2007-08 Wrestling Roster

Brandon Franklin

  • Weight 157
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Lanham, Md.
  • Highschool Ocean Lakes

Biography

On Franklin: Expected to redshirt the 2007 season.

2006-07: Wrestled the second-most matches on the team (42), finishing as one of five Keydets with at least 20 wins...Placed fourth in the 141-pound weight class at the Southern Conference Championships, Pembroke Classic and the All-Academy Championships...Also won the 141-pound weight class at the VMI Fall Brawl...Won 11 of his first 12 collegiate matches...Recorded one of his three pins on the season against ASU’s Clinton Swango at the SoCon Championships...Competed in 13 of the team’s 14 dual matches.

High School: Three-year letterwinner at Ocean Lakes...Placed third at the Virginia State AAA Championship at 140 lbs...Also competed at the NHSCA Senior Nationals, placing fifth at 140 pounds, making him Ocean Lakes’ first All-American wrestler...School recordholder with 189 takedowns in a season...Also a two-year letterwinner on the football squad.

Personal: Son of Sharyl Stewart...Economics and Business major.