{"id":3292,"date":"2025-10-09T12:32:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/?p=3292"},"modified":"2025-10-09T12:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:32:30","slug":"howards-marley-franklin-named-nec-golfer-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/howards-marley-franklin-named-nec-golfer-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard’s Marley Franklin Named NEC Golfer of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Howard University senior Marley Franklin has been named the Northeast Conference<\/a> (NEC) Women\u2019s Golfer of the Month, recognizing her dominant play throughout September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Los Angeles native has been on a roll to open the fall season, earning runner-up honors at the Bridgestone Collegiate Invite (Sept. 3\u20134) with a 4-over-par 220. Franklin followed that performance with another strong showing at the Johnie Imes Invitational (Sept. 22\u201323), where she carded a 4-over-par 148 over two rounds to finish inside the top 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across eight rounds in September, Franklin posted an impressive 74.0 stroke average, leading the Bison and solidifying her place among the NEC\u2019s elite competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Franklin wasn\u2019t the only Howard golfer <\/a>recognized for standout play. Paris Fieldings (Chesapeake, Va.), Francisco Perez, Mathis Perroni (Metz, France), and Lena Durette (Scottsdale, Ariz.) all earned spots on the NEC Prime Performers list for their efforts throughout the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the men\u2019s side, LIU\u2019s Arjun Singh Bhatia was named NEC Men\u2019s Golfer of the Month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bison are back in action October 4\u20135 at the Navy Fall Invitational, looking to build on a strong start to the 2025 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Howard University senior Marley Franklin is dominating on the course, earning NEC Women\u2019s Golfer of the Month honors after a strong September showing. With a 74.0 stroke average and top finishes at two major tournaments, Franklin is setting the tone for the Bison this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[101],"class_list":["post-3292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","tag-howard-university"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t