Bev Mitchell led the Kansans in scoring, averaging 20.1 point per game in 1973, and his  23-point average  against conference opponents led the league.  Mitchell’s play helped JCCC to a school record 25 wins and a record 16-game winning streak.  The Kansans were ranked all season and finished seventh in the final NJCAA poll.  Mitchell also became the school’s second player to top 1,000 points in a career, reaching 1,061, an average of 18.3 per game over his career.  In the 1972-73 season, Mitchell earned second-team NJCAA All-American, first-team All-Region VI and first-team All-Jayhawk Conference.  He also was voted team MVP.  As a freshman, Mitchell averaged 17.2 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, helping the Kansans to a 23-9 record and a conference title, the first in school history.   Mitchell continued his career at Eastern Illinois University.  In 1974-75, Mitchell was voted team MVP, and led the Panthers to a 20-8 record, a third place finish in the Great Lakes Regional, and was named to the All-Great Lakes Regional Team.  Mitchell averaged 13.7 points per game that season. As a junior at EIU, Mitchell averaged 17.0 points per game in 17 games.