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INDIANAPOLIS, In. - West Chester University senior men's basketball player
Tyrell Long (Philadelphia, Pa. / Bishop McDevitt) has been selected to the Bevo Francis Award Top 50 watchlist, as announced by Small College Basketball on Thursday afternoon.
Named after former University of Rio Grande standout Clarence "Bevo" Francis, this national 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.
Started in 2015, the Bevo Francis Award starts with a pool in January of the Top 100 student-athletes from Division II, Division III, the NAIA, USCAA and NCCAA and that group will be trimmed over the next few months until an eventual winner is selected on April 2.
NCAA DII leads all divisions with 31 individual selections in this year's Top 50 pool and Long joins Shippensburg's Dustin Sleva as the lone representatives from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference to be included in this prestigious group. Former Bevo Francis Award recipients include Davenport senior Dominez Burnett in 2016 and Northwest Missouri State senior Justin Pitts in 2017.
Coming out of Philadelphia, Long leads the No. 23 Golden Rams and ranks 11th in the PSAC with 19.1 points per game. The guard currently is tops on the squad with 7.5 rebounds per game and his 71 total assists and 14 blocks put the senior at No. 2 on the squad through 24 games. In his last outing, Long dropped 16 points on Lock Haven to become just the 25th player in West Chester's men's basketball history to reach 1000 career points.
West Chester heads into its game at East Stroudsburg on Saturday with a 20-4 overall record and atop the PSAC Eastern Division standings with a 16-4 mark in conference games.
Bevo Francis Award Timeline
March 15 -- Top 25
March 31 -- Finalists
April 2 -- Award winner announced
The Bevo Francis Award Watchlist (Top 50)
Ethan Alvano Senior Cal State San Marcos
Nate Axelrod Senior Ohio Wesleyan
Tommy Bolte Junior Concord (WV)
David Chavlovich Senior West Texas A&M
Charles Clark Senior Carson-Newman
Stevie Clark Senior LSU-Shreveport
Drew Cushingberry Senior Ferris State
Jack Daly Senior Middlebury
Wendell Davis Senior Ashland
David Dennis Junior Nova Southeastern
Kalidou Diouf Senior California Baptist
Charles Eaton Senior West Alabama
Adam Eberhard Junior Ballarmine
Brandon Federici Senior Franklin & Marshall
Aston Francis Junior Wheaton
Daeshon Francis Senior Texas-Permian Basin
Elvar Fridriksson Senior Barry
Zach Hankins Junior Ferris State
Juvaris Hayes Sophomore Merrimack
Joey Hewitt Junior Whitman
Haywood Highsmith Senior Wheeling Jesuit
Tim Howell Senior Whitman
Ryan Imhoff Senior Carroll
Branden Jenkins Senior Texas Wesleyan
Beau Justice Junior Valdosta State
Tyrell Long Senior West Chester
Deion McClenton Senior Keiser
Shadell Millinghaus Senior Georgetown College
Kyle Monroe Junior Michigan Tech
Tyheim Monroe Senior Cabrini
Dan Monteroso Senior West Liberty
Jordan Murdock Junior Friends
Tanner Omlid Senior Western Oregon
Dorian Pinson Senior Lincoln Memorial
Justin Pitts Senior Northwest Missouri State
Justin Reyes Senior St. Thomas Aquinas
Jake Ross Sophomore Springfield
Lawrence Russell Senior The Master's
Dominque Shaw Senior William Penn (IA)
Trevon Shaw Senior Lincoln Memorial
Dustin Sleva Senior Shippensburg
Kyle Steigenge Senior Cornerstone
Taren Sullivan Senior Findlay
Emanuel Terry Senior Lincoln Memorial
Sam Toney Sophomore New Jersey City
Chandler Vaudrin Sophomore Walsh
Tyrius Walker Senior Morehouse
Jaqhawn Walters Senior Albertus Magnus
Akaemji Williams Senior Lake Superior State
Todd Withers Senior Queens (NC)
