Frank Bartley
Frank Bartley IV is an American professional basketball player for AEK Athens of the Greek Basketball League and the Basketball Champions League. He played college basketball for the BYU Cougars and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.
Early life
Bartley was born and grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and attended Christian Life Academy, where he played basketball and football. As a senior, he averaged 14.2 points and 6.7 rebounds and was named the District 7-1A co-MVP, All-Metro, and Class 1A All-State by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. He was also named All-Metro in football as a wide receiver.After graduating Bartley enrolled at Future College Prep in Carson, California, for a postgraduate year and averaged 19.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 6.0 assists per game. He committed to play college basketball at BYU over offers from Auburn and Fordham.
College career
Bartley began his collegiate career at Brigham Young University. He averaged 3.9 points per game in 34 games played as a freshman and 2.5 points per game over 33 games played in his sophomore season. Bartley announced his intent to transfer at the end of the season and ultimately chose to transfer to Louisiana over offers from Hawaii, Nevada, Long Beach State, Oral Roberts, Southeastern Louisiana, Indianapolis and Louisiana Tech.After sitting out one season due to NCAA transfer rules, Bartley entered the next season as a starter. On November 14, 2016, Bartley scored a career-high 29 points in an 84–83 loss to Montana State. He averaged 15.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.7 steals per game and was named the Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year and second team All-Conference. As a redshirt senior, Bartley was named first team All-Sun Belt after averaging 17.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.4 steals per game.