| Bevo Francis Award | |
| Description: | the nation’s top small college basketball player |
| Presenter: | Small College Basketball Foundation |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Holder: | 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.
| Season | Player | School | Class | Division | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Davenport | NAIA Division II | [1] | |||
| 2016–17 | Northwest Missouri State | NCAA Division II | [2] | |||
| 2017–18 | Lincoln Memorial | NCAA Division II | [3] | |||
| 2018–19 | Wheaton (IL) | NCAA Division III | [4] | |||
| 2019–20 | Indiana Wesleyan | NAIA Division II | [5] | |||
| 2020–21 | Not awarded | |||||
| 2021–22 | Northwest Missouri State | NCAA Division II | [6] | |||
| 2022–23 | Nova Southeastern | NCAA Division II | [7] | |||
| 2023–24 | Grace | NAIA | [8] | |||
| 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 |