Honors
• Centennial Conference scholar-athlete of the year, 2025
• Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, 2024 and 2025
• All-Centennial Conference second team, 2025
Career Statistics
Year |
W-L |
MD |
TF |
Pin |
Fastest |
2021-22 |
11-7 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
1:45 |
2022-23 |
3-7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4:35 |
2023-24 |
11-7 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3:26 |
2024-25 |
14-8 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2:19 |
Totals |
39-29 |
3 |
0 |
11 |
1:45 |
Tournament Places
2025 Centennial Conference Championships – 2nd
2023 Futures Tournament – 2nd
2024 Centennial Conference Championships – 3rd
2022 Messiah Open – 3rd
2022 Futures Tournament – 4th
2024 Penn College Invitational – 6th
2021 Wilkes Invitational – 6th
2025 NCAA Mideast Regional – 7th
2025 Will Abele Invitational – 7th
2024 Will Abele Invitational – 7th
Career Highlights
2024-25
• Finished career with his best season
• Was the Mules’ starter at 285 down the stretch
• Ranked as high as No. 5 in region
• Pinned regionally ranked opponent from Ursinus to reach Centennial Conference final
• Went 3-2, with two losses by a total of three points, to place seventh at regionals
• Took down opponent in overtime for 4-1 sudden victory vs. Johns Hopkins
• Pinned two opponents to place seventh at Will Abele Invitational for second straight year
2023-24
• Emerged as the Mules’ starting heavyweight
• Placed in three tournaments
• Ranked eighth in Mideast Region
• Pinned opponent from Gettysburg early in third period in Centennial Conference consolation final
• Went 3-2 with major decision at Will Abele Invitational
• Scored reversal in second overtime period for 3-1 win at Penn College in first tournament of season
2022-23
• Competed in 10 bouts in his sophomore season
• Recorded pin and decision to reach 285-pound final of Mideast Futures Tournament
• Scored 5-4 decision against Division II opponent from Bloomsburg at Wilkes Open
2021-22
• Joined wrestling team after football season
• Won on a first-period pin and sudden-victory takedown at Wilkes in first career tournament
• Went 3-1, with lone loss coming in overtime to Division I opponent, to place third at the Messiah Open
• Won four of six bouts to place fourth at the Mideast Futures Tournament
Personal
• Earned a total of seven letters in wrestling, football and lacrosse at North Hunterdon High School
• Ranked seventh in New Jersey at 220 pounds in wrestling
• Lined up at defensive end and left tackle in football
• Selected to play in the Basilone Bowl
• Parents are Christopher and Lisa Franklin
• Born Dec. 31, 2002
• A computer science major