Biography
Career Summary:
A record-setting scorer at Wichita North High School who developed into an all-around contributor in three seasons as a Shocker (2015-18)… Played is freshman year at Kansas before transferring back home… Earned Third Team All-Missouri Valley Conference status as a junior in 2017 becoming the first Wichitan in 18 years to make an All-MVC team… Most Outstanding Player in WSU’s 2017 MVC Tournament championship… Helped the Shockers to a pair of MVC regular season titles and three NCAA Tournament trips…  Appeared in 95 games as a Shocker with 49 starts… Scored 822 career points (8.7 per game) and shot 39.0 percent from three-point range (164-of-420)… Finished his career ranked sixth all-time in three-point field goals made (164)... Tallied 194 assists with just 41 turnovers for an incredible 4.73 ratio… Career free throw percentage of .884 ranks second on WSU’s all-time list… Went a perfect 35-for-35 from the free throw line as a senior, marking the first time in over a quarter-century that a Division I player finished perfect on more than 20 attempts… Ended his Shocker career with 36-consecutive free throw makes, which tied for the second-longest streak in program history… Set a school record by connecting on at least one three-pointer in 40-consecutive games, smashing the record held by former teammates Landry Shamet (29) and Ron Baker (27).
Individual Honors:
3x -- WSU Letterman
2017 -- 3rd Team All-Missouri Valley Conference
2017 -- Arch Madness Most Outstanding Player
2017 -- MVC Most-Improved Team
1x -- AAC Honor Roll (Dec. 4, 2017)
1x -- MVC Player of the Week -- Feb. 5, 2017
Team Success:
2x -- MVC regular season champions (2016, 17)
1x -- MVC Tournament champion (2017)
3x -- NCAA Tournament qualifier (2016, 17, 18
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2017-18 (Senior):
Appeared in 31 games with 24 starts at shooting guard during his senior season… Averaged 10.6 points (30th on the conference leaderboard) and 2.3 assists in 23.9 minutes… Had the American Athletic Conference’s 13th-best three-point percentage (.354), hitting 56 out of 154 from deep…  Committed just 12 turnovers in 742 minutes of action (or roughly one for every 60 minutes of court time)… Did not have enough assists to qualify for the national leaderboard, but his 5.83 assist-to-turnover ratio would have otherwise led the nation… Ranked second nationally in turnover-rate (5.1), per analytics guru Ken Pomeroy… Set a school record by connecting on a three-pointer in 40 consecutive games. During the streak – which began midway through his junior season (Dec. 28, 2016) and lasted nearly 13 months -- he shot 44 percent from deep and averaged 2.4 threes per game… .884 career free throw percentage ranks second on WSU’s all-time list… Hit all 35 of his free throw attempts becoming the first D-I player in more than a quarter-century to finish perfect on more than 25 attempts… Closed out his career with 35-consecutive free throw makes – tied for the second-longest free throw streak in school history… Over Final Four weekend in San Antonio, competed in the National 3-Point Championship and also represented the American Athletic Conference in the inaugural 3x3U National Championship.
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Notable Performances:
*Dished out a career-high nine assists in the season opener against UMKC (Nov. 10).
*Enjoyed a run of seven-consecutive double-figure scoring games from Nov. 21 to Dec. 16, highlighted by a 17-point effort in the Shockers’ Dec. 2 win at No. 16 Baylor.
*Scored 14 points on consecutive weekends against Oklahoma State and Oklahoma.
*Tallied 11 points on 3-of-7 three-point shooting to help WSU win its American Athletic Conference debut at UConn on CBS (Dec. 30).
*Went 3-of-4 from deep for 15 points to lead WSU past Houston in its first American Athletic Conference home game (Jan. 4).
*Went 0-for-5 in the Jan. 28 win over Tulsa, ending a school record streak of 40-consecutive games with a three-pointer.
*Saved his best for last with a career-high 27 points on 6-of-10 three-point shooting in the NCAA Tournament loss to Marshall (Mar. 16), while also setting new standards for field goals (10) and attempts (17). The six treys matched his career-high and tied a Shocker NCAA Tournament record.
