(Sioux City, Iowa) – 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.
