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Jersey Number 6
Noah Franco
- Position:
- LHP/UT
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 230
- Hometown:
- Downey, Calif.
- High School:
- IMG Academy (Fla.)
Career Honors
• Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 16, 2026)
• 2025 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Invite
• 2025 First-team Freshman All-American (Perfect Game)
• 2025 Second-team Freshman All-American (NCBWA)
• 2025 Big 12 All-Tournament Team
• 2025 First-team All-Big 12 Conference
• 2025 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
• 2025 College Baseball Hall of Fame John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Watch List
2026 (Sophomore)
Played in 30 games on the season, making 24 starts... also appeared in five games as a relief pitcher and one as a pinch hitter... started 22 games as the designated hitter and one each in left field and on the mound... recorded 22 hits on the season including three doubles and four home runs... tallied 14 RBIs on the year... posted five multi-hit games and three multi-RBI contests... recorded a base hit in 17 of 25 games with a plate appearance and reached safely in 20... totaled 15 innings pitched with 19 strikeouts... went 2-0 with one save on the season... team was 8-5 in games he pitched... held opponents scoreless in seven of 13 appearances... turned in a dominating performance on the mound in tallying a three inning save against Arkansas (Feb. 14) at Globe Life Field... fanned a season-high four batters and didn't allow a hit... made a relief appearance on the mound at UCLA (Feb. 22) sufferered an injury that kept him off the field for over a month... returned to action with a mound appearance against UCF (March 22)... drew back into the lineup against Texas Tech (March 27)... started all three games against the Red Raiders (March 27-29)... homered for his first hit of the season as part of a two-hit contest in Game 1 against Texas Tech... made it two straight games with a home run in Game 2 (March 28)... struck out two and recorded four outs to pick up the win in relief in Game 3 against the Red Raiders (March 29)... went 2-for-5 with an RBI and tossed a scoreless inning against Lamar (March 31)... hit .333 (5-for-15) in the series win at Kansas State (April 3-5)... turned in two scoreless innings against the Wildcats in Game 2 (April 4)... doubled and drove in three as part of a two-hit game in the series-opener... tallied three hits in the Arizona series (April 10-11)... went 1-for-5 with an RBI against Tarleton State (April 14)... homered in the series-opener at Baylor (April 17)... hit safely in the both ends of a doubleheader against Baylor (April 19)... stretched hitting streak to six games with a hit against Dallas Baptist (April 21)... also pitched in the game allowing two runs on three hits and struck out two in one inning of work... started one game as the designated hitter against Houston (April 24) and made one appearance on the mound (April 26)... lone start of the game came against UT Arlington (April 29)... struck out three and surrendered a run over two innings while also notching a base hit in the contest... saw action in two games at Oklahoma State (May 2-3)... scored a run in a start against Utah (May 10)... had a pinch-hit home run in a win at nationally-ranked West Virginia (May 15)... went 1-for-4 with an RBI in the series-finale against the Mountaineers (May 16)... doubled in a run and scored against Kansas State in the Big 12 Tournament (May 20)... also recorded four outs on the mound in the contest.
2025 (Freshman)
Started 55 games as part of 56 games played... made 25 starts in right field, 22 starts as the designated hitter and three starts on the mound... lone appearance off the bench came as a pinch runner... boasted a .313 average on the season with 69 hits... led the team with 16 doubles and ranked tied for second with 11 home runs and 49 RBIs... also contributed a triple and four stolen bases... ranked second on the team with 20 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI contests... recorded a hit in 39 games and reached safely in 45... also made eight appearances on the mound with three starts... struck out 18 in 12 1/3 innings of work... held opponents scoreless in four of five relief appearances... first career hit was a double in Game 2 at San Diego (Feb. 15)... homered twice and drove in four in Game 3 against the Toreros (Feb. 16)... collected three hits in the Amegy Bank College Classic at Globe Life Field (Feb. 21-23)... made his pitching debut on Feb. 25 against Tarleton State... struck out three around two walks and a hit... also tallied a hit and drew a walk in the game... walked three times and scored twice against Air Force (March 4)... went 2-for-4 with a double and tossed two scoreless with four strikeouts against Air Force (March 5)... went 3-for-4 with a double and a triple in the series finale against Fresno State (March 9)... struck out four and allowed a hit in two innings of work at Texas State (March 11) while also tallying a double at the plate... went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs in the series-opener against Arizona State (March 14)... first career start came against Arizona State (March 16)... allowed a run on three hits in 4 2/3 innings with a career-high five strikeouts... also went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs at the plate... homered an drove in three in Game 2 at Texas Tech (March 22)... doubled and scored a run in the series finale at Texas Tech (March 23)... collected two hits in Game 2 against UTRGV (March 