2026 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster
Biography
WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "Silver" Honors (2024-25)
AT SANTA CLARA: Joined the Broncos in 2025 playing in one match as a freshman (3/29 vs. Pacific).
AS A FRESHMAN (2025): Played in one match vs. Pacific (3/29) recording a 21-8, 21-16 victory at the No. 5 spot with partner Anna Balsdon ... Defeated #19 Washington in an exhibition match (4/19) with her partner Ally Frailey 21-17, 21-15.
WEST VALLEY COLLEGE (2023-24): Franklin was a two-time all-Coast Conference honoree at West Valley College, including a first team nod last spring (2024) as a sophomore … She and her partner finished second at the 2024 NorCal Pairs Championship, earning them a spot in the California Community College Athletics Association Beach Volleyball State Championships … Franklin also played indoor volleyball for the Vikings and earned two conference titles during her freshman year in 2022-23 – one indoors and one on the sand in beach volleyball.
HIGH SCHOOL: Franklin found success in club volleyball as a prep student-athlete … She and her club finished second at the 17 AAU Nationals, and grabbed first-place podium showings at both the SCVA and NCVA tournaments.
GET TO KNOW ALEX: Alex's hobbies include Art, Rock Climbing, Crochet, and baking. Her Mother Diana Mendell rode Equestrian at UC Davis, Uncle Ron Franklin was an American Jockey and Kentucky Derby winner in 1979, Grandfather Edward Mendell competed in Javelin and Boxing for The United States Military Academy West Point, and her Grandfather Raymond Franklin competed as a Nascar Driver.
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