Atlantic alum Garrett Franken was named the Great Plains Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for his performances last week at Dordt. Here is the release from the Conference.

The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following basketball players-of-the-week for contests played Feb. 4-10. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2018-2019 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program.

Men – Garrett Franken, Dordt College (Center)

Garrett Franken, a center from Dordt College, is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports men’s basketball player-of-the-week.  Franken, a sophomore from Atlantic, Iowa, had a career-high 27 points in a win over no. 15 Jamestown last Wednesday night. He hit the game winning shot with 1.2 seconds left. In all he scored Dordt’s last eight points in the three-point win and converted a season high five three-point baskets. He also added a 15-point game in a victory over Midland. On the week he made 16-of-26 shots from the field and was 5-of-10 from the three-point line.