2009: Started all 20 matches…earned second-team All-Southern Conference honors...scored three goals, including game-winner in overtime against SoCon foe Davidson…also added one assist for a total of seven points.
2008: One of six players to start all 20 contests… netted two goals, including the game-winner in Elon’s 4-3 victory over league rival Furman… added three assists for a total of seven points.
2007: Started in two of his 18 appearances… assisted on two scores, including Elon’s lone goal in a 1-1 tie at top-ranked and eventual national champion Wake Forest.
Prep: Named first-team All-New Jersey by the Newark Star Ledger and first-team All-South Jersey by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Camden Courier Post and Burlington County Times… first-team all-conference selection… netted 25 goals and tallied 62 assists in his Shawnee career… helped the Mt. Laurel Raptors club squad to the New Jersey State Cup final… his 2006 Shawnee team claimed the New Jersey state title, the Coaches Cup crown and the Olympic Conference championship, rating as the top team in the state and as high as fourth in the nation by Student Sports and 10th by the NSCAA… Prep team went 27-0-0 to set the state record for wins in a season.
Personal: Born June 16, 1989...Son of Jack and Janice Franks...majoring in leisure and sport management.
Career Statistics
| Season |
GP |
GS |
G |
A |
Pts |
Shots |
SOG |
GW |
PK-Att |
| 2007 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
0-0 |
| 2008 |
20 |
20 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
16 |
9 |
1 |
0-0 |
| 2009 |
20 |
20 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
14 |
6 |
2 |
0-0 |
| Total |
58 |
42 |
5 |
6 |
16 |
41 |
20 |
3 |
0-0 |
Franks Outside the Lines:
Favorite “Coach Powell-ism”: "Ahhhhh WHAT ARE WE DOING?!?!?!" (English accent heavily affecting clarity of statement)
Favorite moment from 2010 FIFA World Cup : If someone doesn't put Landon Donovan's goal against Algeria they are off the team.
Favorite Club Team: Philadelphia Union.
Which Jersey Shore cast member are you: Pauly D on the "ones and twos".
Messi or C. Ronaldo: Not fat Ronaldo? Then Messi, for sure.
Who on the team is most likely to...
Be the next Top Chef: Morgan "Chex Mix" Fleming cooks a good soup, so probably him.
Be the next “Darren Powell”/Coach: Stephen Edward Dilger, Jr.
