: Malone

U.S. men's college basketball awards

Player awards

National players of the year	Naismith Wooden AP NABC Oscar Robertson Sporting News Academic All-America of the Year Discontinued – Helms UPI Adolph Rupp
Conference players of the year	A-10 ACC America East American ASUN Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA CUSA Horizon Ivy MAAC MAC MEAC MVC Mountain West NEC OVC Patriot SEC SoCon Southland Summit Sun Belt SWAC WCC WAC On hiatus – Pac-12 Discontinued – American South American West Big Eight East Coast Great Midwest Great West Gulf Star Metro Midwestern Southwest

On hiatus – Senior CLASS Award

Head coach awards

National coaches of the year	Naismith AP NABC Sporting News Discontinued – Adolph Rupp Cup Clair Bee Award UPI Coach of the Year
Conference coaches of the year	ACC American ASUN Big East Big Ten Big 12 Big West CAA MAAC MVC NEC On hiatus – Pac-12

Division awards

NABC Players of the Year – Division I

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