Missouri State

2016-17: Earned MVC Honor Roll recognition … Named a MVC Scholar-Athlete honorable mention following his performance in the MVC Championships … After a slow start to the sophomore’s fall season, he rebounded to assert himself firmly in the lineup once again playing 27 rounds and a 74.52 scoring average … Helped the Bears to victory at the SIU/Derek Dolenc Invitational where his steady play of 74-74-75 secured yet another top 25 finish … Fired 75-71-71--217 at the Palm Valley Golf Club in Phoenix, AZ followed by a very steady 74-76-74 in Dallas, TX and the Bob Sitton Invitational besting his previous year’s score there by 9 shots … Carded 74-72-76 at the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate before heading to Jonesboro, AR and RidgePointe Country Club with rounds of 76-78-72 and a T22 finish … FInished off the year at the MVC Championship at the historic Cog Hill Dubs Dread Club in Chicago, IL.  Cog Hill yielded a 3 round total of 231 and a T18 finish.

2015-16: Played 27 rounds as a freshman, making his debut at the Coyote Classic (Sept. 21-22) … Finished in the top 15 at the Bill Ross Intercollegiate (Oct. 12-13) and came in second on the Bears roster … Led the team at the F&M Bank/APSU Intercollegiate with a team and season best 209 for 8th place … Had the lowest single round score on the team at 67 strokes … During the Loyola Intercollegiate (Feb. 28- Mar. 1) he fired off his second lowest scores of the season with rounds of 70-74-71--215 … Posted his highest finish of the Spring at home in the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate (Mar. 21-22), tying fellow freshman Adam Fisher for 12th.

Background: Played four years of golf and basketball at Blair Oaks High School for coaches Leroy Bernskoetter and Ryan Fick, respectively ... Ranked the No. 1 recruit in the Missouri class of 2015 by Junior Golf Scoreboard and the American Junior Golf Association ... Won the Class 2 Missouri State High School Championship as a junior for the Falcons in May 2014 at Silo Ridge in Bolivar, Mo. ... Also claimed the AJGA Lockton/Samsung Kansas City Junior at the National Golf Club in Parkville, Mo. ... Ranked No. 84 player nationally in the AJGA/Polo Rankings for the class of 2015 ... Fired a school-record 7-under-par 65 at the district championship in his junior season ... Also shot three rounds in the 60s, set a school mark for scoring average. Personal: Born Jan. 22, 1997, in Jefferson City, Mo. ... Son of Angie and David Franks ... Has two siblings, Kirstyn and Kade ... Majoring in Finance at Missouri State.