Jesse Franklin

Class:
Junior
Position:
OF
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 215
Bats/Throws:
L/L
Hometown:
Seattle, Wash.
High School:
Seattle Prep

Updated through 2020 season

Junior (2020)
The 2020 season was cancelled after 15 games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Did not play due to injury

Sophomore (2019)
• NCAA College World Series All-Tournament Team selection
• All-Big Ten Third Team selection (outfield)
• Big Ten Conference Player to Watch (preseason) • Finished 25th in the nation with a team-leading 51 walks on the season
• Started and played in 68 games as a center fielder or designated hitter
• Posted a .477 slugging percentage with 13 home runs
• Recorded 16 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI efforts
• Went 3-for-5 with 4 RBI and a run scored in a College World Series win over Texas Tech (June 21)
• Posted a season-high four hits and scored a career-high four runs in an NCAA Region win over Creighton (June 3)
• Registered a season-high two doubles in a victory at Maryland (May 5)
• Compiled a 23-game reached-base streak between wins over Rutgers (April 28) and UCLA (June 7)
• Homered and drove in three runs in a victory over Stetson (March 23)
• Knocked in four runs with a double and a homer against Manhattan (March 16)
• Drove in all four Michigan runs in a 4-2 win at CSUN, which included a three-run home run (March 3)

Freshman (2018)
• Baseball America Freshman All-America second team selection
• D1Baseball Freshman All-America second team selection
• Perfect Game Freshman All-America second team selection
• NCBWA Freshman All-America second team selection
• Collegiate Baseball News Freshman All-America selection
• Unanimous All-Big Ten Freshman Team Selection
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (April 23)
• Big Ten Co-Player and Freshman of the Week (April 16)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (April 2)
• Collegiate debut: against Army (Feb. 16)
• Finished the season with a team-leading .588 slugging percentage and ten home runs
• Drove in the winning run with a 10th-inning walk-off sacrifice fly out to defeat Iowa (May 23)
• Totaled two hits and knocked in a run in a win at Michigan State (May 9)
• Knocked in a season-high five runs with three hits and two runs scored in a win at Rutgers (May 5)
• Totaled a career-high four hits with two RBI at Rutgers (May 4)
• Drove in four runs with two hits and two runs scored in a 14-2 victory over Penn State (April 22)
• Went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI in a 19-5 win over Penn State (April 20)
• Went 2-for-4 with a double and a homer in a 10-4 win over Maryland (April 13)
• Knocked in three runs with a homer and a double in a 6-0 win at Northwestern (April 7)
• Totaled a career-high three hits in wins over Central Michigan (March 28) and Delaware (April 1)
• Knocked in a career-high four runs in a win over Central Michigan (March 28)
• Knocked in two runs on two hits in a win over Oakland (March 20)
• Hit his first career home run against Oakland (March 20)
• Had his first multi-hit game with two hits against Lawrence Tech (March 14)

Prep
• Drafted in the 37th round to the Seattle Mariners in 2017
• 2017 Gatorade Player of the Year
• 2017 Seattle Prep Varsity Team Captain (BA .571 with 4 HRs, 21 RBIs, 11/11 SB)
• 2017 1st Team All-State
• 2017 1st Team All-Metro
• 2017 MVP of the Metro League
• 2017 Seattle Times Star Times All-Area player
• 2017 WIAA Home Run Derby Champion
• 2017 Washington Athletic 101 Club Scholar-Athlete Award
• 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game All-America Honorable Mention
• 2017 Perfect Game All-American West - All Region 1st Team
• 2017 Perfect Game Washington State Player of the Year,
• 2016 2nd Team All-Metro
• 2015 1st Team All-Metro
• 2015 2nd Team All-State
• 2015 Seattle Times Star Times All-Area Player (BA .532, 30 RBIs, 1.467 OPS)
• Honor Roll
• Washington Athletic Club 101 Scholar-Athlete Award

Personal
• Jesse Owen Franklin was born December 1st, 1998
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts and majors in Political Science
• Son of Jesse and Catherine Franklin
• Has one sister
• Father Jesse was a 2-year letterwinner in crew at University of Washington