2016-17 (Junior):
A breakout performer, following a mid-January shift from point guard to shooting guard… Third team All-Missouri Valley Conference… MVC Most Improved Team… Voted Most Outstanding Player at Arch Madness… MVC Player of the Week for Jan. 30-Feb. 5… Averaged 8.9 points and 2.7 assists in 23.9 minutes… Appeared in all 36 games with 25 starts… Led the team in three-pointers (73) and shot 44 percent for the year… Fell just a few assists shy of the minimum requirements for conference and national leaderboards, but his 4.00 assist-to-turnover ratio (96:24) would have otherwise led the MVC and ranked in the top-5 nationally… Connected on a three-pointer in 22-consecutive games to end the year… In 18 MVC games, ranked second in the league in both three pointers (41) and three-point percentage (.506)... Started the first eight games of the season at point guard before losing his starting spot to Daishon Smith… Came off the bench for the next 11 games… Following the Jan. 14 loss at Illinois State, was averaging 6.5 points and shooting 34.6 percent from three… Moved off ball and re-joined the starting lineup for the Jan. 17 game at Evansville and went 4-for-4 from three on his way to 14 points… Beginning with the win at UE, averaged 11.6 points and was 45-of-85, .529 from three over the final 17 contests… Hit at least two treys in 12 of his last 14 games to end the year… Was 4-of-8 from deep at Drake (Feb. 1) and 4-of-6 in a revenge game against Illinois State (Feb. 4) to lock up MVC Player of the Week honors… Logged 28 assists with just one turnover in eight games (and 204 minutes of court time) between Feb. 4 to March 3… Most Outstanding Player at Arch Madness where he averaged 15.3 points on 12 three-pointers in three games (a Shocker MVC Tournament record)… Hit six treys in the semifinal win over Missouri State (March 4)… Had a career-high 19 points in the championship game against Illinois State (March 5)… Averaged 4.5 points and was 3-of-9 from three in two NCAA Tournament games.
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2015-16 (Sophomore):
Missed the first seven games of the year due to NCAA transfer rules… Averaged 6.1 points in 28 games off the bench, while playing 19.2 minutes per game… Connected on 35-of-100 three-point attempts (.350)… Shot 88.5 percent from the free throw line (23-of-26) and did not miss a foul shot after Dec. 22, finishing the year with 19-consecutive makes… Went nearly two months without committing a turnover (Dec. 31 to Feb. 24) and finished the year with just five in 479 minutes of action… Didn’t bank enough assists to qualify for national lists, but had an exceptional 5.6-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio (28 assists, 5 turnovers) for the year with a 9.0-to-1 mark in MVC play (18 assists, 2 turnovers)… Made his Shocker debut on Dec. 9 at home against UNLV... Went scoreless until the final minute before hitting two clutch free throws in the final minute to extend the Shocker lead to two possessions… Missed his first nine field goal attempts, spanning the better part of two games before connecting twice in the final minute against No. 25 Utah at INTRUST Bank Arena (Dec. 12). That included a jumper from just inside the line with 54 seconds to go and his first three-pointer of the year at the 15-second mark… Beginning with the Utah game, had a run of eight-straight games with a three-point make… Scored 13 points on 3-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc in an overtime loss at Seton Hall (Dec. 19)… Had back-to-back big games on the road going 4-for-7 and 4-for-8 from three in wins at Southern Illinois (Jan. 9) and Missouri State (Jan. 13), scoring a career-high 14 points in each… After the Jan. 13 game at MSU, ranked in the top-10 nationally in threes-per-40 minutes, but shot just 29.3 percent from deep the rest of the season and never hit more than two triples in a game… While shooting numbers dipped, showed improvement in other areas, particularly on the defensive end… Stepped up during the NCAA Tournament, scoring eight points on a pair of second-half threes in the First Four win over Vanderbilt… Matched a career-high with two blocks, tallied 10 points and added two assists in 14 minutes to help the Shockers take down Arizona in the Round of 64…
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2014-15 (Transfer):
Sat out the season, per NCAA transfer rules… Enrolled at WSU for the start of the spring semester and was a valuable practice contributor for the scout team, often playing the role of the upcoming opponents’ top scoring threat…
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Previous School:
Saw action in 27 games in 2013-14 as a freshman at the University of Kansas... Averaged 11.0 points per game in his first NCAA Tournament and went 7-for-14 from three-point range over two games... Scored a career-high 12 points on 4-of-7 threes vs. Stanford (3/23) and 10 points vs. Eastern Kentucky (3/21)... Swatted a career-high two blocks vs. Texas Tech (3/5)… Grabbed a career-high three rebounds vs. Louisiana at Monroe (11/8) in his first collegiate action.
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High School:
Finished a standout career at North High School as the Wichita City League’s all-time leading scorer (2,275 points), passing up former Wichita Heights standout Perry Ellis (2,231)… A four-star recruit who was ranked No. 46 in the ESPN 100 and No. 34 on Rivals’ Class of 2013 list… A three-time All-Class 6A performer and All-City selection… Averaged 31.1 points, 3.8 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game as a senior in 2012-13 and, for the second-straight year, was tabbed as one of Kansas’ top five players for all classifications by the Wichita Eagle… Drained 93 treys in his final season… Winner of the American Family Insurance High School Three-Point Challenge during the Final Four weekend in Atlanta, hitting 22 of 25 attempts in the finals… Averaged 32.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.7 steals as a junior in 2011-12 while leading North to the state tournament… As a sophomore, set a City League record with 52 points on eight three-pointers in a win over Northwest and went on to average 27.2 points… Coached by Gary Squires… Was leading scorer for Team USA (14.1 pts) in its 8-0 run to the gold medal at the 2012 U17 FIBA Championships… Also a member of the 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship team… Selected twice for the USA Developmental National Team in 2010 and 2011…
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Personal:
Full name is Conner Michael Frankamp… Born July 16, 1995… Son of Karen and Martin Frankamp… Has one brother, Kevin.