KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Awards Committee and Small College Basketball announced the Top 25 Watch List for the 2025 Bevo Francis Award where Florida Southern's Jadin Booth was named as one of the 25 players on the watch list (March 15).
 
Booth was named to the Top 100 and Top 50 Watch List with teammate Alex Steen on January 15 and February 15, respectively. The finalists will be announced on April 5^th, followed by the Bevo Franics Award winner's crowning on April 7^th.
 
Booth is one of four Sunshine State Conference student-athletes on the top 25 watch list where he joins Nova Southeastern's MJ Iraldi, Ryker Cisarik, and Dallas Graziani.
 
Through 33 games of the season, Booth leads Florida Southern in scoring with 21.3 points per game on 44.3% shooting from the field and 38.8% from beyond the arc. The Omaha, Neb. native averages 5.45 assists per game, 4.8 rebounds per game, and 1.87 steals per game with 14 total blocks on the season. Booth has a 92.9% clip from the free throw line shooting 197-of-212 which ranks second in the nation in both percentage and made free throws.
 
No. 18 Florida Southern (25-8) is set to take the hardwood against Montevallo Saturday, March 15 at noon in the NCAA Division II South Regional first round at Rick Case Arena on the campus of Nova Southeastern University. The Moccasins are the three seed and face the Falcons who are the six seed.