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2023 (Senior): Played in 23 matches and 82 sets … Scored a season-high of 14.5 points with 10 kills and 7 total blocks against Bryant on 9/15/2023 … Had 7 total blocks against Cornell on 10/21/2023 … Recorded 5 digs and 1 ace against Cornell on 9/23/2023 … Finished the season with 130 kills, 83 total blocks, 11 digs, 2 aces, and 180.5 points.

2022 (Junior):  Did not see game action.

2021 (Sophomore): Played and started in 23 out of 24 matches ... Led the Lions in total blocks finishing with 76.0 ... Finished fifth in the league in total blocks and eighth in average blocks per set (0.95) ... Ended the season with 137.0 total points, 1.71 points per set, 89 total kills and 1.11 kills per set ... Posted 5 total blocks against Sacred Heart (Sept. 4) ... Followed up performance against Sacred Heart with four blocks against Army (Sept. 4) later in the day ... Finished with eight kills and five blocks against Stony Brook (Sept. 17) ... In Ivy League opening match, posted a season-high nine kills and added four blocks in win over Cornell (Sept. 25) ... Had six blocks and eight kills at Brown (Oct. 2) ... Had six-match stretch with at least four blocks (Oct. 9-29) ... Had season-high seven blocks and added five kills at Cornell (Oct. 23) ... Tied season-high with nine kills, adding four blocks, against Harvard (Nov. 5).

2019 (First-Year): Saw heavy action in 23 out of 24 matches, starting 19 ... Finished second on the team in total blocks with 56.0 and blocks per set, 0.65 ... Tallied 75 kills, averaged 0.87 kills per set and hit .228 ... Scored 107.5 points, averaging 1.25 points per set ... Opened career with back-to-back four block performances against Howard (Sept. 6) and St. John's (Sept. 6) ... Tallied six blocks and three kills against Lehigh (Sept. 13) ... Recorded a career-high seven blocks against San Jose State (Sept. 20) ... HIt .333 with five kills in win at Penn (Oct. 5) ... Again recorded a career-high in blocks with seven against Harvard (Oct. 11), adding four kills in the Columbia win ... Finished the season with a career-high 12 kills and .706 hitting percentage in season finale win at Harvard (Nov. 16).

High School: Two-time letterwinner in volleyball at Crossroads School for the Arts and Science in Santa Monica, California ... Was named team captain during senior season ... Part of the two-time Venice Tournament Champions ... Helped team win the CIF Southern Section D VI Championship and finish as the CIF All-State DIII runners up ... Key member of a third place squad in the 17 Open Division at JO's ... Named the Venice Tournament MVP ... Played on the Sunshine Volleyball Club ... Given the Rotary Citizenship Award ... Active member of Girls Learn International ... Took part in an internship at the Stem Cell Research Lab at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Personal: Born, Soah Grace Franklin, on May 26, 2001 in London, England ... Daughter of Sebastian Franklin and Sarah Wall ... Has one brother, Wyatt (seven) ... Mother was born in Nigeria ... Began surfing at five years old and started playing the viola in the fourth grade ... Spent time as a surf instructor in Malibu, California ... Received heavy attention from fellow Ivy League schools, Princeton, Harvard and Dartmouth, along with interest from Colgate, Davidson and Georgetown ... Decided on Columbia because "it is a beautiful mix of interesting subjects and New York City has some of the best food in the world" ... Enrolled in Columbia College ... Intended major is Medical Humanities.