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Kylie Franks Season 2025

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PositionMIF
YearSophomore
HometownLanesville, Ind.

2026 / AS A JUNIOR

All-Big Ten Defensive Team
CSC Academic All-DistrictAcademic All-Big Ten
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete

  • Started 39 games and played in 45 games for the Boilers, setting career-highs in both
  • Set career-highs in batting average (.242), OPS (.672), at-bats (95), runs scored (17), hits (23), doubles (4), triples (1), walks (18), and on-base percentage (.371)
  • Went 2-for-3 in the 8-2 victory over Western Carolina (3/1)
  • Helped Purdue to the sweep over Ohio State going 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in game three (3/15)
  • First-career three hit performance against Michigan in the 13-6 victory over the Wolverines (3/28)
  • Set a career-high in putouts, assists, and fielding percentage (.991) on 110 total chances

2025 / AS A SOPHOMORE

Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
Academic All-Big Ten

  • Played 35 games for the Boilers while starting in 25
  • Recorded career-highs in hits (17), BA (.230), runs (9), doubles (3), RBI (12), SLG% (.311), and OB% .345
  • Hit her first-career home in the win over Central Arkansas (Feb. 28)
  • Recorded a season and career-high three RBI in the win over Purdue Fort Wayne (Mar. 1)
  • Had four putouts in Purdue’s win over No. 20 Nebraska, a season high

2024 / AS A FRESHMAN

  • Appeared in 16 games with seven starts
  • Recorded a perfect fielding %
  • Was walked five times
  • Registered her first hit vs. Omaha (3/16)
  • Hit her first RBI at Michigan (3/25)

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Club Team: Fusion 18U National Unruh/Greenwood
  • Golden Glove and Infield Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore
  • All GPA Team as a sophomore and junior
  • IHSAA HHC All Conference Team and News and Tribune All Area Team as a sophomore
  • 2021 TCS East Coast Nationals and 2021 Atlanta Legacy Summer Co-Champions
  • Recorded a .469 batting average as a junior, including 13 doubles and 36 runs
  • Batted as lead-off or two-hole as a junior for Floyd Central
  • Led the team as a junior in quality at-bats
  • Team captain junior and senior seasons
  • Three year letterwinner (did not have a freshman season due to COVID-19)
  • Parents: Michelle and Darin Franks. Darin attended Purdue and majored in Electrical Engineering
  • Intended Major: Elementary Education
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Senior
2026-27

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Junior
2026

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Freshman
2024

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