26)... hit .454 (5-for-11) with five RBIs, a double and a home run in the Houston series (March 28-30)... went 1-for-2 with two walks in a midweek tilt against UTSA (April 1)... went 5-for-5 and tied a school record with three doubles in Game 1 against BYU (April 3)... picked up three more hits in the second game of the doubleheader against BYU... was 1-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored in the series finale (April 4)... had two hits and drove in two runs in the Kansas series (April 11-13)... homered against Dallas Baptist (April 15)... had a hit in all three games at UCF (April 17-19)... collected five hits and drove in three runs in the Baylor series (April 25-27)... went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI while pitching a scoreless inning against UT Arlington (April 29)... collected three hits in the series at Arizona (May 2-4)... went 3-for-6 with two doubles, a home run and five RBIs in the series opener against Cincinnati (May 9)... had two hits in the series finale against the Bearcats (May 11)... was 3-for-5 with two RBIs in the series-opener at Utah (May 15)... homered and drove in three in Game 2 at Utah (May 16)... had two hits, including a home run, and drove in two in the series finale at Utah (May 17)... homered for the third straight game as part of two hits and drove in three against Houston in TCU's opening game of the Big 12 Tournament against Houston (May 22)... doubled against Kansas (May 23) in the semifinal tilt.
High School
Moved away from home and attended IMG Academy in Florida at the age of 14... ranked as the No. 7 prospect nationally by Perfect Game and No. 14 by Baseball America... two-time member of the 18U USA Baseball National Team (2022, 2023)... played for the USA Prospect Development Pipeline... honored as a high school All-American by MLB, Baseball America, Under Armour and Perfect Game... two-time participant of the area code games... three-time first-team All-Florida... earned first-team honors from MaxPreps three times... tabbed the 2022 Hitter of the Year and the 2024 Pitcher of the Year... hit .337 with a 0.89 ERA as a senior... allowed just three earned runs during the campaign.
Personal
Parents are Claudia and Salvador... has three siblings, Salvador, Brianna and Adan.
• Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 16, 2026)
• 2025 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Invite
• 2025 First-team Freshman All-American (Perfect Game)
• 2025 Second-team Freshman All-American (NCBWA)
• 2025 Big 12 All-Tournament Team
• 2025 First-team All-Big 12 Conference
• 2025 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
• 2025 College Baseball Hall of Fame John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Watch List
2026 (Sophomore)
Played in 30 games on the season, making 24 starts... also appeared in five games as a relief pitcher and one as a pinch hitter... started 22 games as the designated hitter and one each in left field and on the mound... recorded 22 hits on the season including three doubles and four home runs... tallied 14 RBIs on the year... posted five multi-hit games and three multi-RBI contests... recorded a base hit in 17 of 25 games with a plate appearance and reached safely in 20... totaled 15 innings pitched with 19 strikeouts... went 2-0 with one save on the season... team was 8-5 in games he pitched... held opponents scoreless in seven of 13 appearances... turned in a dominating performance on the mound in tallying a three inning save against Arkansas (Feb. 14) at Globe Life Field... fanned a season-high four batters and didn't allow a hit... made a relief appearance on the mound at UCLA (Feb. 22) sufferered an injury that kept him off the field for over a month... returned to action with a mound appearance against UCF (March 22)... drew back into the lineup against Texas Tech (March 27)... started all three games against the Red Raiders (March 27-29)... homered for his first hit of the season as part of a two-hit contest in Game 1 against Texas Tech... made it two straight games with a home run in Game 2 (March 28)... struck out two and recorded four outs to pick up the win in relief in Game 3 against the Red Raiders (March 29)... went 2-for-5 with an RBI and tossed a scoreless inning against Lamar (March 31)... hit .333 (5-for-15) in the series win at Kansas State (April 3-5)... turned in two scoreless innings against the Wildcats in Game 2 (April 4)... doubled and drove in three as part of a two-hit game in the series-opener... tallied three hits in the Arizona series (April 10-11)... went 1-for-5 with an RBI against Tarleton State (April 14)... homered in the series-opener at Baylor (April 17)... hit safely in the both ends of a doubleheader against Baylor (April 19)... stretched hitting streak to six games with a hit against Dallas Baptist (April 21)... also pitched in the game allowing two runs on three hits and struck out two in one inning of work... started one game as the designated hitter against Houston (April 24) and made one appearance on the mound (April 26)... lone start of the game came against UT Arlington (April 29)... struck out three and surrendered a run over two innings while also notching a base hit in the contest... saw action in two games at Oklahoma State (May 2-3)... scored a run in a start against Utah (May 10)... had a pinch-hit home run in a win at nationally-ranked West Virginia (May 15)... went 1-for-4 with an RBI in the series-finale against the Mountaineers (May 16)... doubled in a run and scored against Kansas State in the Big 12 Tournament (May 20)... also recorded four outs on the mound in the contest.
