2012-2013: Started and played in all 27 games...led the team in overall minutes played averaging 35.1 minutes per game....2nd on the team in steals with 39.....2nd on the team in points with 253......dished out 70 assists to finish second on the team....recorded 79 rebounds.
2011-2012: Started in all 26 games for the Lakers, anchoring the team averaging 35.3 minutes per game (3
rd in PSAC)… hasn’t missed a start in all 3 of her seasons at Mercyhurst… the veteran point guard finished her junior season averaging 9.8 points per game, a team high 4.2 assists per game and a team high 2 steals per match… finished 13
th in the PSAC in assist/turnover ratio (1.0)… the versatile guard came on the scene as a scorer late in the season, leading the team in scoring on five separate occasions… notched 25, 23 and 18 points boosting the Lakers to a 3 game PSAC West winning streak with wins over Lock Haven (80-57), Slippery Rock (64-58), and Clarion (84-56)… had her career best 25 points in a lopsided victory over Lock Haven… entering her senior season, Banda has the 6
th most assists in Mercyhurst history with 311, surpassing her coach and former teammate Amy Achesinski (216)… she also ranks 20
th on the all time list for three point field goals made with 61.
2010-11: Started all 30 games for the Lakers, finishing third on the team in scoring (8.9 ppg)… directed the Mercyhurst offense, tallying a team-best 113 assists (11th – PSAC)… collected 42 steals and six blocks… registered 2.6 boards per game… had 11 double-digit scoring efforts, including a personal-best 23 points against Notre Dame (Dec. 9)… had a personal-best eight boards against Mansfield (Dec. 6)… also had personal-best effort at the free-throw line against Bloomsburg (Jan. 9), hitting 6-of-7… hit 8-of-15 field goals at Notre Dame (Dec. 9)… had seven games in which she played all 40 minutes… finished third on the team in 3-pointers (33-of-104)… had five games shooting over 60 percent from the field…hit 43-of-62 from the charity stripe… hit double-digits in scoring in seven of eight consecutive contests, beginning Jan. 8 against Mansfield and ending against Indiana (Pa.) Jan. 29.
2009-10: Two-time PSAC West Freshman of the Week (Nov. 17 and Dec. 14)…Played in and started all 26 games, one of two Lakers to start all of team’s contests…led team with 86 assists and 34 steals…posted most assists since Cassie Seth had 95 in 2004-05…averaged 5.5 points, good for fifth on team, and recorded two rebounds on average…made 22 three-pointers, one of four Lakers with 20 or more triples…led team in assists 14 times and in steals 10 times…scored season-high 16 points vs. Wheeling Jesuit to lead Lakers, making four three-pointers while dishing out five assists…posted five or more assists seven times and had 4+ steals on three occasions…scored 13 points and added eight assists and six steals vs. Shippensburg…scored 10 points in each of first two PSAC West contests…grabbed season-high five rebounds at Lock Haven and at Gannon…swiped five steals at West Chester and four at Lake Erie.
High School: Four-year starter…served as team captain senior season...team finished as regional semifinalists with an 18-5 in 2008-09…averaged 14.6 points, seven assists and six steals per game, 2008-09...starter on state runner-up team as freshman in 2005-06...special mention all-State 2009…top five in region in assists junior and senior seasons...Team made the regional finals in 2008…3-time conference champions…scholar athlete all four years…Recorded first triple-double in school history.
Personal: Born June 24, 1991... majoring in mathematics... parents are Dick and Liann.. one sibling, Scott Banda.
