#23 Grace Banes

2024 as a senior

• Started all 46 games in centerfield.
• Hit .255 recording 36 hits including six doubles and three home runs.
• Had an on base percentage of .353 and finished second on the team with 17 walls.
• Led the team 26 runs scored.
• Had a .978 fielding percentage with 87 put outs and just four assists.
• Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored at Michigan on Apr. 13.
• Went 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs at Nebraska on Apr. 19.
• Recorded a hit in her final eight games of the season.
• Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored in her final game as a Hawkeyes at Illinois on May 5.
• Letterwinner

2023 as a junior

• Saw action in 61 games, starting in 59.
• Batted a career high .267 and had the second-most RBIs on the team (33).
• Tallied 50 hits with nine doubles, three triples and five home runs.
• Had a two home run performance in the NISC Championship game on May 20th.
• Registered two three-RBI games (South Alabama, March 10 & UC Davis, May 18).
• Led the team in triples (3).
• Named the NISC Tournament MVP after hitting .385 with three home runs and seven RBIs.

2022 as a sophomore

• Saw action in 47 games.
• Had 131 at bats with an average of .229.
• Tallied 17 runs, 30 hits, seven doubles and two triples.
• Finished with a fielding percentage of .882.

2021 as a freshman

• Started all 44 games at 2B and SS.
• Scored 20 runs, hit five doubles, hit three home runs, and had 12 RBIs.
• Had 15 walks and was hit by eight pitches.
• Had 70 putouts and 67 assists.
• Hit first career home run on April 25 at Minnesota.

High School

• Two-time first-team All-State honoree.
• Two-time All-Conference honoree.
• Batted .610 and .656 her sophomore and junior years, respectively.
• Holds school record for most RBIs in a season with 41 following her sophomore year.
• 2017 and 2018 4A League Champions.
• Member of KC Peppers Gold 18U during her freshman and sophomore years and Select Fastpitch her junior and senior years.
• PGF Platinum National Championship Runner-up (2019).
• 2019 PGF National All-Tournament selection.
• Elite Select Fall Showcase Champions (2019).
• Top Gun Champions (2019).
• Four-year Basketball letterwinner, named second-team All-League.
• Third place finisher at state in basketball in 2017 and 2018.
• State basketball runner-up in 2019.
• Holds a record of 69-4 on the basketball court.
• 10th in school history in scoring and second in career 3PT FGM.
• Kansas Honors Scholar in 2019.
• High School coach was Rachel Milnark.
• Club coach was Eric Jones.

Personal

• Born July 7, 2002.
• Daughter of Chuck and Carri Banes.
• Has two siblings – Ryan and Tyler.
• Dad played baseball at University of Nebraska/Kearney.
• Brother, Ryan, played football and baseball at Highland Community College.
• Brother, Tyler, played baseball at St. Mary’s University.
• Majoring in Human Physiology