Adrianna Franch

Adrianna Nichole Franch (born November 12, 1990) is an American soccer goalkeeper. She currently plays for Western New York Flash in the NWSL. She is also a member of the United States U-23 women's national soccer team.

Early life
Franch attended South High School in Salina, Kansas and was the starting goalkeeper for three seasons, but did not play her senior season due to an injury suffered playing basketball. She earned All-State, All-Southwest Region and All-League honors, as well as league MVP during her time at South. Franch was also a star basketball player earning first-team All-County and All-League honors as well as an honorable mention All-State performer.

Franch was a three-year member of the Kansas Olympic Development Program (ODP) team. She played on the Region II ODP team and was an ODP National Pool player in 2006. She led her club team, the KC Comets Select, to a Kansas state championship in 2006 and to the Kansas state finals in 2007 and 2008.

As a child, Franch's favorite goalkeeper was women's national team keeper, Briana Scurry, and people use to call her the "next Bri Scurry."

Oklahoma State University
Franch was the starting goalkeeper for Oklahoma State University as a freshman in 2009, playing in 24 games and allowing just 14 goals for a 0.61 GAA. She went 15-6-2 with 11 shutouts and was named First-Team All-Big 12. Franch played a key role in the Cowgirls winning the Big 12 tournament for their second time ever.

Franch is considered one of the most decorated players in Big 12 Conference and Oklahoma State University soccer history. She is a two-time All-American and a two-time MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist. During each of her four seasons with Oklahoma, she was named to the All-Big 12 First Team, the seventh player in Big 12 Conference history to achieve that distinction.

Franch holds the OSU career record for shutouts with 38 and led the Big 12 in the same category in three of her four seasons. She finished her career with 325 saves ranking second the program's history. Franch's 38 shutouts rank sixth all time in NCAA history, and her 8,064:02 minutes in goal rank ninth on the NCAA list. As a junior, she ranked second in the NCAA in goals against average (0.348) and third in save percentage (0.92). She also set OSU's single-season record with 12 shutouts.

In 2010, Franch became the first Oklahoma State soccer player to play for a United States national team when she was called up to the United States U-20 team.

Club
On January 18, 2013, Franch was drafted during the first round (sixth pick overall) of the 2013 NWSL College Draft by the Western New York Flash in the National Women's Soccer League. Franch said of the Flash, "They are a very strong team that plays together and knows how to win. It's an environment that I'm really excited to be around because they have a lot of drive and heart."

International
Franch has played for the United States U-20 and U-23 teams. Her first ever call-up to the U.S. youth national teams came at the end of 2009 when she was called to U-20 camp in Sunrise, Florida. Her first international caps came at the La Manga Tournament in Spain in March 2010, where she played against Norway and Germany, earning a win and a tie.

In May 2012, Franch was called up to train with the United States national women's soccer team in preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympics by coach, Pia Sundhage.