RefMetrics

NCAA Women's Division II Referee Profile

Ben Franson

Season-by-season overview followed by the full DII assignment schedule.

Games
20
2024-25 to 2025-26
Crew Roles
0/2/18
CC / U1 / U2
Home Win %
45.0%
20 scored games
Foul Diff
-0.7
15.9 / 15.2 home-away

Overview

Games Total 2025-26 2024-25
Games 20 11 9
Crew Chief 0 0 0
U1 2 0 2
U2 18 11 7
NSIC 20 11 9

Schedule

Date Season Conference Pos Home Away Score Fouls CC U1 U2
2026-02-25 2025-26 NSIC U2 Southwest Minnesota State Minnesota Crookston 77-65 14-12 Nick Pack Josh Junker Ben Franson
2026-02-12 2025-26 NSIC U2 Bemidji State Northern State 55-73 14-14 Ryan Yoder Chris Heise Ben Franson
2026-02-07 2025-26 NSIC U2 Minot State Minnesota Duluth 71-74 18-14 David Varriano Spencer Halvorson Ben Franson
2026-01-30 2025-26 NSIC U2 Jamestown Southwest Minnesota State 74-88 18-13 Zack Johnson Whitney Aberle Ben Franson
2026-01-17 2025-26 NSIC U2 Northern State Concordia-St. Paul 51-78 13-16 Ryan Schneider Danny Weigel Ben Franson
2026-01-10 2025-26 NSIC U2 UMary St. Cloud State 79-67 21-21 Shilo Shumway Nicolas Thompson Ben Franson
2026-01-09 2025-26 NSIC U2 Bemidji State Southwest Minnesota State 69-75 20-17 Eric Guler Jorun Hamre Ben Franson
2025-12-13 2025-26 NSIC U2 Minot State Minnesota Crookston 84-53 7-9 Chris Heise Ryan Schneider Ben Franson
2025-12-11 2025-26 NSIC U2 Jamestown Bemidji State 61-77 14-12 Ryan Yoder Ryan Schneider Ben Franson
2025-12-04 2025-26 NSIC U2 UMary Northern State 81-63 18-17 Ryan Yoder Chris Heise Ben Franson
2025-11-18 2025-26 NSIC U2 Jamestown Bismarck State College 91-69 19-17 Meghan Palubicki Spencer Halvorson Ben Franson
2025-02-26 2024-25 NSIC U1 UMary Minnesota Duluth 64-43 15-19 Whitney Aberle Ben Franson Kayl Hamre
2025-02-22 2024-25 NSIC U2 Minnesota Crookston Concordia-St. Paul 60-87 20-15 Ivan Hirst Brady Solum Ben Franson
2025-02-05 2024-25 NSIC U2 UMary St. Cloud State 83-57 14-17 Shilo Shumway Justin Purintun Ben Franson
2025-01-29 2024-25 NSIC U2 Minnesota Crookston Minot State 56-59 13-10 Ivan Hirst Chris Heise Ben Franson
2025-01-25 2024-25 NSIC U1 Northern State Winona State 85-73 12-17 Michael Kolness Ben Franson Jon Garrow
2025-01-04 2024-25 NSIC U2 Minnesota Crookston Sioux Falls 65-75 20-18 Meghan Palubicki Brady Solum Ben Franson
2025-01-03 2024-25 NSIC U2 Bemidji State Wayne State College 64-71 18-20 David Varriano Ashley Deisting Ben Franson
2024-12-07 2024-25 NSIC U2 Minot State Bemidji State 57-47 13-12 Nic Thompson Chris Heise Ben Franson
2024-11-08 2024-25 NSIC U2 Northern State Pittsburg State 55-85 17-15 Ryan Yoder Kevin Sundre Ben Franson