“He’s just one of those kids who is easy to root for,” said Brian Bales, a Franklin High School graduate and its boys basketball coach and athletic director. “He comes from a great family and people like rooting for him.”
MORE: Franklin ‘couldn’t ask for better ambassador’ than Luke Kennard
Here are 5 things to know about Franklin’s Luke Kennard:
1. He was a two-time Ohio's Ohio Mr. Basketball at Franklin High School
2. He finished his high school career with 2,977 points, second most in state history
3. He was a standout high school quarterback until he quit to concentrate on basketball
4.At Duke, his scoring average jumped from 11.8 as a freshman to 20.1 as a junior
5. One scouting service has Kennard as the No. 20 overall pick in the NBA draft
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