Baseball

2015 Action Photos

AS A FRESHMAN (2015): Made his collegiate debut as Santa Clara’s starting catcher at UC Davis Feb. 17 … reached base with a walk vs. Cincinnati Feb. 20 … singled, drove in a run and scored vs. Eastern Michigan March 1 (Game 2 of a doubleheader) … doubled, walked, drove in two runs and scored a run at Grand Canyon March 25 … went 3-for-4 with a double, a triple, an RBI and a run scored vs. Cal Poly April 21 … doubled and drove in a run vs. Gonzaga April 24 … went 2-for-3 with two runs scored vs. Gonzaga April 25 … walked twice at St. Mary’s May 3.     

ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: In his first year with the SCU Baseball team as a freshman in 2014-15 … in 2013, started 29 of 33 games … hit .324 with 12 RBIs … finished 27-6 … won the CIF Central Section playoffs … team held its opponents to 81 runs in 33 games for a 2.45 runs per game average … threw out seven of nine potential base stealers … picked off seven from the basepaths … allowed only three passed balls in 206 innings caught … earned 2013 First Team All Tri-River Athletic Conference honors and Second Team All Central Section honors … 2013 Central Section Division I Champions … 2012 Central Section playoffs … Honorable Mention Fresno Bee … Honorable Mention All-State.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Clovis North in 2014 in Fresno, Calif. … played for high school coaches Chris Patrick, Tom Shannon, Trevor Gray and James Condley.

PERSONAL: Son of Mike Frankfort and Nicole Stornetta … has one younger sister, Delaney … member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes … majoring in Business.

WHY FRANKFORT CHOSE SANTA CLARA: “I chose Santa Clara for many reasons. They have great values, not only as a school but also as a community. I also really liked the facilities, coaches, players and everyone that I met that was a part of the Bronco family. I also really like the surrounding community known as the Silicon Valley. It is beautiful and full of great people. This is why I chose Santa Clara as my home for the next four years.”

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH GABE RIBAS ON FRANKFORT: “In Braden Frankfort we are really getting everything that our program looks for out of a catcher. He is a high-energy player that understands the toughness it takes to play the position. We are very lucky to get Braden from such a good program as Clovis North, and from a great baseball family. Braden’s ability to catch, throw, block and mange a pitching staff really stood out in the recruiting process, and it doesn’t hurt to add another left-handed bat. This is a guy that fans of Bronco Baseball will be impressed with from day one.”