Biography
Honors: First-team all-MVC (2020, 2021)...MVC Defensive Player of the Year (2021)...MVC All-Defensive Team (2021)...MVC Player of the Week (Dec. 2, 2019, Dec. 16, 2019, Feb. 15, 2021, March 1, 2021, Nov. 15, 2021, Nov. 22, 2021, Nov. 29, 2021)...Preseason WNIT all-tournament (2020)...Honorable mention all-MVC (2019)...MVC all-Freshman Team (2019)...MVC Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 7, Jan. 14, Feb. 25 and March 11, 2019)... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Spring 2020)...MVC Academic Honor Roll (2020).
Career Summary: Became the 30th Lady Bear to score 1,000 career points at USC (11/20/21)…Ranks in the top 10 in Lady Bear history in double-figure rebound games (2nd- 44), blocks (2nd – 130), double-doubles (3rd – 33), career rebounds (3rd- 913), rebound average (3rd- 9.0), and field goal percentage (8th - .531) while also placing 15th in steals with 180 and 24th in scoring with 1,122 points.
2021-22: Suffered a season-ending knee injury against Toledo (Dec. 21) just 11 games into the season…Named MVC Player of the Week the first three weeks of the season, becoming the third player in MVC history to win three consecutive player of the week honors to open a season…Placed on the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year preseason and midseason watch list and was voted preseason All-MVC…Recorded a team-leading eight double-doubles and nine double-figure rebound games…Was pacing the team with 14.9 points and 12.1 rebounds per game on .538 shooting from the field at the time of her injury…Before sustaining her injury, Franklin ranked in the top six nationally in rebounds per game (12.1) and double-doubles (8), while ranking fourth in defensive boards per game (8.8) and 11th in total rebounds (133)… Recorded a career high 19 rebounds at Oklahoma State (Nov. 17), which ranks fourth for a single game in MSU program history.
2020-21: MVC Defensive Player of the Year while landing spots on the all-conference First Team and Defensive Team for a second consecutive season...Averaged 11.8 points and a league-high 9.7 rebounds per game, shooting 48 percent overall and 70 percent at the foul line...Ranked second in the MVC with 2.2 steals per game and ninth in blocked shots...Rebound average was the highest ever for a Missouri State junior...Scored in double figures 17 times with 13 double-figure rebound efforts and 10 double-doubles...Tallied multiple steals in 18 contests...Two-time MVC Player of the Week...Set an MSU record by grabbing 42 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament, taking over the school’s career record in the process with 65 boards in six NCAA games...Also set MSU’s single-game tournament record with 18 boards in the first-round win over UC Davis (March 22)...Added 17 points against UCD for the double-double, and had 11 points and 11 rebounds in the round two victory over Wright State (March 24)...Pulled down 13 rebounds against eventual national champion Stanford in the Sweet 16 (March 28)...Scored a career-high 25 points on 11-for-13 shooting against Loyola (Feb. 27)...Grabbed 17 rebounds the next day against the Ramblers on the way to MVC Player of the Week honors...Scored 14 in the win over 12th-ranked Maryland (Nov. 28)...Had 20 points and 10 boards versus Drake (Jan. 23)...Her 10 double-doubles ranked seventh on MSU’s single-season list and bumped her career total to 25, tied for third in school history...Shot over 50 percent from the floor in 14 of 26 games...Blocked multiple shots eight times.
