Feature Friday: Frankland's Journey to West Point

Passion and a desire to improve is what fuels most athletes and drives them to success. For Leslie Frankland, that passion and drive translates not only into tennis, but being a cadet at the United States Military Academy and reaching her goals, even from thousands of miles away. Now in her second year at the Academy, Frankland took a less than conventional pass to join the Long Gray Line. With a lineage of West Point graduates in her family, she knew her goal from an early age and set along a path to success. Frankland's father, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Wally Frankland ’97, and grandfather, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Walter Frankland, Jr. ’46 inspired her early interest in the Academy, and when the family relocated to Paris prior to her second birthday, she was quickly immersed in the French culture, but never let go of her roots. Read More