2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 41
Deon Franklin
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Treviso, Italy
- High School:
- I.T.T. Francesco Da Collo
Honors and Awards
2016-17
BIG EAST All-Academic
2016-17 Season Notes: Made first career appearance against IUPUI (11/22), registering a blocked shot ... Grabbed two rebounds against Houston Baptist (11/26) ... Made two appearances in BIG EAST play against Xavier (2/18) and St. John's (2/21) in back-to-back games at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
High School/College: Attended Texas Tech in 2015-16, but wasn’t a member of the basketball team … enrolled at Austin Community College in 2014-15 … Moved to Texas in 2014 after growing up in Italy … Owns dual citizenship in Italy and the United States … Member of Priula Basket 88 and Basket Pieve 94 club programs while living in Italy.
2016-17
BIG EAST All-Academic
2016-17 Season Notes: Made first career appearance against IUPUI (11/22), registering a blocked shot ... Grabbed two rebounds against Houston Baptist (11/26) ... Made two appearances in BIG EAST play against Xavier (2/18) and St. John's (2/21) in back-to-back games at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
High School/College: Attended Texas Tech in 2015-16, but wasn’t a member of the basketball team … enrolled at Austin Community College in 2014-15 … Moved to Texas in 2014 after growing up in Italy … Owns dual citizenship in Italy and the United States … Member of Priula Basket 88 and Basket Pieve 94 club programs while living in Italy.
Personal: Born August 30, 1995 in Pordenone, Italy … Son of Marlowe C. Franklin and Roberta Aprivelo … Has one younger brother, Tristan … Majoring in business administration & international business.
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