#Razorfacts
TFRRS Profile
Personal Bests
Heptathlon: 5,497 points (No. 4 in school history)
Decathlon: 7,520 points (No. 4 in school history)
60 Meters: 7.26
100 Meters: 11.13
400 Meters: 48.46
800 Meters: 1:52.84
1,000 Meters: 2:28.94
1,500 Meters: 4:15.52
60m Hurdles: 8.65
110m Hurdles: 15.43
High Jump: 1.97m/6-5.5
Pole Vault: 4.55m/14-11
Long Jump: 7.07m/23-2.75
Shot Put: 14.27m/46-9.75
Discus: 45.03m/147-8.5
Javelin: 51.83m/170-1
High School
Franks was the 2010 valedictorian, the 2010 Oregon State Champion in the high jump and was also a member of the state champion 4x400-meter relay team ... Franks holds prep bests of 49.43 in the 400 meters, 171-9 in the javelin and 6-7 in the high jump ... He won the decathlon at the 2010 USATF National Junior Olympic Championships (6,905 points) ... Franks' personal-best point total of 6,905 ranked No. 3 among high school athletes during the 2010 outdoor season.
Personal
Born Nov. 8, 1991 ... He is the son of Larry and Ulrike Franks ... As a Chancellor’s Scholar at the University of Arkansas, Franks completed his undergraduate studies in 2.5 years and earned two degrees in December 2012, one in chemistry and one in physics ... He earned the chemistry degree as a magna cum laude graduate with a minor in history ... Franks was a Fulbright Senior Scholar and posted a 3.96 cumulative grade-point average.
- 2013 SEC Champion (DMR)
- 2013 All-SEC First Team (DMR)
- 2013 Wooden Citizen Cup Winner
- 2013 All-America Second Team (Outdoor)
- 2013 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Outdoor)
- 2013 Coach John Wooden Citizenship Cup recipient
- 2014-15 Rhodes Scholarship finalist
- 2014-15 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Post-Graduate Scholarship finalist
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2013-pres.)
- 2011-12 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
TFRRS Profile
Personal Bests
Heptathlon: 5,497 points (No. 4 in school history)
Decathlon: 7,520 points (No. 4 in school history)
60 Meters: 7.26
100 Meters: 11.13
400 Meters: 48.46
800 Meters: 1:52.84
1,000 Meters: 2:28.94
1,500 Meters: 4:15.52
60m Hurdles: 8.65
110m Hurdles: 15.43
High Jump: 1.97m/6-5.5
Pole Vault: 4.55m/14-11
Long Jump: 7.07m/23-2.75
Shot Put: 14.27m/46-9.75
Discus: 45.03m/147-8.5
Javelin: 51.83m/170-1
High School
Franks was the 2010 valedictorian, the 2010 Oregon State Champion in the high jump and was also a member of the state champion 4x400-meter relay team ... Franks holds prep bests of 49.43 in the 400 meters, 171-9 in the javelin and 6-7 in the high jump ... He won the decathlon at the 2010 USATF National Junior Olympic Championships (6,905 points) ... Franks' personal-best point total of 6,905 ranked No. 3 among high school athletes during the 2010 outdoor season.
Personal
Born Nov. 8, 1991 ... He is the son of Larry and Ulrike Franks ... As a Chancellor’s Scholar at the University of Arkansas, Franks completed his undergraduate studies in 2.5 years and earned two degrees in December 2012, one in chemistry and one in physics ... He earned the chemistry degree as a magna cum laude graduate with a minor in history ... Franks was a Fulbright Senior Scholar and posted a 3.96 cumulative grade-point average.