2026 / AS A SENIOR
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All-Big Ten Defensive Team
- Started and played in all 54 games for the Boilers, played 205 career-games
- Finished the 2026 season with career-highs in batting average (.382), runs scored (53), and RBI (20), while tying career-highs in SLG% (.471) and hits (65)
- Finished with 283 career putouts, 4 assists and 5 errors on 292 total chances
- Finished career with a .356 career batting average, .450 slugging percentage, 192 hits, 20 doubles, 11 triples, 3 home runs and 54 RBI
- Finished career tied for third in the Purdue record book in career runs scored (147), tied for third in career-triples (11), and fourth in career on-base percentage (.433)
- Tied the program’s single-game record going 5-for-5 with 4 runs scored while helping Purdue to a new team single-game record of 19 hits against Southern Illinois (2/27)
- Went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored against College of Charleston (2/21)
- Helped Purdue to the 10-2 victory over Valparaiso going 3-for-4 with a run scored (3/25)
- In Purdue’s series sweep over Rutgers, went 6-for-13 with a triple and 5 runs scored
- Earned a second-career Sports Center feature on a diving grab against Northwestern
2025 / AS A JUNIOR
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- Started and played in 52 games for the Boilers, the most on the team
- Hit her first-career home run against Wisconsin in Oklahoma City (Mar. 21)
- Had 18 multi-hit games, including going 4-for-4 in the win against Southern Indiana (Feb. 22)
- Earned the team’s first Sports Center feature of the year with the No. 2 play on the Top Ten with a diving catch in right field against Indiana (May 2)
- Had a career-high 65 hits on the season, the second highest on the team, also the second-highest batting average at .378, a new career-high
- Had the second-highest OB% on the team finishing the season with .457, with the third-highest SLG% at .471
- Earned her 100th career-hit on a bunt single in the win against Wisconsin (Mar. 20)
- Finished the season with a .471 OB%, and a .971 FLD%
- Set career-highs in games played and started (52), BA (.378), OPS (.928), AB (172), runs (45), hits (65), triples (5), and total bases (81)
- Had 19 multi-hit games, with two four-hit games
- Set career-highs in putouts (100), catches (105), and assists (2)
2024 / AS A SOPHOMORE
- Appeared in 51 games with 50 starts
- Led the Big Ten with 24 stolen bases, including 10 in Big Ten-action
- Ended the season as the Boilermakers’ lead hitter with 50 hits
- Finished the season with a .441 slugging %
- Scored 35 runs throughout the season, a team high
- Stole three bases against South Dakota (2/9)
- Scored three runs against South Dakota (2/9) and Southern Illinois (2/25)
- Finished the season with a .988 fielding %
- Had a season-high 10 putouts against SIUE (4/30)
2023 / AS A FRESHMAN
- Appeared in 48 games, with 20 starts
- Averaged a .340 slugging % and .226 batting average
- Stole three bases throughout the season (3-4)
- Finished the season with 27 putouts and a perfect FLD%
- Opened her collegiate campaign going 2-2 at the plate with two runs on two hits
- Had a season high of two hits against NC State (2/19)
- Matched a season-high two runs at Michigan State (4/28), including her first career home run
- Recorded a season-high three RBI at Michigan (4/28)
- Produced five putouts against Penn State (5/7)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Club Team: Santa Fe Inferno
- Ranked No. 60 among all outfielders and No. 108 overall recruit by Extra Innings Softball
- During her junior year, posted a .402 batting average
- Totaled 41 runs in 26 games as a junior
- Posted eight triples and three home runs in 2020-21
- Owns a .966 fielding %
- Registered 26 RBI over the last two seasons
- Over the last two seasons, Banks has made base .488 %
- As a freshman, averaged a .435 batting averaging, including 16 runs and 20 hits