KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Michigan Tech junior guard Marcus Tomashek has been named to the 2024-25 Bevo Francis Top-100 Watch List announced Wednesday by Small College Basketball and the National Awards Committee. 

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.

Tomashek, hailing from Green Bay, Wisconsin, is the GLIAC's leading scorer with 23 points per game on 46.2 percent from the field while adding a team-leading 3.0 assists per game and 3.5 rebounds.

He has recorded a career-high 40-point game this season, including four 30-point games and three 20-point games in his junior campaign. His 23 points per game ranks 11th in the country while his 299 points this season ranks 32nd nationally. 

The Michigan Tech men's basketball squad is 10-4 on the season and 5-1 in the GLIAC with Tomashek a key part in the team's success. 

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 and Kyle Mangas of Indiana Wesleyan University in 2020, Trevor Hudgins of Northwest Missouri State in 2022, RJ Sunahara of Nova Southeastern in 2023 and Elijah Malone of Grace in 2024. 

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

• February 15, 2025: Top 50

• March 15, 2025: Top 25

• April 2, 2025: Finalists

• April 4, 2025: The 2025 Bevo Francis Award winner announced

The Huskies remain at SDC Gymnasium this week, hosting Saginaw Valley State on Thursday (7:30 p.m.) and Wayne State on Saturday (2 p.m.).