Hastings College's Reggie Thomas // HC Bronco Athletics
HASTINGS – Hastings College men’s basketball sophomore Reggie Thomas has been named to the Bevo Francis Award Top 100 watch list, as announced on Monday by Small College Basketball and the National Awards Committee.
Thomas leads the Broncos in points per game with 23.7, rebounds with 6.3, and assists per game with 4.5, and is first in the Great Plains Athletic Conference in scoring. Thomas leads the Bronco offense that averages 76.5 points per game and also leads the Broncos in minutes play averaging 36.8.
Thomas is a pest on defense pulling down 4.9 defensive boards per game and averages over two steals per game. Thus far in his short career as a Bronco, Thomas has scored 938, pulled down 254 rebounds, dished out 194 assists, recorded 70 steals and has 13 blocks.
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.
2024 marks the eighth 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, Aston Francis of Wheaton College in 2019, Kyle Mangas of Indiana Wesleyan University in 2020 and Trevor Hudgins of Northwest Missouri State University in 2022. In 2023, RJ Sunahara of Nova Southeastern was named the winner of the Bevo Francis Award. The award was not presented during the 2021 season.
On February 15th, the list will be reduced to the Top 50 players. One month later on March 15th, the Top 25 players will be announced. The finalists and Bevo Francis Award winner announcement release date is TBD. More information will be available in the coming months.
