Men's Basketball | 1/15/2023 1:41:00 PM
January 15, 2023-Emporia State's Owne Long has been named to the Bevo Francis Topp100 Watch List by Small College Basketball and the National Awards. The 2023 Bevo Francis Top 100 Watch List consists of some of the top players from NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA Division I, NAIA Division II, USCAA and NCCAA.
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Long is averaging 17.1 points per game overall to rank third in the MIAA and leads the league in conference only games at 19.1 points per game. He is second in the MIAA in made three-pointers and free throw percentage while ranking fifth in three-point percentage. He has scored at least 20 points in eight games with a season high 29 points in the Hornets 74-65 win over then #1 Northwest Missouri in White Auditorium.
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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.
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2023 marks the seventh year of the Bevo Francis Award, after the award was not presented in 2021. 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 TrevorHudgins of Northwest Missouri in 2022.
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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 2, the finalists of this year's award will be announced, followed by the Bevo Francis Award winner being crowned on April 4.
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The Bevo Francis Awards Committee consists of the following coaches: Gary Stewart - Stevenson (MD), Chris Briggs - Georgetown College (KY), Bill Dreikosen - Rocky Mountain (MT), Mark Berokoff - Oklahoma City, Mike Donnelly - Florida Southern, Sam Hargraves - Olivet, Stephen Brennan - Babson, Richard Westerlund - Great Lakes Christian, Chase Teichmann - Florida College, Aaron Siebenthall - Ottawa (KS), Tae Norwood - Humboldt State, Mark Vanderslice - USC - Aiken, Grant Leep - Seattle Pacific, Matt O'Brien - Southwestern (KS), Chris Wright - Langston (OK), and Nathan Champion - LeMoyne.Â
2022-23 Bevo Francis Top 100 Watch List
| Name |
Height |
Class |
School |
| Ethan Anderson |
6'4" |
Sr. |
Wisconsin-Lacrosse |
| Kaden Anderson |
6'8" |
Sr. |
Point Loma Nazarene |
| Shaw Anderson |
6'5" |
Jr. |
Seattle Pacific |
| Raheem Anthony |
6'4" |
Sr. |
St. Mary's (MN) |
| Dejon Barney |
6'9" |
Jr. |
IU South Bend |
| Trevor Baskin |
6'8" |
So. |
CO Mesa |
| Diego Bernard |
6'0" |
Sr. |
NW MO State |
| Sam Beskind |
6'4" |
Sr. |
CO School of Mines |
| Jesse Bingham |
6'6" |
So. |
Indianapolis |
| Max Bjorklund |
6'2" |
Sr. |
Northern Michigan |
| Drew Blair |
6'5" |
Sr. |
MN-Duluth |
| Octavio Brito |
6'4" |
So. |
Keene State |
| Levi Borchert |
6'5" |
Jr. |
UW-Oshkosh |
| Marcus Boykin |
6'1" |
So. |
Barton |
| Jalen Brooks |
6'5" |
Sr. |
LSU-Shreveport |
| Anthony Brown |
6'5" |
Sr. |
Mid-America Nazarene |
| Julius Brown |
5'10" |
Sr. |
West Texas A&M |
| Fillip Bulatovic |
6'5" |
Sr. |
Carthage |
| Bryce Butler |
6'5" |
Jr. |
West Liberty |
| Rich Byhre |
6'8" |
Sr. |
Rockhurst |
| DJ Campbell |
6'3" |
Jr. |
Stockton |
| Jamal Cannady |
6'1" |
So. |
Bryn Athyn |
| Dan Carr |
6'8" |
Sr. |
Augustana (IL) |
| Frank Champion |
6'7" |
So. |
North Georgia |
| Taeshon Cherry |
6'8" |
Sr. |
Marian (IN) |
| Luke Chicone |
5'10" |
So. |
John Carroll |
| Cevin Clark |
5'11" |
Jr. |
Southwestern (KS) |
| Daniel Cook |
6'6" |
Sr. |
