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Antwan Kimmons Bevo Francis finalist 2025

Kimmons named a finalist for Bevo Francis Award

The senior secures a spot as one of the top eight players in all of NCAA DII, DIII, NAIA, USCAA, and NCCAA

4.5.25

By: Ben Diers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Concordia-St. Paul senior guard Antwan Kimmons was selected as a finalist for the Bevo Francis Award as selected by The National Awards Committee and Small College Basketball, it was announced on Saturday.

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. The list is comprised of players from NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA, USCAA, and NCCAA.

2025 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, while in 2024 Elijah Malone of Grace College received the honor. The award was not presented during the 2021 season.

Last month, Kimmons became the first player in Concordia-St. Paul men's basketball history to be named both a D2CCA All-American and an NABC All-American. 

Kimmons' 781 points this season are a program record, shattering his own record of 591 from the 2022-23 season. His 2024-25 scoring average of 25.2 points per game ranks fourth in all of Division II and is also the highest in a single season in CSP history. His 5.7 assists per game lead the NSIC and rank 12th in Division II. 

Kimmons has been named the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)/Division II Conference Information Directors Association (D2CIDA) Division II Player of the Week two times this season, and is the only Golden Bear in program history to earn the honor. He has also secured NSIC Player of the Week honors three times.

In March, Kimmons was named the D2CCA Central Region Player of the Year while also securing all-region honors. In late February, he was named the NSIC Player of the Year and took home All-NSIC First Team honors for the second time in his career.

The winner of the Bevo Francis Award will be announced on Monday April 7th at halftime of the NCAA Men's Basketball Division I National Championship. 
BEVO FRANCIS AWARD 2024-25 FINALISTS

Dallas Graziani - Nova Southeastern (NCAA DII)
Chaze Harris - Life University (NAIA)
MJ Iraldi - Nova Southeastern (NCAA DII)
Antwan Kimmons - Concordia-St. Paul (NCAA DII)
Kaleb Lowery - The Master's (NAIA)
Samaje Morgan - College of Idaho (NAIA)
Tommy Murr - UAH (NCAA DII)
Kashie Natt - LSUA (NAIA)
Antwan Kimmons (Sr., Guard, 6-0, St. Paul, Minn./Tartan HS)
  • Bevo Francis Award Finalist
  • D2CCA First Team All-America
  • NABC All-America
  • NABC All-District First Team
  • NABC All-Star Game participant
  • D2CCA Central Region Player of the Year
  • D2CCA First Team All-Region
  • NSIC Player of the Year
  • All-NSIC First Team
  • NCAA Central Region All-Tournament Team
  • Two-time NABC National Player of the Week (only multi-time honoree this season)
  • Three-time NSIC Player of the Week
  • Led Concordia-St. Paul to its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance
  • Led Concordia-St. Paul to its first ever NCAA Tournament win
  • Ranks 4th in Division II in points per game
  • Ranks 10th in Division II in assists
  • Ranks 2nd in Division II in free throw attempts and 4th in field goals made
  • Broke his own school record for most points in a season (781)
  • Set school record for scoring average (25.2), field goals made (273), free throws made (190) and is second in most assists in a season (176)
  • Had 10 games with 30+ points, three games with 40+ points, scored 20+ points 20 times
  • Reached double-figures in all 31 games
  • Recorded three double-doubles
  • Finished his career with 1,496 points in 2+ seasons (67 games) and a CSP record 22.3 career scoring average
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