2025 (Freshman)
Started 55 games as part of 56 games played... made 25 starts in right field, 22 starts as the designated hitter and three starts on the mound... lone appearance off the bench came as a pinch runner... boasted a .313 average on the season with 69 hits... led the team with 16 doubles and ranked tied for second with 11 home runs and 49 RBIs... also contributed a triple and four stolen bases... ranked second on the team with 20 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI contests... recorded a hit in 39 games and reached safely in 45... also made eight appearances on the mound with three starts... struck out 18 in 12 1/3 innings of work... held opponents scoreless in four of five relief appearances... first career hit was a double in Game 2 at San Diego (Feb. 15)... homered twice and drove in four in Game 3 against the Toreros (Feb. 16)... collected three hits in the Amegy Bank College Classic at Globe Life Field (Feb. 21-23)... made his pitching debut on Feb. 25 against Tarleton State... struck out three around two walks and a hit... also tallied a hit and drew a walk in the game... walked three times and scored twice against Air Force (March 4)... went 2-for-4 with a double and tossed two scoreless with four strikeouts against Air Force (March 5)... went 3-for-4 with a double and a triple in the series finale against Fresno State (March 9)... struck out four and allowed a hit in two innings of work at Texas State (March 11) while also tallying a double at the plate... went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs in the series-opener against Arizona State (March 14)... first career start came against Arizona State (March 16)... allowed a run on three hits in 4 2/3 innings with a career-high five strikeouts... also went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs at the plate... homered an drove in three in Game 2 at Texas Tech (March 22)... doubled and scored a run in the series finale at Texas Tech (March 23)... collected two hits in Game 2 against UTRGV (March 26)... hit .454 (5-for-11) with five RBIs, a double and a home run in the Houston series (March 28-30)... went 1-for-2 with two walks in a midweek tilt against UTSA (April 1)... went 5-for-5 and tied a school record with three doubles in Game 1 against BYU (April 3)... picked up three more hits in the second game of the doubleheader against BYU... was 1-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored in the series finale (April 4)... had two hits and drove in two runs in the Kansas series (April 11-13)... homered against Dallas Baptist (April 15)... had a hit in all three games at UCF (April 17-19)... collected five hits and drove in three runs in the Baylor series (April 25-27)... went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI while pitching a scoreless inning against UT Arlington (April 29)... collected three hits in the series at Arizona (May 2-4)... went 3-for-6 with two doubles, a home run and five RBIs in the series opener against Cincinnati (May 9)... had two hits in the series finale against the Bearcats (May 11)... was 3-for-5 with two RBIs in the series-opener at Utah (May 15)... homered and drove in three in Game 2 at Utah (May 16)... had two hits, including a home run, and drove in two in the series finale at Utah (May 17)... homered for the third straight game as part of two hits and drove in three against Houston in TCU's opening game of the Big 12 Tournament against Houston (May 22)... doubled against Kansas (May 23) in the semifinal tilt.
High School
Moved away from home and attended IMG Academy in Florida at the age of 14... ranked as the No. 7 prospect nationally by Perfect Game and No. 14 by Baseball America... two-time member of the 18U USA Baseball National Team (2022, 2023)... played for the USA Prospect Development Pipeline... honored as a high school All-American by MLB, Baseball America, Under Armour and Perfect Game... two-time participant of the area code games... three-time first-team All-Florida... earned first-team honors from MaxPreps three times... tabbed the 2022 Hitter of the Year and the 2024 Pitcher of the Year... hit .337 with a 0.89 ERA as a senior... allowed just three earned runs during the campaign.
Personal
Parents are Claudia and Salvador... has three siblings, Salvador, Brianna and Adan.
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