Brenden Franks Season 2023

2023 (SENIOR)
Season: Appeared in eight games…Collected two hits, including a double, a run and a walk.
 
Game-By-Game: vs. Wagner (3/4): Tallied a single as a pinch-hitter. at Michigan (3/25): Doubled and scored a run in the eighth. at West Virginia (4/25): Worked a walk as a pinch-hitter.

2022 (JUNIOR)
Awards: Named Academic All-Big Ten…Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades.
 
Season: Played in 10 games this season…Made six appearances as a pinch-hitter and four as a pinch-runner…Drew a walk against LIU (2/19)…Scored as a pinch-runner against Illinois (5/21).

2021 (SOPHOMORE)
Awards: Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Selected Academic All-Big Ten.

Season: Appeared in four games…Michigan State (5/1): Scored a run and was hit by a pitch.

2020 (FRESHMAN)
Season: Went 2-for-3 in three plate appearances…Season canceled on March 12 after 15 games due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Game-by-Game: vs. Bucknell (2/14): Made his collegiate debut pinch-hitting for a base hit with one run scored. vs. Princeton (2/29): Singled in lone at-bat.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year team-member and two-year letterwinner playing baseball at State College Area under head coach Troy Allen…Team captain as a senior...2018 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American Honorable Mention…2019 Perfect Game Atlantic Region Preseason All-America Honorable Mention…Played travel baseball for Keystone Railsplitters…Also a two-year letterwinner and senior captain playing basketball...Named a Faculty and NSHSS Scholar.

Personal
Son of Ross and Ann Franks…Has a younger brother, Carson…Plans to study finance at Penn State…Hobbies include investing, reading, hiking and swimming...Aspires to work on Wall Street and become a CFO.