David Bevis (born May 9, 1973) is an American former basketball player. He played college basketball for Arkansas Tech University before going on to play professionally in Europe.
Bevis attended Rogers High School in Rogers, Arkansas and played with the schools basketball team. In 2015 he was inducted into its athletic hall of fame.
Bevis played college basketball for Arkansas Tech University from 1992 to 1995 where he scored 1,831 career points, including 799 points as a senior. In 1995, he led ATU to the NAIA tournament semifinals for the first time in 40 years after scoring 26 points in a 87âÂÂ67 victory against Montana State-Northern. He was selected to the NAIA and AIC All-First Team in both 1994 and 1995.
In July 1997, Bevis signed with ÃÂrvalsdeild karla club KFÃÂ. On 6 March 1998, he scored a three pointer at the buzzer, helping KFàbeat Haukar 87âÂÂ86. Overall Bevis had a standout season for KFÃÂ, averaging 28.5 points, 10.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game in the ÃÂrvalsdeild, leading KFàto the playoffs for the first time in its history. In January he was selected to the Icelandic All-Star game and after the season he was named the ÃÂrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year. In the Icelandic Cup, he helped KFàreach the Finals in Laugardalshöll where the team eventually lost to GrindavÃÂk.
After initially planning to play for a team in Spain that folded before the start of the season, Bevis signed with ÃÂA, in October 1998. On 12 November, he was suspended for one game after tossing a water bottle at a wall after a loss against ÃÂór Akureyri which resulted in water hitting referees and staff at the scorers table. In end of November, ÃÂA released both Bevis and Victor Pereira in a roster overhaul in what turned out to be an unpopular decision by head coach Alexander Ermolinskij. In the ÃÂrvalsdeild, Bevis averaged 27.0 points and 11.6 rebounds for ÃÂA.
In June 1999, Bevis signed with ÃÂór Akureyri. A month later it was reported that he had left the team for personal reasons.