Ayanna Franks

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Position:
Guard
Class:
Sophomore
Height:
5-9
High School:
Windsor
Hometown:
Windsor, Conn.

2025-26 - Sophomore: Appeared in all 30 games with seven starts... Averaged career-highs in points per game (5.1) and rebounds per game (6.2)... Shot 44.0 percent from the field and 72.2 percent from the stripe... Registered a career-high 13 points against Akron (1/14)... Dished out a career-high five assists against James Madison (2/8)... Earned CSC Academic All-District honors... Named to the Academic All-MAC Team.

2024-25 - Freshman (URI): Led the Rams in steals in four games... Had two double-digit scoring efforts... Made her Rhody debut in the season-opening win over Stonehill, scoring three points and a team-high three steals... Scored five points and grabbed three rebounds off the bench in the game at UAlbany... Came off the bench and scored seven points while adding three rebounds and one block... Connected on her first career 3-pointer in the game against St. John’s... Scored 13 points for a career high on 6-of-8 from the floor and added four rebounds, a block, and a steal in the win at UMass Lowell... Came off the bench and had a pair of steals and assists in the game against No. 22 Iowa... Scored six points and went perfect from the free throw line (4-of-4) in the game against Idaho State... Scored 11 points in the conference win over St. Bonaventure... Was a spark off the bench in Rhody’s win over Loyola Chicago, adding nine points

Before UMass

Attended Windsor High School
Named the Connecticut state Gatorade Player of the Year in 2024
Averaged 26.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game at Windsor in 2022-23
Added 5.0 steals and 2.0 blocks per game
Collected over 1,200 career points during her time at Windsor
Named Windsor MVP in back-to-back seasons (2022 & 2023)
Three consecutive years on the All-Central Connecticut Conference Team (2021, 2022, and 2023)
Earned the Windsor Tomahawk Award in 2021
All-State First-Team New Haven Register in 2022 and again in 2023
Was named All-State Connecticut High School Coaches Association (2022, 2023)
Windsor Women's Basketball was Central Connecticut Conference Runner-Up in 2021
The team upset the No. 4 and No. 5 seed as the No. 12 seed last year
In the classroom, was a member of the Honor Roll and National Honor Society
Also a part of the Rho Kappa Social Studies National Honor Society