KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Augustana senior Tyler Riemersma has been named to the 2022 Bevo Francis Top-100 Watch List announced recently by Small College Basketball and the National Awards Committee. The Top-100 watch list consists of the top players from NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA Division I, NAIA Division II, USCAA and NCCAA.
 
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.
 
Riemersma, hailing from Bloomington, Minnesota, has been a double-double machine in 2021-22 and ranks 22^nd in the country with his six double-doubles. Riemersma averages 16.4 points per game, ranking in the top-10 of the NSIC, and totals 10.4 rebounds per game, the best in the NSIC and 11^th in the nation.
 
The Augustana men's basketball team is 13-2 on the season and 7-2 in the NSIC with Riemersma very much a part of that success. He has scored in double digits on 11 occasions and secured 10 or more rebounds in seven games. In addition, he is averaging a career-best 3.1 assists per game.
 
2022 marks the sixth year of the Bevo Francis Award, after the award was not presented in 2021. 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 and Kyle Mangas of Indiana Wesleyan University in 2020.

The list will be cut three more times before the winner is announced on April 4. Here are the important dates:

• February 15, 2022: Top 50
• March 15, 2022: Top 25
• April 2, 2022: Finalists
• April 4, 2022: The 2022 Bevo Francis Award winner announced 

Augustana is back home inside the Sanford Pentagon on Friday, hosting NSIC leader, and current No.5 nationally, Minnesota Duluth at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, the Vikings host St. Cloud State at 5:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at GoAugie.com/Tickets.