Naomi Franco

Viktoriia Lokhmanchuk

/ Volleyball

Photo by: SU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

Photo by: SU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

Position:
Right Side Hitter
Height:
6-3
Class:
Junior
High School:
Fayette County HS
Hometown:
Fayetteville, GA.

Junior Year (2022): Team captain … Third in kills this season (257) … Averaged 2.5 kills per set … Started in all 103 sets … Registered 68 blocks … Second in attack percentage (.227) … Recorded single-game career-high 23 kills at Wake Forest (9/30) … Posted single-game career high eight digs vs NC State (11/26).

Sophomore Year (2021): Had a season-high 13 kills and nine blocks in season-opener vs. Buffalo (8/27) … Posted nine kills and six digs versus Connecticut (8/27) … Had six kills and two blocks vs. Albany (8/28) … Tallied five kills and four blocks vs. Quinnipiac (9/3) … Added seven kills and four blocks at Yale (9/3) … Recorded seven kills at Iowa (9/9) … Tallied 10 kills and two blocks vs. Ball State (9/11) … Recorded 11 kills vs. Jackson State (9/18) … Posted 12 kills and six digs vs. South Alabama (9/19) … Had five kills and five blocks vs. Virginia Tech (10/3) … Tallied eight kills vs. North Carolina (10/17) … Notched six kills vs. Georgia Tech (10/22) ... Added seven kills and three digs at Virginia (11/7) ... Had six kills vs. Pittsburgh (11/12).

Freshman Year (2020-21): Made collegiate debut in season-opener against Pittsburgh (9/25) … Set career-highs in kills (15), digs (4), and blocks (4) against Clemson (3/7) … Tallied eight kills and three digs against Duke (3/28) ... Member of Fall 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

High School: Earned All-America honorable mention honors … First-team all-region … Recorded 333 kills, 89 blocks and 55 aces in her career … Team captain as a junior and senior … Also lettered in basketball as a freshman and sophomore years and lacrosse as a freshman.

Personal: Born Naomi Kyvonnee Franco in June 2002 … Daughter of Tanya and Kwesi Franco … Has one brother, Micah … Majoring in computer art and animation in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.