2023 Men's Soccer Roster
Franzen, Blake
Jersey Number 1
Blake Franzen
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- GK
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 158
- Prev School:
- South Kent School
- Hometown:
- Johannesburg, South Africa
Bio
2023 (Sr.)
- Played and started in six games
- Logged 540 minutes in goal, posting a 3-3 record with a 2.00 goals-against average
- Finished the year with 19 saves and a .613 save percentage
- Made four saves in season-opening victory against Saint Peter’s (8/24)
- Recorded career-high seven saves in a 3-1 win over Longwood (9/12)
- Made four saves at Wake Forest (9/19)
2022 (So.)
- Played in 11 games with nine starts
- Logged over 855 minutes in goal, posting a 1.58 goals-against average
- Recorded a 1-5-3 mark with a .667 save percentage
- Made three saves in a 1-1 tie at Maryland (8/28)
- Recorded three saves in a 2-0 shutout of Bellarmine (9/10)
- Made five saves against Lipscomb (9/17)
- Tied a career-high with six saves against FGCU (9/23)
2021 Fall
- 2021 Fall ASUN All-Freshman team
- Started six games
- Logged 495 minutes with a 1.45 goals-against average
- Posted a 3-2 record with a .692 save percentage
- Recorded two saves in first collegiate start, a 2-1 win over Gardner-Webb (9/14)
- Made a career-high six saves in a 2-1 victory at Stetson (9/18)
- Made a save in a 2-1 win over FGCU (9/25)
- Played the first half of Liberty’s 1-0 2 OT win at Wake Forest (9/28)
2021 Spring
- Did not play
Prep
- Graduate of South Kent School
- led team to 15 shutouts in 17 games as a senior
- South Ken School won nationals and captured the NECSAC Championship during an unbeaten season during his junior year
- Won Future Champions U17 International Tournament in 2018 and 2019 with Orlando Pirates
- In 2019, Pirates defeated Club Brugge in the semifinals and FC Spartak in the finals of the Future Champions U17 International Tournament
- Selected to Orlando Pirates Academy team for U17 at age 15
- Went to Spain for Denosti Cup with team reaching semifinals
- Also played rugby, tennis and high jump
Personal
- Son of Michelle and Richard Franzen
- Majoring in exercise: strength & conditioning
- Birthday is Feb. 21
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