Upper Iowa University Athletics

 

Franklin joins women's golfer Jill Preeshl, women's soccer player Liz Kaluzinski, football player Jessie Hubbard, volleyball player Sara Vance, fellow wrestler Carl Broghammer, and men's basketball player Matt Lesan as UIU student-athletes to earn the award.

 

Trevor Franklin claimed the 125 pound title in the Gold Bracket of the Brute-Adidas Open. Franklin won his first match by fall (2:22). In his second match, the UIU lightweight defeated Augustana’s T.J. North, a two-time high school state champion, by decision 5-2. In his semi-final match, Franklin defeated Lloyd McKinney, ranked #3 in Division III, of Wisconsin-LaCrosse by fall (5:39); the UIU grappler was dominating the match and was near a tech. fall when he got the pin. In the finals, Franklin won an 8-4 decision over Corey Ulmer of MSU Moorhead to claim the title.