KANSAS CITY, Missouri – Ouachita men's basketball forward Hobert Grayson has been named to the Bevo Francis Top 100 Watch List by Small College Basketball.
 
The Bevo Francis Award is given out to the player who has had the "finest overall season in Small College Basketball." The award is presented to just one player within the combined NCAA Division II, Division III, NAIA, USCAA, and NCCAA classifications.
 
Grayson is the only player from the Great American Conference to be named to the 2024-25 Top 100 Watch List. The Gonzales, Louisiana currently leads the GAC in multiple categories, including rebounds per game (11.6), double-doubles (9), field goals made (243), total rebounds (163) and total points scored (344) as of this week. The junior also ranks second in the conference in scoring average with 24.6 points per game and is 0.012 points per game out of the top spot. Grayson has also been named the GAC's Player of the Week a total of six times so far this season.
 
Nationally, Grayson ranks fourth in Division II in double-doubles, fifth in rebounds per game, sixth in points per game, and ninth in total points, rebounds and made field goals. The junior forward is one of only 13 players in DII to be averaging a double-double; and among those 13, Grayson is the only player scoring more than 20 points per game.  
 
Grayson and the Tigers will be back in action tomorrow when they take on the first-place Bisons of Oklahoma Baptist University at 7:30 p.m. on the road in Shawnee, Oklahoma.