Major: Business/Economics
Career: In his three seasons for the Thunder, Francis rewrote the Wheaton record books, finishing second in program history in points scored with 2,406, which also ranks fifth in
CCIW history...his career scoring average of 28.9 points per game established a new school record and ranks sixth in Division III history and his average of 4.68 three-pointers per game is the fourth-highest in Division III history...his 388 career three-pointers smashed the previous school record and ranks seventh in Division III history...he ranks second in school history with 783 career made field goals...is fifth in school history with 443 career made free throws...is 11th in school history with 287 career assists...honored as the CCIW Player of the Week a record 16 times in his three seasons at Wheaton.
2018-19: Named the 2019 Jostens Trophy winner, honoring the top student-athlete in Division III Men's Basketball...the winner of the Bevo Francis Award from Small College Basketball...the 2019 D3hoops.com Player of the Year...named DIIINews Player of the Year...CCIW Player of the Year for the second-consecutive season...D3hoops.com Midwest Region Player of the Year...named the CCIW Player of the Week a record nine times in the 2018-19 season...Francis led NCAA Division III in six significant categories as a senior: total points (1,096); points per game (34.3 PPG); three-pointers made (173); three-pointers per game (5.41 3PG); field goals made (348) and free throws made (227)...his 1,096 total points and scoring average led all men's basketball players at four-year colleges in 2018-19...his 1,096 points per game average broke the NCAA Division III record for points in a single season and is the
14th-highest single-season total in NCAA history (all divisions)...Francis' 173 three-pointers is the second-highest single-season total in NCAA history (all divisions)....Francis also led the Thunder with 7.9 rebounds per game and finished second on the team with 3.1 assists per game...Francis helped lead Wheaton to a NCAA Division III National Semifinal, setting four NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament records and two single-game tournament records...his 44.8 points per game average in the 2019 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament broke the previous tournament record of 37.3 points...Francis scored 224 points in Wheaton's five postseason games to break the previous tournament record of 177 points that had stood since 1998...Francis made 72 field goals in the tournament as he broke the previous tournament record of 68 field goals that had stood since 1989...Francis' 36 three-pointers in the tournament surpassed the old tournament record of 35 treys made by
Augustana's Kirk Anderson in 1993...Francis' 62 points in Wheaton's victory over Marietta in the NCAA Sectional Final is also a Division III Tournament single-game record and his 12 three-pointers in that game tied the Division III Tournament single-game record...Francis' 512 points in CCIW play in 2018-19 is the second-highest single-season scoring total in conference history...named the USBWA Division III Player of the Week following a 54-point performance in a victory at UW-Platteville on December 12...also named the USBWA D3 Player of the Week on February 12...named to the D3hoops.com Team of the week four times in the 2018-19 season.
2017-18: Jostens Award finalist...D3hoops.com Second Team All-American...DIII News All-American...NABC Second Team All-American...D3hoops.com Central Region Player of the Year...First Team All-Central Region...CCIW Most Outstanding Player...First Team All-CCIW selection...CCIW Player of the Week on Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Jan. 15, and Feb. 12...D3hoops.com Team of the Week on Dec. 4...led Division III with 4.35 made three-point field goals per game...ranked fourth nationally in scoring at 27.4 points per game...broke his own school record with 121 made three-pointers...712 points scored is second-highest single season scoring mark in school history...scored career-high 45 points at Elmhurst on Dec. 9...scored 40 points in wins over Carroll and Augustana...scored 36 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in a win at North Park on Dec. 10...scored 23 points with 10 rebounds and five assists at Carthage on Jan. 17...averaged 4.8 rebounds per game with 115 assists and 37 steals.
2016-17: D3hoops.com First Team All-Central Region selection...NABC All-District Second Team...First Team All-CCIW...CCIW Player of the Week on Feb. 13, Jan. 9 and Nov. 21...CCIW scoring champion...set a new school record with 94 made three-pointers in a single season...set a new CCIW record with 67 made three-pointers in conference play...started all 25 games, averaging 23.9 points per game in his first season with the Thunder after transferring from Tyler Junior College...scored a season-high 39 points at Illinois Wesleyan on Jan. 7...scored 31 points with a season-high six steals and hit seven three-pointers at Millikin on Feb. 8...scored 35 points at University of Chicago on Nov. 30.
Previous School: Averaged 4.5 points per game in 24 appearances including one start.
High School: Four-year varsity player...three-year varsity starter...All-State honoree...East Texas MVP...District MVP...also played baseball and golf.
