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2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

Joe Lehrman
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Joe Lehrman
Joe Lehrman
Joe Lehrman
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Joe Lehrman
Joe Lehrman
Joe Lehrman

22 Franka Wittenberg

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hildesheim, Germany
  • High School Marienschule Hildesheim
  • Prev School Fresno State
  • Twitter WgFranka
  • Instagram franka.wg

Biography

CAREER HIGHS
Points:
26, at Saint Peter’s (1/11/25)
Rebounds:
11, vs. UC Riverside (11/15/22)*
Assists:
8, vs. Binghamton (11/25/24)
*Achieved while at Fresno State

2024-25 • JUNIOR SEASON
• Started in all 30 games she appeared 
• Averaged 8.2 points per game, 4.2 rebounds per game, 30.2 percent from three point land, 40.1 percent from the field and 27.2 minutes per game, all career-highs
• Scored a career-high 26 points in the team’s road loss to Saint Peter’s (Jan. 11), the most points for a Griff in a game this season.
• Made a career-high 10 field goals at Saint Peter’s, the most for any Griff in a game this season
• Tallied a career-high eight assists in the home loss to Binghamton (Nov. 24), the most by any Griff in a game this season


BEFORE CANISIUS
• Joins the Canisius program after playing two seasons (2022-23 and 2023-24) at Fresno State.
• Averaged 4.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game in 61 career contests with the Bulldogs.
• Scored a career-high 19 points in a home victory over UC San Diego on Dec. 2, 2023.
• Played extensively for Germany and within the German league before joining the Frenso State program.
• Most recently she represented the German National Team in the FIBA U21 Nations League 3x3 Tournament in July of 2024.

• From 2017-21, she has been a part of the German youth national team from U15-18, most notably participating in the 2019 European Championship and the 2021 European Challengers.
• Named the 2016-17 U18 WNBL Rookie of the Year, as her team won the first division German championship.
• Made her first-division senior-level debut during the 2018-19 campaign with Eintracht Braunschweig Lionpride.

PERSONAL
• The daughter of Kay and Birgit Wittenberg.
• Majoring in psychology at Canisius.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2024-25Junior

    Guard
    5'8"
    22
  • 22

    2025-26Senior

    Guard
    5'8"
    22