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Christian Franklin Season 2020-21

PosOF
Wt195 lbs
Ht5-11
YrJr.
HometownOverland Park, Kan.
B/TR/R
MLB Draft
2021 – Chicago Cubs, 4th round (No. 123 overall)

Junior (2021)
» NCBWA All-American (Third Team)
» All-SEC Second Team
» SEC All-Defensive Team
» NCAA Fayetteville Regional All-Tournament Team
» SEC Player of the Week (May 3)
» Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll


Played in 61 games with 60 starts (all 60 in center field), slashing .274/420/.544 with 13 home runs and 54 runs batted in ... Scored 55 runs ... Racked up 59 hits, including 15 doubles and two triples, on the year ... Drew 44 walks and was hit by a team-high 12 pitches ... Totaled 117 bases, one of five Razorbacks to eclipse the century mark during the season ... Tied with INF Robert Moore and INF/OF Brady Slavens for team lead in multi-hit games with 18 ... 12 multi-RBI games during the year ... Recorded a season-long five-game hitting streak ... Reached base in a season-long 17 consecutive games ... Led the Razorbacks in stolen bases, swiping 11 bags in 14 attempts ... Played errorless defense during the year, recording 124 putouts and four assists with two double plays turned in 128 chances ... Finished the season as one of two Razorback defenders, along with INF/OF Cayden Wallace, to post a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 100-plus chances ... Picked up his lone triple of the season against #10 TCU (Feb. 22) in the State Farm College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas ... Hit a home run in three consecutive games against SEMO (Feb. 25-27) ... Racked up a season-high four hits, including a home run, three RBI and two stolen bases against the Redbirds (Feb. 27) ... Drove in four runs on three hits against Murray State (March 6) ... Hit two solo home runs in the series opener at No. 2 Mississippi State (March 26) before tallying three more RBI on two hits, including a three-run blast, the following day (March 27) ... Had a career day against against UAPB (April 13), driving in a career-high six runs on three hits ... Racked up 10 RBI with a homer and two doubles during the series at LSU (April 30-May 1) to earn SEC Player of the Week recognition ... Landed on the NCAA Fayetteville Regional All-Tournament Team, powered by a three-hit effort against NJIT (June 4) ... Finished the season as one of six outfield finalists for the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award ... Named one of 42 semifinalists, including one of three Razorbacks, along with INF/OF Brady Slavens and RHP Kevin Kopps, for the Dick Howser Trophy, given to the top player in collegiate baseball ... Before the season, named a consensus preseason All-American by D1Baseball, Perfect Game, NCBWA and Baseball America ... Earned preseason first-team All-SEC honors from the league's coaches ... Landed on the Golden Spikes Award preseason watch list … Part of a Razorback offense that hit a school-record 109 home runs in 2021 … Helped Arkansas set a school record in fielding percentage with a .980 mark for the year.

