- Second-Team All-GLVC as a freshman in 2019
- In three seasons, has appeared in 110 games, including 103 starts
- On pace for top-ten UIS career marks with a .331 batting average and .437 on-base percentage
UIS:
2021- Appeared in 43 games, including 43 starts … had 34 starts at second base, and nine at catcher … tenth in the GLVC in runs, and 16
th in hits … batted .310, with a .439 slugging percentage and .411 on-base percentage … recorded 44 runs, 53 hits, five doubles, one triple, five home runs, and 28 RBI … eight-of-nine on stolen base attempts … had 12 multi-hit games, seven multi-RBI games, and 13 multi-run games … had a season-high three runs in three contests … had a season-best four hits against Lewis and Drury … drove in three runs versus Rockhurst … had 15 games with at least one run and one RBI … had a 12-game hitting streak during the season, the second-longest on the team, and reached base in 24 straight games at one point … batted .326 with runners in scoring position, including four-of-eight with bases loaded … scored a runner from third with less than two outs on eight of his nine opportunities … batted .370 in the postseason with three runs and five RBI in six games … named to the GLVC Academic All-Conference team.
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2020- Appeared in 12 games, with 11 starts … started seven games at second base and four at the catcher position … ranked 65th in NCAA Division II in on-base percentage and 81
st in slugging percentage … ranked fourth in the GLVC in on-base percentage and slugging percentage, and fifth in batting average … led the team with a .521 on-base percentage, was second with a .395 batting average, and third with a .684 slugging percentage … collected 11 runs, 15 hits, three doubles, one triple, two home runs, 10 RBI, and three stolen bases … drew a team-high eight walks … batted .625 when leading off an inning … in seven home games, had a .889 slugging percentage and .600 on-base percentage, and collected 11 runs and 10 RBI … had four multi-hit games, three multi-RBI games, and four multi-run contests … in the first game of the Purdue Northwest series, had three hits, three RBI, two runs, and two stolen bases … had a season-high four RBI against McKendree … also collected three hits in the win over Southern Indiana … also collected two runs in two games with Southern Indiana and the McKendree contest … named to the GLVC Academic All-Conference team.
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2019- Second-team all-conference … appeared in 54 games with 49 starts … saw most of his action at second base where he started 38 games, and also played 11 games as a catcher … ninth in the GLVC in walks and eighth in sacrifice flies … second on the team with a .443 on-base percentage, fourth with a .337 batting average, and had a .444 slugging percentage … recorded 45 runs and 40 RBI … had 12 doubles and two homers … collected 167 putouts and 96 assists in the field … had double-figure putouts in four games, including a season-high 12 … had a season-best five assists in three games … had 15 games with multi-hits, including six games with three … had two six games with multi-RBIs, including six against Truman State and Lewis … scored two or more runs in 13 games, including a season-high four against Indianapolis … had an 11-game hitting streak and a 15-game reached base streak during the year … started all 10 postseason games and had six runs and five RBI … collected a .364 on-base percentage in those contests … in the NCAA Regional Championship game, reached base three times and scored twice … had three hits, two runs, and a RBI in game three of the Super Regionals … batted .522 when leading off an inning … in 18 at-bats with a runner on third and less than two outs, he scored the runner 15 times … batted .384 in GLVC games with 27 runs and 30 RBI … named to the GLVC Academic All-Conference team.
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High School:
Conference Player of the Year as a senior … also earned all-conference as a junior … was the team MVP as a senior … batted .374 with 41 runs … helped his team win a conference championships … also lettered in wrestling and football in his first two seasons of high school … a member of the Pro Player Canes club team.
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Personal:
The son of Janice and Eric Bannon … has two siblings, Bobby and Peyton … an exercise science major.
