Career Stats

2009 | Freshman

Played in 45 games and started 33... Batted .302 with four home runs, 29 runs scored and 30 RBIs... His home run and RBI totals were the highest by a freshman since YSU career record holder Erich Diedrich hit six homers and drove in 33 in 2005... Was even better against Horizon League competition, batting .324 with three homers, a .465 slugging percentage and a team-best 15 RBIs... Hit safely in the final 11 games of the season and in 14 of the final 15... Batted .439 with 18 RBIs and 13 runs scored over the final 11 games... Increased his batting average 67 points over that span... Also batted .323 against righties, .348 with runners in scoring position and .395 with two outs... His 17 two-out RBIs were a team-high... Finished with eight multi-RBI games, which ranked second on the team, eight multi-hit games and five multi-run games... Homered three times in a four-game span from May 2-8, including both games of a doubleheader on May 8 against Wright State.... Hit a three-run homer and matched a career-high with four RBIs at Valpo (5/2)... Also drove in four against Buffalo in the regular season finale (5/13)... Scored a career-high three runs at Valpo (5/2)... Had a career-high four hits - three singles and a double - against Butler in the Horizon League Tournament... Hit a walk-off, game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth against Cleveland State (4/11)... Scored the winning run in the seventh at Marshall (3/15)... Homered for the first time in his career at Akron (3/18)... Drew three walks twice and two walks three times.

High School

Earned three letters ... named First-Team All-Ohio in Division II at first base and member of the Mizuno All-Ohio Series his senior year ... also named the Division II Eastern District Player of the Year and the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Class AAAA Player of the Year as a senior ... hit .590 with 35 RBIs, four homers and 38 runs scored to go along with a 7-2 record on the mound ... drew 29 walks and struck out only four times ... named to the OVAC all-star team ... as a junior he batted .359 with three home runs and 23 RBIs for the Big Red ... hit .373 with four homers, 14 doubles and eight triples in 66 games for American Legion Post 33 in the 2007 summer ... was also a standout football player for the Big Red, who won the Division III state title his freshman and sophomore seasons ... was an All-OVAC selection in as a tight end and linebacker.

Personal

Son of Joel and Joyce Banks ... has four brothers (Joel Jr., Justin, Joshua and James) and one sister (Jamie) ... Justin played baseball for the Penguins from 2003-06 and ranks among YSU's top five career-best hitters in hits, RBIs, doubles, at bats and total bases ... major is accounting ... born June 7, 1990.