Sophomore (2020)
Entered the season rated as the No. 26 outfielder in D1 Baseball’s Preseason Position Power Rankings … Started all 16 games at center field in 2020 … Hit in the middle of the order at the beginning of the year before moving to the leadoff spot for the final four games of the season … One of Arkansas’ most consistent hitters in 2020, finishing the year with a .381/.619/.467 line at the plate over 63 at-bats, the second-most on the team … Recorded 24 hits, eight for extra bases with four doubles, a triple and three homers … One of 10 Hogs with a home run and hit the first by a Razorback in 2020 in the season opener … Scored a team-high 21 runs and drove in 11, also tying for the team-lead in free passes with 11, including 10 walks … Went 3-for-4 in stolen base opportunities … Finished second on the team in batting average (.381), hits (24), homers (3), slugging percentage (.619), on-base percentage (.467) and stolen bases (3) … Had a hit in 14 of 16 games, reaching base in every game but one … Put together seven multi-hit performances, three games with three hits, and two multi-RBI showings … Put together a five-hit performance in the opening series against Eastern Illinois on Feb. 14-16 … Hit the first homer by a Razorback in the first game of the year, a two-run shot over the home bullpen in left field with two outs in the fifth inning … Recorded an RBI single and scored twice in the second game of the year against EIU on Feb. 15 … Racked up three hits, including a double with two runs in the finale against the Panthers … Posted another solid weekend against Gonzaga (Feb. 20-23), throwing down six hits, three for extra bases with two doubles and a homer, as well as four RBIs and six runs scored … Posted an RBI single in the opener, also scoring a run and walking … Walked in each of the first four games of the year … Added two hit showings in the second and fourth games of the set vs. the Bulldogs, with two RBIs on Feb. 21 … Scored twice in each of the last two games of the series … Launched his second homer of the year against the Zags on Feb. 23, a solo home run in the fourth inning to give the Hogs a 3-0 lead … Scored at least once in the first seven games of 2020 … Tallied two hits at the Shriners College Classic in Houston on Feb. 28-March 1, with one against Oklahoma and Texas in the first two games of the weekend … Posted an RBI double against Texas on Feb. 29, scoring twice in the game … The contest against Baylor on March 1 was the first and only game of 2020 to not reach base safely … Recorded multi-hit performances in each of the next four games, bookended by a pair of three-hit games against Illinois State and in the South Alabama finale … Scored twice and drove in a run against the Redbirds on March 3 … Racked up a team-best seven hits against the Jags on March 6-8, for a .538/.923/.600 line at the plate over 13 at-bats … Recorded two RBIs, two walks and scored five times in the series … Had two hits, a walk and a run scored in each of the first two games against South Alabama, including an RBI in the middle game of the set … Concluded the series with a three-hit, three-run game, coming a double shy of the cycle thanks to a triple in the first, a homer in the third, and a single in the ninth, the latter continuing the inning to set up a Heston Kjerstad walk-off home run … Walked in the first game against Grand Canyon (March 10) and hit a single & scored a run in the second game on March 11 … Part of an offense that finished with a .310 average at the plate with 175 hits and 118 runs scored in 2020.

Freshman (2019)
>> SEC All-Freshman Team

Played in 64 games, starting 58 as Arkansas' primary left fielder ... Hit .274 with 55 hits, eight doubles, one triple, six home runs and 34 RBIs ... His average was highest among all Razorback freshmen and hit total was seventh-most on the team ... Also walked 24 times for a .361 on-base percentage ... Stole 12 bases, second-most on the team, and two in SEC play ... Hit .262 in SEC play, while playing in all 30 league games ... Seven of his 28 conference hits went for extra bases (4 doubles, 3 home runs) ... Also had 12 RBIs against SEC opponents ... Had six hits in the NCAA Tournament (.250), two in the NCAA Regional and a team-best four hits in the College World Series ... Led all Razorback hitters in Omaha, hitting .571 (4-for-7) with one double and one run scored ... Finished the season with 17 multi-hit games, seventh-most on the team and four games with three or more hits ... Eight of his multi-hit games came in conference play ... Also finished with nine multi-RBI games, six with three or more RBIs ... Began his Arkansas career going 16-for-42 (.381) in his first 14 games, with 16 RBIs, three doubles, two home runs and 11 runs scored ... Made his first collegiate appearance and start on Opening Day against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 16), going 2-for-5 (.400) with two-run scored and three RBIs ... Also hit a home run on Opening Day and had a stolen base ... Went a perfect 4-for-4 in game 2 against No. 18 Tennessee (April 27), a season-high, his only four-hit game this year and was the only freshman on the team to have a four-hit game during the season ... Had a season-high four RBIs against No. 9 Texas on the road, all four coming on a grand slam in an 11-4 Arkansas victory ... Stole a season-high two bases twice against USC (Feb. 22) and Central Connecticut (May 31) in the NCAA Regional ... In that game against CCSU, he went 2-for-3 at the plate with one RBI and one walk ... Had multi-hit performances in both games at the College World Series, earning a double against Florida State (June 15) and a stolen base against Texas Tech (June 17).

High School
Played for head coach Jim Degraw at Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Mo. ... Ranked as the top player in the state of Missouri by Perfect Game and No. 29 outfielder in the nation … Named to back-to-back Perfect Game Preseason Underclassmen All-American Teams in 2016 and 2017 … Named to 2018 Perfect Game Preseason All-Region Team ... Named to 2018 All-USA Missouri team ... Participated in 2016 WWBA Underclass World Championships and 2017 WWBA World Championships.
Christian Franklin

So.
2019-20

OF
5-11 / 185 lbs
Christian Franklin

Fr.
2018-19

OF
5-11 / 180 lbs