The Bevo Francis Award is a

college basketball In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athleti ...

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 Clarence "Bevo" Francis (September 4, 1932 – June 3, 2015) was an American basketball player. Born on his family's farm in Hammondsville, Ohio, he became one of the most prolific scorers in college basketball history during his career at Rio G ...

, who earned national acclaim and All-American status for Rio Grande College in the 1950s. Eligible players must come from below

NCAA Division I NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athleti ...

. Players are eligible if the play in the following college basketball divisions: *

NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...

NCAA Division III NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their ...

* NAIA Division I * NAIA Division II *

USCAA The United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) is a national organization for the college athletics, intercollegiate athletic programs of 72 mostly small colleges, including community colleges, community/junior colleges, across the Uni ...

Division I *

Division II * NCCAA Division I * NCCAA Division II The first winner was Dominez Burnett of

Davenport University Davenport University is a private university with campuses throughout Michigan and online. It was founded in 1866 by Conrad Swensburg and currently offers associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees; diplomas; and post-grad certification progra ...

. Only one school,

Northwest Missouri State University Northwest Missouri State University is a public university in Maryville, Missouri. It has an enrollment of about 8,505 students. Founded in 1905 as a teachers college, its campus is based on the design for Forest Park at the 1904 St. Louis World ...

, has won the award more than once.

Winners

Winners by school

References

External links

Official site
{{Bevo Francis Award Awards established in 2016 College basketball trophies and awards in the United States 2016 establishments in the United States