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Frontier Conference quartet selected to Bevo Francis Award Top 100 Watch List
Four players from Frontier Conference schools earned a spot on the national Small College Basketball Top-100 Watch List for the Clarence “Bevo” Francis Award.
- Thursday's release put four Frontier athletes—Hayden Diekhans, Kyle Gruhler, Omari Nesbit and Nathan Ojukwu—on the Clarence `Bevo` Francis Award Top-100 Watch List.
- The Clarence `Bevo` Francis Award is presented annually to the player judged to have had the finest overall season in Small College Basketball, and the Top-100 Watch List includes 96 additional non-Division I athletes.
- Earlier this season, Diekhans was photographed driving to the hoop on Feb. 20 at Kelvin Sampson Court, while Gruhler scored 21 points on Feb. 13 in Havre and Nesbit played Jan. 10 at Rocky Mountain's Fortin Center.
- By appearing on the watch list, Frontier Conference programs and Montana State University Billings gained local outlet coverage Thursday, positioning athletes to vie for the small-college player-of-the-year honor.
- The tally of four Frontier Conference players on the list signals notable visibility for the conference at the small-college level and inclusion alongside Montana State University Billings highlights regional and national representation on the Clarence `Bevo` Francis Award Top-100 Watch List.
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