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2019 - Played in all 19 games and started 17 … named to the SoCon All-Tournament team … logged 20 shot attempts for the year with eight on goal (.400) …
earned a season-high three shots against Mercer on Sept. 27 … had four other games with two shot attempts ... received a SoCon postgraduate scholarship in April 2020 ... a two-year team captain, Franklin earned Southern Conference All-Tournament honors in 2019 and was the 2020 winner of the Three-Legged Stool award, which is presented to the VMI first class cadet-athlete who best exemplifies the three aspects of a VMI education: athletics, academics and military discipline. An Arabic and international studies double-major and a member of the Phi Sigma Iota international languages honor society, Franklin earned VMI Academic Stars for earning a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 from spring 2017 to spring 2020. She also was a recipient of a Project GO Scholarship, which allowed her to study Arabic in Fez, Morocco, in the summer of 2019. Franklin was a three-time member of the SoCon Honor Roll, twice earning the Commissioner’s Medal for posting a GPA of at least 3.8 for the academic year, and also earned Academic All-SoCon honors three times. She served as the president of VMI’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2019, organizing community service events for student-athletes and ensuring maximum support for sporting events at VMI. Franklin was also captain of the VMI Morale and Welfare Group and organized Salvation Army bell-ringing events for VMI SAAC student-athletes in 2018 and 2019. She also twice volunteered with Habitat for Humanity with the VMI women’s soccer team and helped organize a weekly event to read to children at an elementary school in Lexington, Virginia. Franklin, who will serve in the United States Air Force as an intelligence officer after graduating from VMI, plans to pursue a master’s degree in Homeland Security Policy.

2018 - Played and started 17 games during the season … tallied six points on the year (three goals) … logged 20 shot attempts throughout the year, seven of which were on goal … scored the game-winning goal against American in overtime.

2017: Started all 17 of the matches in which she played...scored the game-winning goal in Oct. 6 win over UTC...tied for second on the team in shots and ranked fifth in SOG.

2016: Played in 19 games (17 starts) as a true freshman...picked up her first collegiate point with an Oct. 2 assist against Wofford...played at least 90 minutes in a match 10 different times...attempted a season-high four shots against Chattanooga. 

High School/Personal: Four-year letterwinner at South Carroll HS...First Team All-County and All-Conference...played club soccer for Soccer Association of America...on honor roll all four years of high school...intends to major in Modern Language and Culture.