Fort Myers, Fla. – The No. 3-ranked Washburn Ichabod basketball team had two players named to the Bevo Francis Top 50 Watch List announced today by the Small College Basketball for players from the NCAA Division II and III ranks as well as the NAIA, the USCAA and the NCCAA. Named to the watch list from the Ichabods were Jack Bachelor and Dillon Claussen.

Claussen leads the Ichabods in scoring at 15.6 ppg and in rebounds at 6.4 per contests. He is 10th in the nation in field goal percentage at 62.3 which also leads the MIAA. He is also 46^th in the nation in blocks with 35.

Bachelor is scoring 14.9 ppg with a team-high 99 assists and 65 3-pointers this season. He ranks 73^rd in the nation in total assists and he is 28th in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.53 to 1. He is also 62^nd in steals with 43 and 29^th in 3-point field goal percentage at 41.1 percent and 35^th in total 3-pointers made with.

The Ichabods will go out on their final road trip of the regular season with games at Central Oklahoma on Feb. 19 and Rogers State on Feb. 21 before wrapping up the last week of the regular season hosting Pittsburg State on Feb. 25 and then will end the regular season hosting Missouri Southern at 1 p.m. in the MIAA Game of the Week facing the Lions on 38 The Spot in Kansas City.

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.
 

2025-26 Bevo Francis Award Watch List

Ty Allred 6'9" Sr. Colorado Mesa

Jeremiah Anderson 6'1" Jr. Felician

Jack Bachelor 6'2" Jr. Washburn

Benjamin Bill 6'8" Jr. Daemen

Caedmon Bontrager 6'7" Jr. Indiana Wesleyan

Jack Browder 6'4" Sr. Carson-Newman

Jalen Brown 6'2" So. Cal State Dominquez Hills

Bradley Bunch 6'6" Sr. Pikeville

Tyree Campbell 6'5" Sr. Cal State East Bay

Drey Carter 6'8" Jr. Fairmont State

Luke Chicone 5'11" Sr. John Carroll

Micah Clark 6'7" Sr. Nelson

Dillon Claussen 6'8" So. Washburn

Carl Cleveland 6'6" Sr. Young Harris

Terry Coner Jr. 6'0" Jr. OK Baptist

Jackson Cooper 6'7" Jr. Oregon Tech

Hayden Diekhans 6'6" Sr. Montana Tech

Dallas Dillard 6'3" Sr. IUP

Mason Dopirak 6'2" Sr. MSOE

Kyle Duke 6'2" Sr. Cumberlands

Derek Fairley 6'1" So. Lourdes

Osmar Garcia-Araujo 6'7" Jr. Anderson

Dallas Graziani 5'8" Sr. Nova Southeastern

Sam Grieger 6'4" Jr. UW-Lacrosse

Jair Knight 6'2" Sr. Emory

Lazerek Houston 6'0" Fr. Central Missouri

Camerin James 6'5" Jr. Keiser

Dylan Kuehl 6'6" Sr. Northern Michigan

Jalen Langsy 6'1" So. Northwestern (IA)

Preston LeGassick 6'1" Sr. Palm Beach Atlantic

Cam Lowe 6'6" So. Black Hills State

Amondo Miller 6'7" Sr. Lubbock Christian

Jacob Morales 6'4" Sr. Montclair State

Chase Morgan 6'6" Sr. Maryville (TN)

Jalen Overway 6'10" Jr. Calvin

Ben Pearce 6'1" Sr. Emory

Zach Philipkoski 6'4" Jr. Daemen

Pace Prosser 6'2" So. Gannon

Joey Ramirez 6'2" Sr. Concordia (TX)

Ross Reeves 6'4" Sr. Nova Southeastern

Shane Regan 6'4" Sr. Chicago

Kye Robinson 6'2" So. Mary Washington

Zevi Samet 6'2" Sr. Yeshiva

Marcus Tomashek 6'6" Sr. Michigan Tech

Jesse Van Kalsbeek 6'6" So. Northwestern (IA)

Henry Vetter 6'5" Sr. Trinity (CT)

A.J. White 5'10" Sr. North Georgia

Matthew Willenborg 6'7" Jr. Central Oklahoma

Maceo Williams 6'7" Sr. Ashland

Andrew Young 6'9" Sr. Missouri S&T