Adrianna Franch
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Adrianna Nichole Franch | ||
| Date of birth | November 12, 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Salina, Kansas, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Portland Thorns FC | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Oklahoma State | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013 | Western New York Flash | 22 | (0) |
| 2015 | Avaldsnes IL | 12 | (0) |
| 2016– | Portland Thorns FC | 6 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | United States U-20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | United States U-23 | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 8, 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 24, 2014 |
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Adrianna "A.D." Nichole Franch (born November 12, 1990) is an American soccer goalkeeper. She currently plays for Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She was also a member of the United States U-23 women's national soccer team.
Franch attended South High School in Salina, Kansas and was the starting goalkeeper for three seasons, but did not play her senior season due to an injury suffered playing basketball. She earned All-State, All-Southwest Region and All-League honors, as well as league MVP during her time at South. Franch was also a star basketball player earning first-team All-County and All-League honors as well as an honorable mention All-State performer.
Franch was a three-year member of the Kansas Olympic Development Program (ODP) team. She played on the Region II ODP team and was an ODP National Pool player in 2006. She led her club team, the KC Comets Select, to a Kansas state championship in 2006 and to the Kansas state finals in 2007 and 2008.
As a child, Franch's favorite goalkeeper was women's national team keeper, Briana Scurry, and people use to call her the "next Bri Scurry."
Franch was the starting goalkeeper for Oklahoma State University as a freshman in 2009, playing in 24 games and allowing just 14 goals for a 0.61 GAA. She went 15–6–2 with 11 shutouts and was named First-Team All-Big 12. Franch played a key role in the Cowgirls winning the Big 12 tournament for their second time ever.
Franch is considered one of the most decorated players in Big 12 Conference and Oklahoma State University soccer history. She is a two-time All-American and a two-time MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist. During each of her four seasons with Oklahoma State, she was named to the All-Big 12 First Team, the seventh player in Big 12 Conference history to achieve that distinction.
Franch holds the OSU career record for shutouts with 38 and led the Big 12 in the same category in three of her four seasons. She finished her career with 325 saves ranking second the program's history. Franch's 38 shutouts rank sixth all time in NCAA history, and her 8,064:02 minutes in goal rank ninth on the NCAA list. As a junior, she ranked second in the NCAA in goals against average (0.348) and third in save percentage (0.92). She also set OSU's single-season record with 12 shutouts.
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