St. John Fisher |
| Tyshaun Crawford |
7'1" |
Sr. |
Augusta |
| Tyson Cruickshank |
5'11" |
Sr. |
Wheaton (IL) |
| Antwaan Cushingberry |
5'8" |
Sr. |
St. Francis (IN) |
| Frankie Davidson |
6'7" |
Jr. |
Grace (IN) |
| Vinny DeAngelo |
6'1" |
Jr. |
Swarthmore |
| Josiah De'laCerda |
6'8" |
Sr. |
Ottawa (AZ) |
| Omari DeVeaux |
6'2" |
So. |
Virginia Wesleyan |
| Ely Doble |
6'6" |
Jr. |
Morningside |
| Jacob Drees |
6'7" |
Sr. |
Cedarville |
| Nick Fort |
6'6" |
Sr. |
Asbury |
| Zach Goodline |
6'1" |
Sr. |
Huntington |
| Austin Grunder |
6'6" |
Sr. |
Cortland |
| Tristan Harper |
6'6" |
Sr. |
Langston |
| Jesse Hafemeister |
6'5" |
Jr. |
Catholic |
| Matt Helwig |
6'4" |
Sr. |
North Central (IL) |
| Jake Hilmer |
5'11" |
Sr. |
Upper Iowa |
| CJ Hines |
6'1" |
So. |
Faulkner |
| Jahn Hines |
6'4" |
Jr. |
Christopher Newport |
| Jarred Houston |
6'10" |
Sr. |
Emerson |
| Jason Hubbard |
6'7" |
Sr. |
Taylor |
| Trent Hudgens |
6'1" |
So. |
Arizona Christian |
| Jeff Hunter |
6'7" |
Sr. |
Keene State |
| Josiah Johnson |
6'1" |
Sr. |
Mary Hardin Baylor |
| Chaney Johnson |
6'7" |
So. |
Alabama-Huntsville |
| Reid Jolly |
6'5" |
Jr. |
Thomas More |
| KJ Jones |
6'6" |
Jr. |
Emmanuel (GA) |
| Shawndale Jones |
6'3" |
Sr. |
IUP |
| Jaeden King |
6'6" |
Sr. |
St. Xavier |
| Brandon Knapper |
6'0" |
Sr. |
Cal State San Bernardino |
| Akuel Kot |
6'2" |
Jr. |
Fort Lewis |
| John Paul Kromka |
6'7" |
Sr. |
Pitt-Johnstown |
| Zach Laput |
6'4" |
Jr. |
Bentley |
| Peter Lash |
6'6" |
So. |
Nebraska Wesleyan |
| Jaden Lietzke |
6'7" |
Jr. |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
| Owen Long |
6'3" |
Jr. |
Emporia State |
| Drew Lutz |
6'1" |
Sr. |
Bethel (IN) |
| Rowan Mackenzie |
6'3" |
Jr. |
Lubbock Christian |
| Miles Mallory |
6'5" |
Jr. |
Randolph-Macon |
| Sam Masten |
6'2" |
Sr. |
Northern State |
| Seth Maxwell |
7'0" |
Sr. |
Indiana Wesleyan |
| Lakeem McAliley |
6'6" |
So. |
East Stroudsburg |
| Riley Minix |
6'7" |
Sr. |
Southeastern (FL) |
| Cody Mitchell |
6'7" |
Sr. |
Illinois Wesleyan |
| Jacksen Moni |
6'10" |
So. |
Northern State |
| Brendan Mora |
6'5" |
Sr. |
Pomona-Pitzer |
| Dave Morris |
6'1" |
Sr. |
IUP |
| Robert Osborne |
6'5" |
Sr. |
Virginia Union |
| Christian Parker |
6'6" |
Jr. |
Mount Union |
| Tylandrius Parks |
6'5" |
Sr. |
Union (TN) |
| Logan Pearson |
6'4" |
Jr. |
Wisconsin-Platteville |
| Carlos Pepin |
6'7" |
Sr. |
East Stroudsburg |
| Josh Pritchett |
6'4" |
Sr. |
Evangel |
| Chase Rankin |
6'1" |
Sr. |
Lincoln Memorial |
| Sesan Russell |
6'2" |
Sr. |
Florida Tech |
| Isaiah Sanders |
6'5" |
Sr. |
Fairmont State |
| Tyler Schmidt |
6'4" |
Jr. |
Olivet Nazarene |
| Joel Scott |
6'7" |
Sr. |
Black Hills State |
| Matt Simpson |
6'1" |
Sr. |
Florida College |
| Alex Sobel |
6'8" |
Sr. |
Middlebury |
| Bennett Stirtz |
6'4" |
Fr. |
NW MO State |
| RJ Sunahara |
6'8" |
Jr. |
Nova Southeastern |
| Josh Talbert |
6'2" |
Sr. |
Randolph-Macon |
| Adam Thistlewood |
6'8" |
Sr. |
CO School of Mines |
| Ryan Thissen |
6'6" |
Jr. |
St. John's (MN) |
| Blaise Threatt |
6'3" |
So. |
CO Mesa |
| Markelle Turner |
6'2" |
Jr. |
Union (KY) |
| Jo Valrie |
6'5" |
So. |
Point Park |
| Mason Walters |
6'9" |
Sr. |
Jamestown |
| Jaden Wells |
6'1" |
So. |
Central Oklahoma |
| Malik Willingham |
6'3" |
Jr. |
Minnesota State |
| Drew Wyman |
6'5" |
So. |
College of Idaho |
| Will Yoakum |
6'5" |
Sr. |
Nova Southeastern |
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