2019-20: First-team all-MVC selection after leading the league with 8.7 rebounds per game...Started all 30 contests, averaging 10.9 points on 56.3 percent shooting, good for third in the Valley...Had 34 blocks and 48 steals to lead the Lady Bears and rank among the MVC’s top six in both categories...Ended the season ranked fourth in MSU career history in rebound average (8.1), fifth in field goal percentage (.558), fifth in double-figure rebound games (22), sixth in blocked shots (81) and seventh in double-doubles (15)...Became the second player in school history to reach 500 career rebounds as a sophomore...Had nine double-doubles on the year...Season rebound total of 260 ranked 10th in MSU history...Made 17 consecutive field goals in December, the second-longest streak in school history, including an 11-for-12 game versus Kansas City (Dec. 1), tying for the third-best percentage ever at MSU with at least 10 field goals and best since 1992...Scored in double figures 18 times, and led MSU in rebounds 22 times...Opened the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds in a win at No. 23 Minnesota (Nov. 5)...MVC Player of the Week on Dec. 2 after posting a double-double at South Dakota and scoring a career-high 24 points against Kansas City...Won the award again following a 20-point, 13-rebound, 7-for-8 shooting effort against Missouri on Dec. 15...Had a double-double in the home win over Drake (Jan. 10) and tied a career-high with 14 rebounds against Southern Illinois (Feb. 15)...Third on the team with 44 assists, including eight games with three or more...Collected multiple steals in 17 games and blocked multiple shots nine times...Shot 50 percent or better from the field in 21 contests.
2018-19: Posted one of the best freshman seasons in Missouri State history, averaging 9.2 points and 7.6 rebounds with 33 starts in 35 games...Set MSU freshman records with 47 blocks and 267 rebounds, ranking 5th and 8th, respectively, overall in those categories for a single season...Shared the team lead with 54 steals, becoming the first player in school history with 40 blocks and 40 steals in a season...Only freshman nationally and only MVC player with 40 blocks and 40 steals in 2018-19, and one of five players nationally to reach her rebound, steal and block totals...Honorable mention all-MVC and MVC All-Freshman Team selection...Shot 55.3 percent from the field, ranking 16th overall at MSU and third among freshmen for a season...Shot 50 percent or better in 28 of 35 games...Had streaks of eight (Jan. 4) and 10 (Feb. 3-15) consecutive made field goals...Had six double-doubles, 16 double-figure scoring games, and 11 double-figure rebounding efforts...First MSU player with three consecutive double-doubles (Jan. 4-13) since 2012...Had 14 rebounds against Southern Illinois (Jan. 13) and UNI (March 16), tying for the second-most ever for an MSU freshman...Averaged 10.3 points and 8.1 rebounds while shooting 59.4 percent in MVC games...Ranked second in the MVC in field goal percentage and blocked shots, and fifth in rebounds...First career double-double came with 17 points and 11 boards versus Indiana State (Jan. 4)...Scored a season high 18 points at Loyola (Feb. 24)...Filled the stat sheet with 10 points, 10 rebounds, three blocks, and season highs of three assists and six steals against UNI (March 1)...Swatted four shots at Santa Clara (Nov. 24)...Had 12 games with multiple blocks, 14 with multiple steals, and 31 with at least five rebounds...Grabbed five steals in the MVC Tournament title win against Drake (March 17).
Background: Franklin helped Fayetteville High to a combined 97-11 record and two Arkansas Class 7A state championships in her four seasons...Picked up all-state honors for a second consecutive season as a senior, shooting 63 percent from the field with averages of 9.2 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.6 steals and 2.5 blocks per game...Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Player of the Year as a junior after helping the Lady Bulldogs to a 30-2 record and No. 10 national ranking...Led her team in rebounding (8.1/game), blocks (41) and field goal percentage (.642), including making 85 percent of her shots in the fourth quarter....Also earned all-state honors from three publications her junior year...Led FHS with 6.0 rebounds per game, 28 blocks and 65 percent shooting as a sophomore, earning Democrat-Gazette Newcomer of the Year and all-conference honors for a state tournament quarterfinal team...Fayetteville High also won a state championship in her freshman season...Four-time all-state honoree in track and field, winning the state championship in the shot put four times and adding discus titles as a junior and senior.
Personal: Jasmine Franklin is the daughter of Tim and Tiffani Franklin...Born November 5, 1999, in Fayetteville, Ark....Has one sister, Jervae’...Pursuing a psychology degree.
