Chase Franken '20 Recruiting Profile

I have been a student-athlete my entire life.  Unfortunately, though it may come at different times for different people, the title of student-athlete will go away.  As Barry Moss (Scout Barry) states in the movie, Moneyball, "We're all told at some point in time that we can no longer play the children's game, we just don't know when that's gonna be. Some of us are told at eighteen, some of us are told at forty, but we're all told."  As a young aspiring ballplayer, I would love nothing more than to achieve the dream of being an example of the latter part of this statement.  As you may see by first glance at my profile, I am not the biggest nor strongest.  For the majority of my life (prior to high school), I have been the smallest player on the field/court.  It has forced me to play bigger and play harder than anybody else I come across, and I strive to be the fastest person wherever I go.  While it may sound cliché, I do play with a chip on my shoulder.  I try to emulate players like José Altuve, José Ramírez, and Marcus Stroman; in football, I look to players like Tavon Austin and Russell Wilson as role models for carrying myself on and off the field.  All of these players had to fight their way onto the field because of their size, and I plan to do the same.  I can promise to any school that takes a chance on me, that they will get maximum effort, all of the time, both on the field and in the classroom.